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Flu Season

September 18, 2007

A listener asks: Why does the flu strike mostly in the wintertime?

September 17, 2007

An entire bacterial genome found spliced into the DNA of a fly changes the way we think about …

September 14, 2007

Antibiotics made out of Teflon. A new diet for chickens. A virus that can cause obesity? Why …

September 13, 2007

A listener asks: Is it true that dolphins can swim as as fast as 20 miles per hour?

September 12, 2007

A common virus makes human stem cells accumulate fat in the lab.

September 11, 2007

Special diets are helping curb the environmental impact of chickens.

September 10, 2007

Combining Teflon chemistry with natural antibiotics could lead to powerful drugs.

September 7, 2007

Counting underwater volcanoes. A new source of antibiotics. Which trees are better at fighting …

September 6, 2007

A new count reveals hundreds of thousands of undersea volcanoes.