Month: December 2006
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Year End Fire Watch
“Be careful with fire!†is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year.
December 28, 2006Hawaiian New Year’s – Share
As the last day of the year approaches, one Pulse of the Planet listener remembers New Year’s as a time of Japanese traditions, Portuguese soup and Chinese firecrackers.
December 27, 2006Wassail
An ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition called “Wassail” lives on in Pennsylvania, where a group of friends celebrate this week by drinking to the health of apple trees.
December 26, 2006Mosses of Cape Horn – Research on the Edge
Researchers brave the wild conditions of Tierra del Fuego to learn more about mosses.
December 25, 2006Christmas Bonfires – Tradition
Along the banks of the Mississippi River, a line of Bonfires lights the way for Papa Noel.
December 22, 2006Icing on Aircraft Wings: Seeing into the Storm
Researchers hope to help pilots avoid icing conditions by helping them ‘see’ into the clouds.
December 21, 2006Ice: Sounds of Ice
Listen to some of the unexpected sounds of winter.
December 20, 2006Roma – Nomadic
Roma, or “gypsies” are not aimless wanderers, as centuries old belief has portrayed them.
December 19, 2006Icing on Aircraft Wings: Flying into Ice
To learn more about icing conditions, researchers fly straight to the source.
December 18, 2006Science Diary: Frontiers of the Brain – Listening In
Science Diarist John Beggs gives us a peek (and a listen) into our brains.
December 15, 2006South Asian Vultures – Keeping Them Alive
Governments, farmers and environmental groups are working together to preserve South Asia’s most important predators.
December 14, 2006Science Diary: Frontiers of the Brain – Replicating Data
A new model shows promise in helping Science Diarist John Beggs understand data collected from neurons.
December 13, 2006Kalas
In Lindsborg, Kansas, folks still mark this time of year with traditions their ancestors brought from Sweden.
December 12, 2006Science Diary: Frontiers of the Brain – The Wave
How does a crowd of sports enthusiasts function like a brain? Stay tuned.
December 11, 2006Star Lore – Pyramids
For the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, the pyramids may have been their “stairway to heaven”.
December 8, 2006South Asian Vultures – Near Extinction
Over the past ten years, the vultures of India, Nepal and Pakistan have been disappearing. Until recently, no one knew why.
December 7, 2006Starlore: Monuments
music Around 5,000 years ago, people in Southern England built a monument that was designed to align with the rising sun at the time of the summer solstice. Although Stonehenge is now widely known, it’s not the only structure of this kind. I’m Jim Metzner, and this is the Pulse of the Planet. Edwin Krupp […]
December 6, 2006Icing on Aircraft Wings: What is it?
By learning how ice forms, researchers hope to better prevent dangerous aircraft icing.
December 5, 2006Ice: Freezing Lakes
The unusual way that water freezes allows fish and other aquatic life to survive the winter months.
December 4, 2006Ice: Comets
To find the source of life on earth, some say we should look to the skies.
December 1, 2006Ltefisk
A strong tasting fish has maintained its stature in the heritage of Scandinavian culture.