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Date: June 2009

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The island of Aitutaki in the Cook Islands of Polynesia. (Mr Bullitt)

JUN 26, 2009

  

Did food poisoning prompt the exploration and settlement of the South Pacific? Narcolepsy and the immune system, an obesity mystery, and more.

For transcripts, visit this week's daily shows:
JUN 18, 2009  Polynesian Migration
JUN 23, 2009  Obesity Paradox
JUN 25, 2009  Narcolepsy & The Immune System
JUL 2, 2009  Arsenic & Flu


Gunnison's prairie dogs distinguish predators by shape, color and size (Con Slobodchikoff/Northern Arizona University)

JUN 19, 2009

  

SOUNDS & SIGNALS: Prairie dogs sound the alarm, turning bed bugs against themselves, bird songs vary by climate, and improving forensic voice comparison.

For transcripts, visit this week's daily shows:
JUN 15, 2009  Birdsong & Climate
JUN 22, 2009  Prairie Dog Alarms
JUN 29, 2009  Bed Bugs
JUL 1, 2009  Computer Composer


An image of Mercury's Matisse crater taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington)

JUN 12, 2009

  

NEWS FROM SPACE: Mercury's mystery side unveiled, to be or not to be a supernova, and the environmental considerations of expanding space exploration.

For transcripts, visit this week's daily shows:
MAY 4, 2009  Little House on the Moon
MAY 26, 2009  Supernovas
JUN 8, 2009  Mercury's Surface
JUN 19, 2009  Extreme Spacecraft Roundup


The magnificent tree frog of Western Australia produces a chemical that inhibits HIV transmission between cells in the laboratory. Other frogs produce similar disease-fighting chemicals. (benjamint444/Wikimedia Commons)

JUN 5, 2009

  

ANIMAL UPDATE: Frogs fight disease, species confusion, super spider silk, tenacious mosquitoes, better cows, and more.

For transcripts, visit this week's daily shows:
MAY 13, 2009  Hungry Mosquitoes
MAY 21, 2009  Picky Mosquitoes
JUN 3, 2009  Lookalike Species
JUN 4, 2009  Spider Silk
JUN 9, 2009  Cow Methane

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