Month: June 2017
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Bringing in a Dinosaur
Bringing a dinosaur skeleton from the field to the lab is a tricky process.
June 29, 2017Cancer – Chess Master
Finding a strategy to combat cancer is like playing chess against a Grandmaster.
June 28, 2017A Fine Feathered Dinosaur
Close relatives of Tyrannosaurs Rex actually had some kind of feathering coating!
June 27, 2017Cancer – the Immune System
When it comes to our immune system, there are times when too much defense is not such a good thing.
June 26, 2017Cancer – Treating Tumors Without Surgery
Veterinarians are using nanoparticles of gold to control the growth of cancerous tumors.
June 23, 2017If Buildings Could Help in an Emergency
Instead of looking for “child finder” stickers, first responders to an emergency might one day be checking their iPads.
June 22, 2017Chimpanzees – Deadly Trait
Chimpanzees and humans share a number of common traits, including deadly violence to their own kind.
June 21, 2017Chimpanzees – Communication
Chimps communicate with each other with both voices and gestures.
June 20, 2017Chimpanzees – Tools
Chimps make their own tools for all sorts of different needs and behaviors.
June 19, 2017Dino Lab – 200 Million Year Old Glimpse
It’s an incredible feeling to be the first person to uncover an animal that lived over 210 million years ago.
June 16, 2017If Buildings Could Harvest Electricity
Could a smart building be smart enough to transform the motion that takes place inside it, into electricity?
June 15, 2017Disaster Preparation – Social Media
Social media is changing the way that we respond to a natural disaster.
June 14, 2017Dino Lab – One Scrape at a Time
Find a fossil dinosaur in the field, bring it to the lab, and the work of extracting it begins.
June 13, 2017If Buildings Could Listen
With over 200 vibrometers, this building is keeping track of the movements of its inhabitants.
June 12, 2017If Buildings Could Talk
One of the world’s most instrumented buildings is a living laboratory of vibrations.
June 9, 2017Disaster Preparation – Too Much of a Good Thing
Sending supplies to a disaster stricken area is best left to relief organizations.
June 8, 2017Roma – Amplified Music
Roma music is eclectic, contemporary, and loud!
June 7, 2017Disaster Preparation – Help Gets in the Way
When a natural disaster strikes, one of the problems that relief agencies run into are people who want to help!
June 6, 2017Disaster Preparation – Partners
When planning for a disaster like a hurricane or an earthquake, local knowledge is critical.
June 5, 2017Roma – Census
For Roma, census-taking is not just a matter of counting heads.
June 2, 2017Koalas – Dying
What is keeping St. Bees Island’s koala population in check?
June 1, 2017Roma – Nomadic
Gypsies are not aimless wanderers.