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Steady Cam

October 9, 2001

Measuring how people hold limbs steady to unlock the secrets of tremors.

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First Americans

October 8, 2001

The first inhabitants of the New World were related to aboriginal Japanese, not ancestors of …

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Fat Taste Buds

October 5, 2001

Just tasting fat sends your trigyleride levels up, increasing your body's absorption of fat

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Skunk Smell

October 4, 2001

Have the chemicals in skunk musk ever been used in any beneficial way? (yep, in cover scent, …

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Dog Variety-rerun #2481

October 2, 2001

rerun

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Faces – rerun of show #2426

September 27, 2001

rerun

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Future Farming

September 26, 2001

Increased carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere affects soybean growth.

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Dog Laughter

September 25, 2001

Dogs laugh when they're at play.

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Beer-Drinking Bacteria

September 20, 2001

Beer can feed microbes involved in trapping heavy metals from mining waste.

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Virus Antibiotic

September 19, 2001

Small viruses called phages can be sources of new antibiotics.

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Choosy Cockroaches

September 17, 2001

Older female cockroaches are less choosy about mates.

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Quantum Gyro

September 14, 2001

A gyro made of liquid helium that works by the laws of quantum physics.

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