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Arctic Forests

December 13, 2006

Scientists haven't yet discovered Santa Claus at the North Pole, but they've found something that …

December 8, 2006

Your birthday greetings to us, hopeful news about malaria in Africa, robots that can recover from …

December 4, 2006

An all-but-abandoned malaria drug could someday regain its effectiveness.

December 1, 2006

Our special birthday show! A louse killer that's evolution-proof, what comes after Hubble, the …

November 23, 2006

Hubble's here for another seven years, but what comes after that?

November 22, 2006

Despite dramatic differences in the number of categories and color names, people categorize colors …

November 20, 2006

Lice are unlikely to evolve resistence to a new technology for exterminating them.

November 17, 2006

Whiskers could help robots feel, how bee brains are like human brains, a genetic disorder with …

November 10, 2006

How wool is made washable, the earliest horse corral, a parasite that prefers baby boys, a medical …

November 9, 2006

A listener asks: How does wool become non-shrink?

November 8, 2006

Strong solar flares could render some GPS receivers temporarily useless.