Month: May 2017
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Fossils the Art of Seeing
It’s like playing “Where’s Waldo”, with Waldo being a few hundred million years old.
May 30, 2017Fossils Drive-By Outcrops
You could easily be driving by a bed of fossils on your way to work.
May 29, 2017Video Games Art Form or Bad Influence?
“You’re talking to all these strangers and maybe not always being nice to each other.”
May 26, 2017Koalas – Mystery
Why has the koala population of St. Bees Island remained stable?
May 25, 2017Roma – Origins
Demystifying the origins of the Roma/gypsy culture.
May 24, 2017Fossils Where to Look
The secret of finding fossils is knowing where to look.
May 23, 2017Fossils Touchstones to the Past
Hearkening back 400 million years.
May 22, 2017Nanotechnology the Bottom Line
Do we need nanomaterials to be 100% pure?
May 19, 2017Koalas – Success
At last! A research team spots a well-hidden koala.
May 18, 2017Nanotechnology Sense and Destroy
Self-repairing membranes that target pathogens.
May 17, 2017Nanotechnology Just Like Shark Skin
Designing a membrane that doesn’t clog up.
May 16, 2017Nanotechnology – Revolutionizing Water Treatment
It takes about ten barrels of water to get one barrel of oil.
May 15, 2017Nanoparticles A Whole Lot of Surface
How does making something smaller change its nature?
May 12, 2017Koalas – Strategies
Koalas don’t keep quiet and still all day because they’re lazy – it’s a metabolic strategy!
May 11, 2017Modeling Disease – Tracking Zika
Will the Zika virus burn itself out?
May 10, 2017Modeling Disease The Lens of Culture
Burial practices in West Africa figured in the spread of Ebola.
May 9, 2017Modeling Disease Pulse of the Populace
Tracking someone who looks a lot like you.
May 8, 2017Modeling Diseases Many Pathways
What’s responsible for maintaining the spread of disease?
May 5, 2017Koalas – Tracking
Join in the hunt as researchers track down koalas!
May 4, 2017Snakes and Newts – A Deadly Secret
Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch.
May 3, 2017Milk – Lighten Up
Florescent lighting may be effecting the taste of milk and other daily products.
May 2, 2017Milk – Got Taste?
Why has the consumption of milk been declining for the past thirty years?
May 1, 2017The Case of the Poisoned Hunters
Some mysterious deaths in the wilderness led to an unusual scientific discovery.