Month: June 2006
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Kincentric Ecology – Language
The language of the Raramuri people is interwoven with the elements of nature.
June 29, 2006Kincentric Ecology – Family
All of nature is kindred to the people of the Raramuri culture in Mexico.
June 28, 2006Soil Litter – Unidentified Species
Biology’s latest frontier is as close as your own backyard.
June 27, 2006Soil Litter – The Food Web
There’s a dense population under our feet that sustains life for us above the ground.
June 26, 2006Soil Litter – Soil As Living Skin
Soil is bio-dynamic: it has the capacity to filter pollutants and transform elements into organic matter.
June 23, 2006Soil Litter – Temperate Zones
Climatic variances and geological history determine the biological make-up of soil.
June 22, 2006Narwhal Tusks – Inside Out
Teeth are ideally strong, hard, and pearly white, right? Not for the narwhal and its inside out tusk.
June 21, 2006Narwhal Tusks – Sensitivity
How does a whale say ‘ouch’? Scientists studying the narwhal’s unusual tusk-like tooth try to tackle that problem.
June 20, 2006Narwhal Tusks- Tubes
Tender teeth hurt, so why would an animal swimming in frigid waters have an 8-foot long sensitive tooth?
June 19, 2006Redback Spiders-Vibrations
For Redback spiders, the web is an extended sensory organ.
June 16, 2006Redback Spiders: Mating Sacrifice
For Male Redback spiders, wooing a female means courting death.
June 15, 2006Wethersfield: Fire/Encampment
Fire making circa 1776 was a “revolutionary” technique.
June 14, 2006Hurricane Observation – Emily
65,000 feet in the air, alone, staring down the eye of a hurricane ? It’s all in a day’s work for ER-2 research pilots.
June 13, 2006Hurricane Observation – High Altitude Lab
High-altitude planes use a variety of onboard research instruments to study both earth and space.
June 12, 2006Hurricane Observation – Pilot
Research pilots fly high above the tumult of a hurricane, capturing data from sea level on up.
June 9, 2006Wethersfield: Rifles
Rifles were the sophisticated weaponry of the Revolutionary War, used by an elite corps on the periphery of battle.
June 8, 2006Wethersfield: Skirmish
Travel back in time 226 years, as the Second Continental Light Dragoons prepare for a British invasion.
June 7, 2006Wethersfield: General Washington
Wethersfield, Connecticut has a special place in American history, and every June, folks come here to celebrate it.
June 6, 2006Crows – Tools
Humans aren’t the only animals with tools. One species of crow has a whole arsenal of instruments that it uses to snag its dinner.
June 5, 2006Crows – Playing Tricks
Crows and ravens are not only tricksters in Native Alaskan mythology – sometimes their wily games even help them to snag a free dinner.
June 2, 2006Crows – Not Just a Bird Brain
Crows do remarkably well on intelligence tests. These “feathered apes” can solve problems and make tools.
June 1, 2006Crows: To Tell a Crow from a Raven
Crows and ravens may both be large, black birds, but they have very distinct voices.