| October 3, 2018 |
Exercise & Memory
- A little light exercise improves memory.
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| May 9, 2018 |
Athletic Overtraining
- Athletes sometimes train so hard they stymie their own progress.
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| April 27, 2018 |
Tired Walking
- Preventing falls among the elderly is a matter of mental energy.
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| April 2, 2018 |
Race Car Conflict
- Researchers learn about aggression and conflict by watching Formula One races.
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| March 30, 2018 |
Easy Exercise
- Short bouts of exercise can add up to big health benefits.
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| October 4, 2017 |
Exercise and Depression
- A small amount of weekly exercise may help prevent depression.
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| August 18, 2017 |
Running Rat Memory
- Exercise helps young rats build long-lasting brain capacity.
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| August 10, 2017 |
Longevity & Activity Perception
- A positive opinion about your activity level may help you live longer.
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| July 6, 2017 |
Running Injury Acoustics
- Scientists are measuring the acoustic properties of the shockwaves produced as our feet strike the ground as we run, helping to explain why so many runners get injured.
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| June 7, 2017 |
Compression Tights
- Do elastic compression tights improve running performance?
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| March 14, 2017 |
Cell Health & Exercise
- Bursts of high intensity aerobics revive aging cells.
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| March 10, 2017 |
Avian Athletes
- Scientists are learning from birds’ amazing metabolisms to help human athletes perform better on the ground.
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| March 9, 2017 |
Mountain High
- Have you ever been to a high altitude and found yourself gasping for breath? One listener asked why that happens.
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| March 8, 2017 |
Ancient Egyptian Prosthetics
- Artificial toes from ancient Egypt may have been functional prosthetics.
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| November 2, 2016 |
Referee Vision
- A referee’s success depends on knowing what to focus on, and what to ignore.
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| September 15, 2016 |
Tree-Climbing People
- The Twa people of Uganda climb trees with ease. A new study suggests that the trait may be the result of practical necessity.
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| July 28, 2016 |
Alzheimer’s & Exercise
- Exercise may promote healthy communication between blood vessels and brain cells.
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| April 21, 2016 |
Tracking Fastballs
- To hit a fastball, a batter's brain has to predict when it'll come across the plate.
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| January 28, 2016 |
Exercise & Weight Loss
- Intense exercisers may burn no more calories per day than people who don’t exercise regularly.
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| March 17, 2015 |
Exercise & Cancer
- Vigorous exercise may help the body battle cancer.
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| February 6, 2015 |
Avian Athletes
- Scientists are learning from birds’ amazing metabolisms to help human athletes perform better on the ground.
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| January 19, 2015 |
High Flying Geese
- The world’s champion high-altitude migratory bird uses a unique “roller-coaster” flight strategy to save energy,
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| January 6, 2015 |
Light-Boned Modern Humans
- Are modern humans’ light bones the result of couch-potato culture?
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| November 14, 2014 |
Concussions & Horns
- The horns of male bighorn sheep protect their heads; could the NFL learn from them?
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| October 22, 2014 |
Elite Athlete Dental Health
- The dental health of elite athletes often suffers.
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| October 10, 2014 |
Old Lungs & Ibuprofen
- Ibuprofen might quell lung inflammation and help prevent infections.
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| September 23, 2014 |
Smelly T-Shirts
- How stinky your workout shirt will become depends on what it's made of.
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| July 3, 2014 |
Walkable Neighborhood Health
- Walkable neighborhoods may lower their residents' risk of obesity and diabetes.
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| January 8, 2014 |
Music & Prosthetics
- Musical feedback could help veterans with prosthetic limbs re-learn to walk.
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| October 18, 2013 |
Podcast for 18 October 2013
- PSYCHOLOGY & MEDICINE - Can literary fiction influence social astuteness? Why some people still fall for email spam. And, how sluggers' eyes can track fastballs in time to hit them. Also, how cell phones are transforming rural medicine.
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| October 17, 2013 |
Tracking Fastballs
- To hit a fastball, a batter's brain has to predict when it'll come across the plate.
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| April 17, 2013 |
Brainy Athletes
- Olympic-level athletes have some enhanced cognitive abilities.
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| April 12, 2013 |
Podcast for 12 April 2013
- ATHLETES & ROBOTS - Elite athletes are far from dumb jocks. A common ingredient in energy drinks could promote heart disease. Also: Robots that learn by watching us, and robots that can walk on sand.
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| January 9, 2013 |
Tree-Climbing People
- The Twa people of Uganda climb trees with ease. A new study suggests that the trait may be the result of practical necessity.
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| December 20, 2012 |
Thought-Controlled Prosthetics
- Prosthetic limbs are moving ever closer to life-like, thought-controlled replicas.
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| November 20, 2012 |
Listening to Football Helmets
- Measuring the acoustical signatures of colliding football helmets could help improve helmet safety.
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| September 19, 2012 |
Fat but Fit
- Many obese people are metabolically fit and are at no greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than people of normal weight.
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| August 31, 2012 |
Podcast for 31 August 2012
- WHALES, APES & BIRDS - Chimps don't share our sense of justice. What gibbons on helium can tell us about opera singers. Deciphering the peacock's hidden message. What an endangered whale has in common with songbirds. Also: Did a Central American rodent save a tree species from extinction?
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| August 17, 2012 |
Podcast for 17 August 2012
- PSYCHOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION - Why planning a lifestyle change often backfires, why buying larger quantities doesn't always mean a better deal, and the relationship between speed of consumption and satisfaction, Also: did hunter-gatherers really use more calories than people living today? And an unmanned aircraft maps an archaeological site in Peru in record time.
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| August 13, 2012 |
Hunter-Gatherer Metabolism
- People living as hunter-gatherers burn roughly as many calories per day as those in industrialized countries.
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| August 10, 2012 |
Podcast for 10 August 2012
- Dad's diversity and perilous parenthood.
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Yoga Roundup
- Practicing yoga could help older people who have suffered strokes recover more quickly.
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| August 9, 2012 |
When Planning Backfires
- Planning a major lifestyle change can be a good idea, but only if you feel good about yourself to begin with.
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| August 3, 2012 |
Podcast for 3 August 2012
- INVENTION - More lifelike robots. Headlights that can see past raindrops. And a pair of goggles that could improve your memory. Also, scientists have developed the world's lightest material.
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| September 22, 2011 |
Football & Artificial Intelligence
- Computer scientists used football footage to develop a sophisticated kind of artificial intelligence.
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| August 19, 2011 |
Podcast for 19 August 2011
- WATER EVERYWHERE - Astronomers have discovered the largest cache of water ever, and researchers are developing new software for detecting contamination of municipal water supplies. Also: Round robots to help safeguard nuclear power plants.
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| August 3, 2011 |
Soccer Goalies
- Soccer goalies tend to dive toward the right when their team is behind.
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| July 22, 2011 |
Podcast for 22 July 2011
- THE BRAIN & SOCIETY: How the brain experiences beauty, what soccer reveals about the mind, and why lazing around in a hammock could benefit your memory. Also, how your cell phone could help you kick the habit.
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| June 24, 2011 |
Secret Ingredient Roundup
- A compound found in apple peels could prevent muscle wasting.
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| March 9, 2011 |
Ancient Egyptian Prosthetics
- Artificial toes from ancient Egypt may have been functional prosthetics.
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