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Paleontology & Dinosaurs

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Hot Extinctions

November 15, 2007

Warmer temperatures have consistently preceded more extinctions throughout Earth's history.

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Himalayan Collision

November 12, 2007

A high-speed continental cataclysm formed the Himalayas 50 million years ago.

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Woolly DNA

October 24, 2007

Woolly mammoths went extinct thousands of years ago. But now their genetic past is being resurrected through new DNA techniques.

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Podcast

October 12, 2007

Whale-inspired windmills. Tracing the origins of a killer asteroid. Using vowels to sell. And more.

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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

October 9, 2007

Scientists have identified the event that probably created the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

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Fossil Roundup

October 5, 2007

Fossils from Mongolia reveal that velociraptors had feathers.

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Podcast

October 5, 2007

The mosquito's exquisite sense of smell. How genes affect our odor perception. The cognitive skills of apes and toddlers. New analysis of old fossils leads to surprising discoveries. And how forensic scientists get DNA from blood.

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Podcast

August 31, 2007

A computer with a sense of humor. Frisky foxes. Giant insects of the ancient earth. And more.

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Podcast

August 17, 2007

Dinosaurs and their rivals, a computer that solves checkers, the placebo effect and the brain, keeping fruits and vegetables fresh, and the evolution of walking and talking.

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Dinosaur Takeover

August 13, 2007

New evidence sheds light on the dinosaurs' rise to power.

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Useful Bacteria Roundup

August 10, 2007

Scientists are finding novel ways to put bacteria to good use.

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Podcast

July 6, 2007

Listening to muscles, yoga may stave off depression, a blood-based bandage, a protein inhibits aging in fruitflies, and whether lizards or snakes evolved first.

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Podcast

June 15, 2007

The dinosaur extinction may have been stinky, carbon emission rates may be worse than was thought, wild wheat plants itself, a cow with naturally skim milk, and what sound sounds like on other planets.

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Extinction Stench

June 12, 2007

A listener asks: Did the dinosaur extinction stink?

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Podcast

May 18, 2007

Grilling could take a toll on your health, smarter doesn't equal richer, an infection could help prevent asthma, a step toward fusion reactors, and the closest living descendants of dinosaurs.

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Dino Descendant

May 15, 2007

A listener asks: What are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs?

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Prehistoric Bird Roundup

February 16, 2007

Two new discoveries shed light on the ancestors of modern birds.

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Podcast

February 16, 2007

Where insects go in winter, winged dinosaurs, fish that cannibalize their young, calculating the value of polio vaccinaton, and mining can cause earthquakes.

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Arctic Forests

December 13, 2006

Scientists haven't yet discovered Santa Claus at the North Pole, but they've found something that they think is just about as surprising.

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Neanderthal Roundup

December 8, 2006

Little is known about the Neanderthals, a close extinct relative of modern humans. But that could be about to change.

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Podcast

December 8, 2006

Your birthday greetings to us, hopeful news about malaria in Africa, robots that can recover from injury, news about Neanderthals, the truth about lie detectors, and money brings out the best and the worst in us.

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Extinction Cycles

October 26, 2006

Changes in the Earth's orbit and tilt could be responsible for the extinctions of many ancient species.

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Podcast

September 29, 2006

A good time to be a dinosaur hunter, how your personality affects your health, electricity could heal wounds, plastics made from DNA, and the fastest body parts in the world.

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Dinosaur Diversity

September 28, 2006

Lots of dinosaurs are still waiting to be discovered.

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