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Seafloor Energy

August 7, 2002

Making a fuel cell that's powered by ocean sediment and seawater

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Bird Nests

August 6, 2002

How come birds keep coming back to the same spot to try and build a nest, even though I keep undoing …

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Cavity-Fighting Bacteria

August 5, 2002

Bacteria used to ferment milk can also prevent harmful bacteria from sticking around inside the body

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Storms, Beer and Blood

August 2, 2002

Predicting tropical cyclones, a powder that stops bleeding, and freeze-dried beer flavoring.

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Wildfire Warnings

August 1, 2002

A new system analyzes weather satellite data to spot wildfires as small as one acre in size.

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Caffeine Pesticide

July 31, 2002

Caffeine can act as a pesticide to frogs, snails, and slugs.

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Nervous Stomach – rerun #2593

July 30, 2002

Why does your stomach get upset when you're nervous? (tension in stomach muscle, just like you can …

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Shark Gel

July 29, 2002

Sharks have a gel in their sensing organs that conducts electricity.

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Fish, Bugs and Robots

July 26, 2002

Sweating mannequin, microchips in salmon, and caterpillar bug repellent

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Wound-Healing Bandage

July 25, 2002

A bandage helps promote healing without scarring.

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Emotion Perception

July 24, 2002

Children who have been abused have difficulty interpreting facial expressions.

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Spiny Spiders

July 23, 2002

Spiny spiders use their yellow stripes to lure prey into their webs.

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