JUL 31, 2009 |
Healthy Mouth Roundup Oral hygiene could stave off heart disease. |
JUL 30, 2009 |
Moon Elements A listener asks: What is the moon made of? |
JUL 29, 2009 |
Auditory Synesthesia Some people hear sounds when they see something move. |
JUL 28, 2009 |
Immune Microparticles A new approach to regulating the immune response may make organ transplants safer. |
JUL 27, 2009 |
HPV Vaccine Vaccines against the viruses that cause cervical cancer are proving to be extremely effective at preventing the disease. |
JUL 24, 2009 |
Robot Roundup A new generation of robots can recognize and mimic human facial expressions. |
JUL 23, 2009 |
Tools as Body Parts People perceive tools as extensions of their own bodies. |
JUL 22, 2009 |
Alzheimer’s & Caffeine Caffeine may stave off and even reverse the underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease. |
JUL 21, 2009 |
Staring into Space A listener asks: What are your eyes and brain doing when you stare into space? |
JUL 20, 2009 |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will send back unprecedented information about our closest cosmic neighbor. |
JUL 17, 2009 |
Cardiac Roundup Consuming sugar can damage the heart by causing arteries to expand too fast. |
JUL 16, 2009 |
Rammed Earth The right amount of water can make a green building material super-sturdy. |
JUL 15, 2009 |
Plankton Imaging Satellite instruments can measure the health of the ocean's tiny - but vital - phytoplankton. |
JUL 14, 2009 |
Robo-Ferret Researchers are designing a small robot to scour cargo containers for contraband. |
JUL 13, 2009 |
Virtual Sounds New computer programs generate real-time, accurate sounds for virtual-reality events. |
JUL 10, 2009 |
Wildlife Health Roundup Increased rates of cancer in wild animals could spell bad news for threatened and endangered species. |
JUL 9, 2009 |
Wagging Dogs A listener asks: Why do dogs wag their tails? |
JUL 8, 2009 |
Lamprey Contraception An evolutionary quirk in the sex hormones of sea lamprey could help bring the destructive Great Lakes invader under control. |
JUL 7, 2009 |
Frozen Bacteria Bacteria trapped in eons-old ice could shed light on extraterrestrial life. |
JUL 6, 2009 |
Re-Sizing Dinosaurs Dinosaurs may have been smaller than previous estimates. |
JUL 3, 2009 |
Green Cows & Trees Roundup Today’s cows are more efficient than those of 50 years ago. |
JUL 2, 2009 |
Arsenic & Flu Exposure to arsenic, a water pollutant, makes mice more vulnerable to swine flu. |
JUL 1, 2009 |
Computer Composer A new computer program can generate an infinite amount of original music. |
