Cancer Genome
Scientists have sequenced the entire genetic code of a cancerous tumor.
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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.
Nanoparticles & Skin
Nanoparticles are common ingredients in cosmetics, but scientists are finding that they're more than skin deep.
Food Allergies
Scientists are developing an unconventional but surprisingly straightforward treatment for food allergies.
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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.
Baldness & Soup Roundup
Scientists have identified new genes to blame for male-pattern baldness.
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Learning from electric eels, the roots of ticklishness, the health benefits of web surfing and maternal vaccines that protect babies.
Sled Dog Endurance
Champions of endurance, sled dogs can run for over a thousand miles without fatigue.
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CREEPY CRAWLIES: The world's oldest ant, slave ants revolt, and a new compound found in spider venom.
Atmospheric Aspirin
Trees release an aspirin-like compound under stress.
Bears in Space Roundup
An amazing animal can survive the extreme conditions of space.
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COGNITION: Crows don't forget a human face, magpies see themselves in mirrors, wasps remember each others' faces, how much memory can our brains store, and more.
Oldest Ant
A scientist discovers the world's oldest living ant species in the Amazon.
Eye Color
A listener asks why a baby's eyes can change color during the first year.
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EXPLORING THE SENSES: Baby's first words explained, the changing taste of fruit, pollution destroys scent, why sunburns feel hot, and more
Antelopes & People
When wild animals are exposed to people, do they become more vulnerable to predators?
Skeeters & Bees Roundup
Mosquitoes think DEET just stinks, and researchers team up to save native bees.