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In Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that cooking gave early humans an advantage over other primates, leading to larger brains and more...
Published: Friday, 28 August 2009 18:02:19
Duration: 28:03
Size: 12.96 MB
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Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers write that women with higher levels of testosterone may seek riskier finance jobs. Study author Paola Sapienza...
Published: Friday, 28 August 2009 18:02:14
Duration: 12:07
Size: 5.67 MB
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Chef Wylie Dufresne, the owner of New York City restaurant wd-50, experiments with food, literally. He has lab notebooks detailing what certain chemicals do to certain dishes. Science...
Published: Friday, 28 August 2009 18:02:12
Duration: 5:32
Size: 2.66 MB
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A new study says so-called "heavy multitaskers" have trouble tuning out distractions and switching tasks compared with those who multitask less. And there's evidence that multitasking...
Published: Friday, 28 August 2009 18:02:05
Duration: 29:40
Size: 13.7 MB
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Scientists say nitrous oxide is in line to become the leading threat to the ozone layer. In other news, researchers have swapped DNA between monkey egg cells, correcting certain genetic...
Published: Friday, 28 August 2009 18:02:00
Duration: 12:31
Size: 5.85 MB
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These days some shoppers are looking at more than the price of their groceries; they're also considering "food miles" how far the grapes or pork chops traveled to get to the store....
Published: Friday, 21 August 2009 19:11:30
Duration: 35:20
Size: 16.3 MB
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Van Gogh, N.C. Wyeth and other artists recycled canvases by painting over previous works. Today museum scientists are using new x-ray technology to uncover the outline of hidden paintings,...
Published: Friday, 21 August 2009 19:11:27
Duration: 11:48
Size: 5.52 MB
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Science Friday highlights science news from the week, including: sea worms that drop bioluminescent bombs, how deepwater rice avoids drowning and what happens when bacteria and fruit...
Published: Friday, 21 August 2009 19:11:25
Duration: 4:02
Size: 1.97 MB
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DNA may be the key to building smaller, faster circuits. So says a reporting in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. IBM research scientist Greg Wallraff explains how folded DNA fragments...
Published: Friday, 21 August 2009 19:11:21
Duration: 13:49
Size: 6.45 MB
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Is the rift closing between scientists and the general public? Sheril Kirshenbaum, co-author of Unscientific America, discusses the challenges of communicating about science and engineering,...
Published: Friday, 21 August 2009 19:11:16
Duration: 17:07
Size: 7.96 MB
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Peak hurricane season typically lasts from August to October. Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains the climate...
Published: Friday, 21 August 2009 19:11:12
Duration: 11:52
Size: 5.56 MB
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Can chemistry explain what makes Stilton stinky and goat cheese gooey? Liz Thorpe, vice president of Murray's Cheese in New York and author of the new book The Cheese Chronicles, talks...
Published: Friday, 14 August 2009 18:04:07
Duration: 25:49
Size: 11.94 MB
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The Tony award-winning musical Next To Normal portrays a family struggling with mental illness and the treatments offered by modern psychiatry with rock songs about Valium and bipolar...
Published: Friday, 14 August 2009 18:04:02
Duration: 22:15
Size: 10.31 MB
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John Dabiri, bioengineer at Caltech, has developed new techniques for studying the motion of aquatic animals. In a recent study in the journal Nature, Dabiri and colleagues explain
Published: Friday, 14 August 2009 18:03:59
Duration: 4:29
Size: 2.18 MB
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Researchers are studying Bolivia's Tsimane tribe to better understand the effects of aging in the developed world. Gerontologist Eileen Crimmins describes a study that looked for signs...
Published: Friday, 14 August 2009 18:03:56
Duration: 13:21
Size: 6.24 MB
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Computer scientist Hovav Shacham has figured out a way to hack into older, seemingly more secure voting machines. Shacham talks about the "hack-ability" of electronic voting systems,...
Published: Friday, 14 August 2009 18:03:51
Duration: 17:33
Size: 8.16 MB
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America's electric grid is vulnerable to attack from electromagnetic weaponry, and building a smart grid might make it worse, says Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD). Bartlett, a former research...
Published: Friday, 14 August 2009 18:03:47
Duration: 12:30
Size: 5.85 MB
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Entomologist Dave Tarpy discusses beekeeping three years after colony collapse disorder appeared, and ecologist Kevin Matteson talks about urban beekeeping it's illegal in certain
Published: Friday, 07 August 2009 18:08:53
Duration: 24:25
Size: 11.31 MB
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Physicist and Exploratorium founder Frank Oppenheimer is profiled in Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens. Author K.C. Cole, a friend of Oppenheimer's, digs into FBI files and personal...
Published: Friday, 07 August 2009 18:08:48
Duration: 23:28
Size: 10.87 MB
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Presidential science adviser John Holdren said this year he wouldn't rule out engineering the Earth's climate as an option to slow global warming. Rob Jackson, director of Duke University's...
Published: Friday, 07 August 2009 18:08:42
Duration: 17:44
Size: 8.24 MB
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