Pricey Wine
The price of a wine arbitrarily influences how pleasurable it is to drink.
Food Allergies
Scientists are developing an unconventional but surprisingly straightforward treatment for food allergies.
Nutrition Roundup
A naturally-occurring chemical in fruits and vegetables may help you resist the flu.
Changing Flavors
Scientists can genetically engineer the flavors of fruits.
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EXPLORING THE SENSES: Baby's first words explained, the changing taste of fruit, pollution destroys scent, why sunburns feel hot, and more
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Antifreeze from fleas, silk optics for food safety, plants head for the hills, heavy metals that won't go away, and more.
Alcoholic Tree Shrews
A small mammal drinks alcohol without becoming intoxicated.
Poisonous Berries
A listener wants to know why some berries bother being poisonous.
Crusader Dysentery
The Crusaders had more to worry about than just dying in battle.
Frog Legs
Scientists estimate that the global trade in frog legs is worth about 50 million dollars per year.
Magellan’s Weather
The climate anomaly known as El Niño could explain why the voyage of Magellan encountered an unusually calm Pacific Ocean.
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YEAR OF THE FROG - Special Extended Podcast: Zoos and aquariums tackle the amphibian extinction crisis, an amphibian missing link is found, toad tongues and frog claws, and more.
Rhesus Monkey Roundup
The rhesus monkey pecking order reveals a link between stress and calorie intake.
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ANIMAL MODELS: Rhesus monkey social relationships reveal a link between stress and overeating, what the platypus genome can tell us about being a mammal, how an antidepressant restores vision in rats, negligent mother mice have abnormal brain chemistry, and fruit flies uncover secrets of aging and pain.
Obesity & Energy
Researchers look inside the cell for a possible obesity treatment.
Diabetes Roundup
Diabetes during pregnancy puts babies at risk for birth defects, and teenage mothers-to-be are especially vulnerable.
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EVOLUTION & EPIGENETICS: Lizards evolve new structures in record time, geographic gene expression in Moroccan Berbers, Tyrannosaurus rex protein confirms genetic link between dinosaurs and birds. Also: Assessing the health of the oceans.
Sensing Calories
Our brains may get pleasure from high-calorie foods that has nothing to do with taste.
Hypoallergenic Soy
Fermenting soy reduces its allergenicity by 99 percent.
Honeybee Royal Jelly
Royal jelly creates queen bees by changing gene expression.
Global Seed Bank
A new global seed vault will safeguard food crops from around the world.
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Archaeologists dig deep, the mystery of Maya Blue, where your hair has been, and more.
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What happened to our vitamin C, new insights into childhood leukemia, and why artificial sweeteners make rats fat.