Coal-Based Jet Fuel
Good old-fashioned coal could revolutionize jet fuel.
Jet Stream Roundup
Red-eye flights are hard on your system, and they may also be hard on the envirnoment.
Otters and Cats
New research shows that keeping cats indoors is not only safer for them, but it also protects other cute, fuzzy animals, too.
Toxic Algae
Red tide is famous for turning the wataer off the Florida coast toxic and blood-colored. Other algal blooms are not as recognizable by color, but can be just as harmful. Some scientists think we don't yet know just how dangerous they can be.
Promoting Parasites
Wetlands around the world have been disappearing at an alarming rate. Now scientists have found a new cheap and easy way of monitoring those that remain.
Podcast
An ancient soil-enrichment technology, life outside the solar system, our instant beauty-detectors, our bias for beauty, and running out of metals.
Terra Preta
Before Europeans arrived, the Amazon may have once supported a dense population. But with soil quality so low, how did those early Amazonians survive?
Water Scrubbing
Once pollution reaches sensitive bays and marshes, it's extremely hard to clean up. But some simple measures can help mop up toxins before they get that far.
Moon Origin
When Apollo astronauts went to the moon, they wanted to find out where it came from. Now one of our listeners has the same question.
Podcast
A better way to browse music, sexual orientation in the brain, a great locust migration, the tectonic future of California, and why the desert is an Amazon.
Bugs and Trees Roundup
Places that seem inhospitable to us, like the desert, are home-sweet-home to other organisms.
Interactive Map
Most maps give facts and statistics. But a new mapping project is trying to capture something more elusive.
Moon Base
Experts and citizens are debating whether it's worth it to return to the moon. One group says we have a lot to gain.
Fish and Flowers
Fish populations worldwide have been decreasing. New research shows that this may have an unexpected effect on flowers.
Arctic Shrubs
The shrubs that thrive in the warmer arctic winters could have a big impact on the whole planet.
Green Stain-Resistance
The race is on to find environmentally friendly alternatives to commonly used chemicals. Science Reporter Bob Hirshon tells us about one of the newest advances.
Panther Rescue
Scientists are trying to save Florida panthers by breeding them with Texas cougars. But is it working?
Babysitting Coral
Scientists are raising coral in a lab and transplanting it to the reef.
Pollution Roundup
The full and new moons bring the most extreme tides and the most pollution; a pollution-eating bacterium generates electricity
Climate Roundup
Analyzing oxygen in rocks to understand earth's first atmosphere, and carbon dioxide caused the last global warming period.
Earth’s Energy
The heat trapped by greenhouse gases is being stored up, exacerbating global warming.
School Bus Fumes
Exhaust fumes are worse inside a school bus than outside.