NASA Develops Space Taxis
Sun Storms Change Flight Routes
Water Vapor's Impact on Climate
Texting - 1000 Feet Under
Running on Bare DogsListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Earth's Asteroid Defense TeamMethane's effect on climate,
a look at global coal markets,
climatologists reflect on hacked email,
Earth's asteroid defense team,
30 million year old virgin
and a DNA analysis of a fish stickListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Earthquake Analysis and Deermouse SpermAn analysis of Latin American earthquakes
NASA keepsakes and why sperm fightListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Smart Meters and Absolute ZeroHaitian Quake Not a Surprise to Geologists
The country's only earthquake engineer
'Beautiful' symmetry near absolute zero
Do smart meters really work?
Male chromosome still evolvingListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Astronomers Map Dark Matter 'Beach Ball'Stories in this episode: 1) Astronomers Map Dark Matter 'Beach Ball' 2) Autism 'Clusters' Linked To Parents' Education 3) Will The Next War Be Fought Over Water? 4) Going Organic Helps A Small Dairy Stay Afloat 5) A Once-Dark Polaroid Factory Goes Green 6) Filmmaking Scientist Experiments With ComedyListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Decade of Stem Cell ResearchStories in this episode: 1) A Decade of Stem Cell Research 2) Landowner Calls on Death to Save Her Farm 3) Waiting on Science to Say If Plastic Chemical Is Safe 4) Rare Rhinos Relocated In Effort To Keep Species Alive 5) Byproducts of Urban L ife Smother Chesapeake BayListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Answering Questions On Climate SummitStories in this episode: 1) Negotiators at the Copenhagen climate summit are facing an uphill task in their attempt to come up with a political agreement on global warming. NPR's Richard Harris answers listeners' questions about the climate summit. 2) Natural Gas Fights For Position In Climate Bill 3) World's Largest Particle Collider Back In Action 4) Newly Discovered Planet Could Be A Watery World 5) Radiation From CT Scans May Raise Cancer RiskListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Climate Conundrum Over Nuclear EnergyStories in this episode: 1) Climate Conundrum Over Nuclear Energy 2) Scientsts Help Ranchers Wrangle Carbon Emissions 3) Reading Practice Can Strengthen Brain 4) Sense of Touch Can Help Hearing 5) An Insiders View To the Nobel Medal CeremonyListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Jumping Over HurdlesClimate Policy suffers embarressment, while stem cells score a few points. Also California's carbon banking, hidden scientific treasures and how the senses intermingle.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Careful CountingAfter 6 years on Mars, in what was originally supposed to be a three month mission, Rover Spirit's days are numbered. Also, the total number of Blue Fin Tuna allowed to be fished this year is less than previous years. It's been 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin's of the Species, President Barak Obama's skin tone proves subjective; and apparently, ants can count.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Hearing the AestheticIt's all about the visual this week. Stories include the examinations of both dust and ancient dung fungus, salvaging Hubble and a restoration of eyesight.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Major RevisionsThe EPA studies the Chesapeake Bay water and makes moves to better manage the U.S.'s largest estuary. Also one new study shines light on why some people just can't loss weight, while another suggests that children with Autism may also suffer from poor motor skills.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Ice Heats Up and Leaves Fall DownA baby's cry reveals the language of their parents, NASA takes pictures of melting ice, the pig genome gets sequenced, and who leaves fall off trees.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Carbon, You Are My Shinning StarCarbon is this week's star at the Science Desk. Congress evaluates both the pros and cons concerning planting forests to remove carbon dioxide, and trys to quantify the carbon dioxide a car produces when running on biofuels; plus the taste of carbonation is revealed. Also, the desk explores why musicians hear better and samples some wild cricket sounds.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Frogs Find Love and Other Modern MarvelsNASA orchestrates a major collusion on the Moon, neuroscientists find that it takes the human brain about half a second to process speech, some Australian frogs' mating calls jump a few octaves higher, and cap-and-trade may not be the perfect answer to regulating greenhouse gas emissions after all.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Accolades and MillstonesNASA makes a big mess on the moon, NPR tracks down this year's Medicine or Physiology and Physics Nobel winners, and decomposition never felt so good. Oh yeah, that's science baby...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Frogs Find Love and Other Modern MarvelsNASA orchestrates a major collusion on the Moon, neuroscientists find that it takes the human brain about half a second to process speech, some Australian frogs' mating calls jump a few octaves higher, and cap-and-trade may not be the perfect answer to regulating greenhouse gas emissions after all.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Accolades and MillstonesNASA makes a big mess on the moon, NPR tracks down this year's Medicine or Physiology and Physics Nobel winners, and decomposition never felt so good. Oh yeah, that's science baby...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
As the World TurnsCauses behind this week's geologic tragedies are investigated. Also, NASA needs a plutonium fix, the hominid family tree finds a long lost relative, and some fun bird noises during intimate moments. NPR's Science Desk delivers.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
As the World TurnsCauses behind this week's geologic tragedies are investigated. Also, NASA needs a plutonium fix, the hominid family tree finds a long lost relative, and some fun bird noises during some intimate moments. NPR's Science Desk delivers.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
