Hot Ice Roundup
Science fiction becomes science fact: Researchers have invented ice that won't melt and a way to make people invisible.
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Ice that won't melt. Finches driven to cheat. How music effects the brain. Increased carbon dioxide produces super weeds.
HPV and cancer in men.
Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll
Listening to our favorite music activates the same region of the brain that is involved in drug addiction.
Shrubs and CO2
Carbon dioxide emissions can help shrub weeds at the expense of grasslands.
Blood Sugar Roundup
New research shows the effects of different foods and beverages on blood sugar levels and insulin resistance.
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Counting underwater volcanoes. A new source of antibiotics. Which trees are better at fighting global warming. The power of repeating yourself. And crows that use tools to get food. video
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Diet foods could make kids fat, the incompatibility of ape and human blood, the secrets of fingerprints, all about the jet streams, and how the United States can better conserve its topsoil.
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Dinosaurs and their rivals, a computer that solves checkers, the placebo effect and the brain, keeping fruits and vegetables fresh, and the evolution of walking and talking.
Fruits & Vegetables
A listener asks: Do fruits and vegetables lose their nutrients if stored too long?
Placebo Effect
Scientists look to the brain to find out why some people respond better to the placebo effect than others.
Useful Bacteria Roundup
Scientists are finding novel ways to put bacteria to good use.
Self Tanners
A listener asks: Do self-tanners give you the same tan as the sun?
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Do women really talk more than men? Insects that explode to foil predators. Energy from vibrations. What happens to our brains when we get thirsty. A skin test to predict behavioral problems.
Alien Life Roundup
Extraterrestrial life could be very different from life as we know it.
How Fetuses Breathe
A listener asks: How do babies breathe inside the womb?
BBQ Chemicals
How you prepare food could be as important to your health as what you prepare.
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How supernovas make heavy elements, why teenagers have angst, some fierce arachnids get cuddly, why tanning is addictive, and the thinnest material ever made.
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How addiction is like hunger, a new therapy that targets a virus's genes, the best math students perform the worst, pollution could contribute to obesity, and new immigrants face color and height biases.
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A recipe for life on Mars, how Alzheimer's and herpes are related, amnesia obscures the future as well as the past, a zoo exhibit features humans, and what the appendix is for.
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Exploring the origins of life, a laser-enhanced satellite for monitoring ozone, why cannibalism is in everyone's blood, a spit-test for sleepiness, and whether identical triplets are possible.