Month: June 2009
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Snow Biology – Food Web
Banks of melting snow are a host to a variety of interdependent creatures.
June 29, 2009Snow Biology – Acid Snow
In the Adirondacks, summer snow banks are often acidic – the legacy of burning fossil fuels – and it can have a devastating effect on the environment.
June 26, 2009Scandinavian Summer Solstice – History
For Swedish Americans the Summer solstice brings light to their hearts.
June 25, 2009Scandinavian Summer Solstice – Dance
Maryland is the site of an annual celebration where folks of all ages delight in dancing around a maypole until the sun sets.
June 24, 2009Crete – Singing Up the Sun
The celebration of the Cretan cherry harvest continues until dawn, for men singing ancient local songs, callded rezydika.
June 23, 2009The Music Instinct – Oldest Instrument
Archaeologists have found a 35,000-year-old flute in a cave in Germany.
June 22, 2009The Music Instinct – Womb Sounds
Turn it up, mommy! Just plug your ears, listen to the radio, and you can hear how music sounds inside a mother’s womb.
June 19, 2009The Music Instinct – Early Man
Neanderthals may not have used words to communicate, but it’s possible that they could sing.
June 18, 2009The Music Instinct – Music Origins
If it has no functional benefit, why did humans evolve to make music?
June 17, 2009The Music Instinct – Music Therapy
Does music have the ability to help stroke patients?
June 16, 2009Crete – Cherry Festival
In a small Cretan village, the annual cherry harvest brings revelry punctuated with gunshots and music.
June 15, 2009Snow Biology – Watermelon Snow
For hundreds of years, reddish snow has mystified hikers in the high country. Now it’s secret is revealed.
June 12, 2009Snow Biology – Algae
Snow banks in June? Well yes, and they provide a microhabitat to a colorful resident.
June 11, 2009Meteorites – Sudbury Impact
Think our weather is bad? At least what falls from the sky doesn’t feel like a nuclear explosion!
June 10, 2009Bee Powerline Habitat – Native Bees
With honeybees endangered, it’s native bees to the rescue!
June 9, 2009Kids’ Science Challenge: Winners – Claire
Does artificial turf pollute more than a grass field during a rainstorm? Only one way to find out!
June 8, 2009Kids’ Science Challenge: Winners – Kamau
Extraterrestrials may not speak a common language, but might they relate to the sounds of earth?
June 5, 2009Dark Park – Swiftlets (Underground River)
These cave-dwelling birds find their way in the dark, and manufacture nests that are considered culinary delights by many cultures.
June 4, 2009Bee Powerline Habitat – Junk Land
The land beneath powerlines is a prime spot for native bees to thrive.
June 3, 2009Kids’ Science Challenge: Winners – Lindsay
What do you get when you cross a skateboard with a vacuum cleaner? Fifth-grader Lindsay Carnes has a winning idea.
June 2, 2009Kids’ Science Challenge: Winners – Candy Doctors
Open up and say, aah. Don’t worry, your doctor’s visit will be flavorful.
June 1, 2009Science Diary: Red-cockaded – Snakes
Red-cockaded woodpeckers build a sticky sap fence to keep predators at bay.