Science
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
What is Life – Growing Brains
Finding ways to defeat the Zika virus.
May 10, 2021What is Life – Organoids
Growing human brains in a laboratory used to be the stuff of science fiction, until now.
May 7, 2021What is Life – Radiobes
There are times when it’s difficult to distinguish between what’s alive and what isn’t.
May 6, 2021What is Life?
It’s a question we humans have carried for a long time.
March 18, 2021Grafting Season
For apple tree growers, there’s a brief period of time between winter and spring upon which their whole future crop depends.
March 15, 2021Cloning Apples the Old Fashioned Way
For some farmers, it’s the best way to ensure that their favorite crops come back year after year.
March 12, 2021The Human Side of Natural Selection
Long before biotechnology, farmers have sought ways to bring predictability to their ever-changing crops.
March 10, 2021Coral Reefs – Microfragmentation
An accidental discovery leads to a new way of recovering reefs
March 9, 2021Coral Reefs – Nanotechnology
How to construct an artificial reef?
February 23, 2021Modeling Disease Pulse of the Populace
Tracking the behavior of someone who looks a lot like you.
February 22, 2021Fossils the Art of Seeing
It’s like playing “Where’s Waldo”, with Waldo being a few hundred million years old.
February 11, 2021Fossils Drive-By Outcrops
You could easily be driving by a bed of fossils on your way to work.
February 10, 2021Fossils Where to Look
The secret of finding fossils is knowing where to look.
February 9, 2021Fossils Touchstones to the Past
Hearkening back 400 million years.
October 9, 2020Frontiers of the Brain
Science Diarist John Beggs explains what makes neuroscience like the Wild West.
September 23, 2020Mow High With a Sharp Blade
Lessons learned from golf course greens can improve a home lawn.
September 22, 2020Splitting Water
In the process of developing alternative fuel souces, you may have to split a few molecules along the way.
September 17, 2020Spinning Water
Why is the manufacturing of electric thin films like an amusement park ride?
September 16, 2020Electric Sandwich
The technology behind your computer screen is, in effect, a layered electronic “sandwich”.
September 15, 2020Thin Film
Never heard of thin film technology? You’re probably carrying it with you right now,
September 14, 2020Staring Down the Eye
65,000 feet in the air, alone, staring down the eye of a hurricane ? It’s all in a day’s work for ER-2 research pilots.
September 11, 2020A Very High Altitude Lab
High-altitude planes use a variety of onboard research instruments to study both earth and space.
September 10, 2020Hurricane Pilot
Research pilots fly high above the tumult of a hurricane, capturing data from sea level on up.
August 27, 2020A Most Abundant Life Form
Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us.
August 25, 2020The Ruthless Courtesy of Ants
The world’s foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders.
August 21, 2020Hairy Evidence
Laboratory tests of hair samples indicate they come from a hitherto unknown primate.
August 12, 2020Probiotics for Bees
It’s difficult to produce a pesticide that doesn’t have effects on beneficial microorganisms.
August 11, 2020Honeybees – It’s all in the Gut
A honeybee’s best friends just might be the microbiota living in its digestive tract.
August 10, 2020Bees and Pesticides
Scientists are trying to better understand the risks of using pesticides on bee colonies.
August 7, 2020Ascent of a Queen
When bees lose their queen, the hive makes a distinctive sound.
August 6, 2020The Perseid Meteor Shower
A Celestial treat: the annual rain of space dust entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
August 5, 2020Importance of Being a Bee
Honeybees play a crucial role in agriculture.
August 4, 2020Honeybees and Mites
Predatory insect mites are infecting honeybee hives, but pesticides used to control the mites just might be making things worse!
August 3, 2020Inside the Hive
With thousands of bees to feed, a hive needs a good store of honey to get through the winter.
July 30, 2020Saving Organs – One Pipe at a Time
Can chemistry keep some of the world’s oldest organs from turning to dust?