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HEARING & SOUND: Why hyenas are anything but funny. Can animals dance to a beat? Using sound to save the whales. And physical fitness worsens …
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COSMIC LIFE: Life on the ancient earth and beyond. The comet theory of the origins of life, how oxygen became abundant enough to support an explosion …
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HEALTH REPORT: Why bone loss can be slowed but not reversed. Genes that turn carbohydrates to fat. How sports drinks damage teeth. And more.
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How to calculate the distance of stars, new uses for old rocks in the fight against global warming, and why video games might actually be good for …
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Why smart people sometimes make really dumb decisions, the neural consequences of not paying attention, and our complicated relationship with food.
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How sleep affects your long-term memory, nap-time for computers saves energy and how we smell fear in people - literally.
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HEALTH: New vaccines provide instant immunity, Addiction and Parkinson's disease, the upside of salt, ship pollution threatens coastal residents, and …
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BODIES: Regenerating tooth enamel, why we have fingernails, why hair turns grey, and more.
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Caterpillars infiltrate ant nests, loneliness and your health, how planes can fly upside down, and more.
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EVOLUTION & MORALITY SPECIAL: Hunting large game led to the evolution of the conscience, and evidence of moral systems in other animals. Also: …
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EVOLUTION SPECIAL: Celebrating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, the evolution of kissing, mosquito love duets, robot sex, and the unhealthy history of …
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR: How polarized light fools insects, turning dolphins sounds 3-D, and tracking bird migration from space.
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MEDICINE: the dangers of old blood, overcoming the common cold, and getting healthy with plant therapy.
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Astronomers discover carbon dioxide on a planet outside our solar system, clothes that could save your life, and bees on a buzz.
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Making people toxic to mosquitoes, sleep to save your heart, pain hurts more if you really mean it, and more.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: A listener asks: How can it be "global warming" when it's so cold outside? And the chilling effects of deadly disease on the …
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THE HUMAN CONDITION: Cleanliness clouds moral judgment, the genetics of the placebo effect, secrets of master impressionists, and more.
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BREATHING: Why it's harder to breathe at high altitudes, asthma and your birthdate, and more.
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EXERCISE & SLEEP: how our brains fall asleep, active women need sleep to fight cancer, and the brain benefits of exercise.
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Blue bananas hide in plain sight, life spurred earth's mineral diversity, boats sport manatee alarms, and more.
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A car that matches your mood, is the taste of wine all in your head? Why sympathy hurts. And more.
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TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Could sunscreens be more than skin deep? Why headphones and pacemakers don't mix and a new use for electric cars.
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Sled dogs defy fatigue, inside the musician's brain, fooling a GPS system, and more.
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HALLOWEEN & POLITICS: What a good scare says about your politics, what's behind our irrational fears, and more.