Month: February 2015
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Science Meets Culture in New Zealand
In an intergenerational coastal dunes restoration project, everyone learned as much about cultural exchange as they did about science.
February 26, 2015Red Cockaded Woodpeckers – A Sticky Business
A woodpecker has devised a clever strategy to protect its nests from snakes.
February 25, 2015Red Cockaded Woodpeckers – Excavators
It’s the only woodpecker that excavates cavities in a living Pine tree.
February 24, 2015Musical Emotions – Discoveries
Science and art intertwine to explore the relationship between emotion and music.
February 23, 2015Digital Luthier
Composers are using computers to create music by tapping into the emotional states of the performers and the audience.
February 20, 2015Electro-Psychology and Music
Is there a way to directly translate emotions directly to musical sound, with a little help from computers?
February 19, 2015Making Informed Decisions
Do we base our understanding of science on evidence or opinion?
February 18, 2015Cajun Mardi Gras – Feast Before Fast
Mardi Gras is a holiday with its roots in ancient European traditions. There are good reasons why it happens at this time of year.
February 17, 2015Cajun Mardi Gras – In Disguise
As Cajuns in Louisiana celebrate Mardi Gras this week, revelers disguise themselves and beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.
February 16, 2015Cajun Mardi Gras – Biggest Day
When dozens of people in bright costumes, masks and pointy hats are riding around in flatbed trucks raising a ruckus, you can bet you’re in Cajun Louisiana for Mardi Gras.
February 13, 2015What is Science
You go out and gather the evidence and let the evidence lead the answer to your hunch, not the other way around.
February 12, 2015Bringing in a Dinosaur
Bringing a dinosaur skeleton from the field to the lab is a tricky process.
February 11, 2015A Fine Feathered Dinosaur
Close relatives of Tyrannosaurs Rex actually had some kind of feathering coating!
February 10, 2015Cancer – Mutations
Could there be over time, any positive outcomes from cancer via mutation?
February 9, 2015Cancer – Chess Master
Finding a strategy to combat cancer is like playing chess against a Grandmaster.
February 6, 2015Cancer – the Immune System
When it comes to our immune system, there are times when too much defense is not such a good thing.
February 5, 2015Cancer – Treating Tumors Without Surgery
Veterinarians are using nanoparticles of gold to control the growth of cancerous tumors.
February 4, 2015Chimpanzees – Deadly Trait
Chimpanzees and humans share a number of common traits, including deadly violence to their own kind.
February 3, 2015Chimpanzees – Communication
Chimps communicate with each other with both voices and gestures.
February 2, 2015Chimpanzees – Tools
Chimps make their own tools for all sorts of different needs and behaviors.