Month: August 2017
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Butter – Think Global
Analyzing butter to detect pollutants worldwide.
August 30, 2017Butter Detector
A cheap and effective pollution monitoring tool?
August 25, 2017Plastics in Your Body
“Take me into the cell! Don’t kill me!”
August 24, 2017Not Grandad’s Science
These days, getting a degree in chemistry, biology or physics isn’t enough.
August 21, 2017Sun Sounds
Honoring today’s solar eclipse: Sound is giving us a clue as to what’s taking place inside the sun.
August 18, 2017Finding a Pest Predator
When an invasive insect from Japan began wiping out eastern hemlock trees, scientists found the pests’ natural predator in Japan.
August 17, 2017The Wooly Bug
An invasive species has decimated our population of eastern hemlock trees.
August 16, 2017Undiscovered Fungi
Thanks to DNA testing, we now know that the majority of micororganisms in soil are fungi which bring vital elements to plant life.
August 14, 2017The Case of the Persistent Pollutants
Detectable traces of pollutants just might be in your refrigerator.
August 7, 2017History of Extinction
Part of Lewis and Clark’s mission was to find dinosaurs!
August 4, 2017Ivory Billed Woodpecker- Dead or Alive?
Is the largest woodpecker in North America truly extinct?
August 3, 2017Large Numbers, Anyone?
Do large numbers effect our decision making?
August 2, 2017Numerosity
Are we unconsciously influenced by the size of a number?
August 1, 2017Seeing Red
Subliminal selling messages in a department store?