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Tombs and Trash of Pompeii | Studying Malaria Updated: 2012-02-10 00:00:00 Description: Graduate student Allison Emmerson discusses her study of Pompeii life through tombs and trash. Also, graduate student Bridget Wall talks about the difficulties in studying the malaria parasite....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Engineering For Our Changing Climate Updated: 2012-02-03 00:00:00 Description: The Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report was recently released. Hear about what this means for the state from local experts including the Chief of Environment and Energy for the City of Boston, architects for the new Spaulding Rehabilitati...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Early Bow And Arrow Use | Making A Better Grid Battery Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00 Description: Archaeologist Justin Pargeter describes his studies of the first bows and arrows used in South Africa over 60,000 years ago. Also, find out how we can improve our electrical power grid with storage batteries made with new nanomaterial technology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Early Bow And Arrow Use | Making A Better Grid Battery Updated: 2012-01-27 00:00:00 Description: Archaeologist Justin Pargeter describes his studies of the first bows and arrows used in South Africa over 60,000 years ago. Also, find out how we can improve our electrical power grid with storage batteries made with new nanomaterial technology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Diamonds and Light Updated: 2012-01-20 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Marko Loncar and two of his graduate students talk about using diamonds to create optics based computers that are smaller, faster, and 'cooler' than our current computational machines....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Earth-like Planets | Better Prosthetic Limbs Updated: 2012-01-13 00:00:00 Description: In the search for Earth-like planets, NASA's Kepler Telescope has recently discovered several planets either similar in size to Earth or a similar distance from its star as Earth is from the sun, but not both. Also, Arthur Petron from the MIT Biomec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Playing Soccer For Energy | Emotions and Perception Updated: 2012-01-06 00:00:00 Description: Hear how Soccket co-inventor Julia Silverman is solving energy problems all over the world with the energy harnessing soccer ball. Also, Jolie Baumann from Northeastern University discusses her research into the effects of emotions on our perception...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Our Museum Bees | Forensic DNA Fingerprinting Updated: 2011-12-30 00:00:00 Description: Listen to the museum's very own bee keeper Bill Coleman talk about our bee hive exhibit and the missing bees from the summer. Also, find out about forensic DNA fingerprinting and the controversy behind familial DNA testing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Top 10 Science Stories of 2011 Updated: 2011-12-23 00:00:00 Description: From cutting edge technologies to natural disasters, the Current Science and Technology team has been keeping up with innovative research and the latest in breaking scientific news all year. We chose the 10 most interesting and important of those st...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The New Madrid Earthquakes, 200 Years Later Updated: 2011-12-16 00:00:00 Description: To recognize the bicentennial of the New Madrid earthquakes that started in the central U.S. on December 16, 1811, three earthquake experts -- John Ebel from Boston College, Jim Kaklamanos from Tufts University, and Paul Morey from FEMA -- share thei...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Fuss About Fracking Updated: 2011-12-09 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Rob Jackson from Duke University describes a controversial method for extracting natural gas from deep rock layers and discusses his research investigating possible effects of gas drilling on drinking water in the Marcellus Shale in the northeast...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Curiosity Heads for Mars | Mind-reading Technology Updated: 2011-12-02 00:00:00 Description: As the Mars Science Laboratory mission starts its 8-month journey, learn about its sophisticated rover Curiosity. Also, discover technology that's taking the first step toward turning a person's thoughts into movies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Python Hearts | Safety of Nanotechnology Updated: 2011-11-25 00:00:00 Description: After a python eats a very large meal, its heart can grow significantly larger. Find out how we may be able to use that information to help human hearts. Also, while nanotechnology is quickly growing in importance, many researchers are determining wa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Antarctic Expedition Updated: 2011-11-18 00:00:00 Description: Penguins, underwater robots, and strange microorganisms star in this podcast about a recent oceanographic expedition to Antarctica. Several researchers describe some surprising discoveries and the importance of studying long-term ecological change....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bomb Detecting Nanosensors | Listeria Outbreak Updated: 2011-11-11 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Daniel Heller from MIT describes how he uses nanosensors and bee venom to detect explosives. PhD candidate Kyle Perry from Harvard gives the facts about the recent Listeria outbreak connected to cantaloupes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Violent Volcanoes: Vesuvius and Beyond Updated: 2011-11-04 00:00:00 Description: Volcanologist Dr. Steve Carey from the University of Rhode Island discusses the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius and the impacts a similarly violent eruption would have on modern society. He also describes his current research on explosive underwater volca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Better Hurricane Forecasting Updated: 2011-10-27 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Richard Yablonsky from the University of Rhode Island talks about shortfalls of current hurricane forecast models and how different approaches to hurricane modeling could improve forecasts in the future....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wrinkly Fingers | World's Smallest Motor Updated: 2011-10-21 00:00:00 Description: Find out why our fingers get wrinkly in water. Also, Dr. Charles Sykes from Tufts University describes the world's smallest motor....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Curing the Common Cold | La Nina Is Back Updated: 2011-10-14 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Todd Rider from MIT's Lincoln Lab describes a potentially revolutionary new antiviral drug. La Nina is back, so find out what that means for our coming winter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Puzzle of the Bones Updated: 2011-10-07 00:00:00 Description: Researchers in South Africa are unearthing remarkably complete skeletons of human ancestors that are 2 million years old. Anthropologist Dr. Jeremy DeSilva from Boston University discusses some of the surprising findings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Body Liquefaction | Searching for New Earths Updated: 2011-09-30 00:00:00 Description: Learn why body liquefaction is a more environmentally friendly alternative to burial or cremation. Also, hear about the discovery of the latest earth-like planets orbiting other stars . . . and whether they can support life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sleeping in Space | New Nano Flame Retardent Updated: 2011-09-23 00:00:00 Description: Caroline Lowenthal from the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT talks about the importance of sleep on the International Space Station. Also, learn about a potential new flame retardant for clothing using nanotechnology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Regenerating Human Organs Updated: 2011-09-16 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Anthony Atala, Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, describes the types of human organs his group has been able to grow and details the technology involved in these efforts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In Space: Antimatter and Astronauts Updated: 2011-09-09 00:00:00 Description: Jim Bickford from Draper Laboratory discusses antimatter and how it might be captured for human use. Then, learn about the relationship of the Russian Soyuz program to astronauts on the International Space Station....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Earthquakes in New England | Nano Sized Medicine Updated: 2011-09-02 00:00:00 Description: Learn about the recent 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia that was felt all the way up in Boston. Also, Dr. Jim Wilking from Harvard University talks about his research into developing very tiny pharmaceuticals. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sequencing Cancer Genomes | Watching Bacteria Build Updated: 2011-08-26 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Franziska Michor, a computational biologist from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discusses her work with analyzing cancer genomes. Naveen Sinha then talks about how he is using applied physics to study bacterial biofilm formation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Is It Functional: A Tattoo or a Stegosaurus Tail? Updated: 2011-08-19 00:00:00 Description: Heather Clark from Northeastern University talks about her lab's work using a nanosensor tatoo and an iPhone to check glucose levels in the blood. Also, discover how dangerous that spiky Stegosaurus tail actually was....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Visiting An Asteroid | Reading A Brain Updated: 2011-08-12 00:00:00 Description: Space exploration continues with the Dawn spacecraft currently in orbit around the large asteroid Vesta. Also, a new technology may be able to help teach the brain how to control the body in accident or stroke victims....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Massachusetts Tornadoes | Dating Rocks on Earth and Mars Updated: 2011-08-05 00:00:00 Description: First, Eleanor Vallier-Talbot from the National Weather Service in Taunton, Massachusetts talks about the recent tornadoes that swept through central Massachusetts on June 1. Then, Dr. Ben Weiss from MIT explains how to use magnetism to date dinosau...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cognitive Radios | Taking Dinosaur Temperatures Updated: 2011-07-29 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Kaushik Chowdhury from Northeastern University discusses radios that can think, learn and adapt. Then, learn how scientists can measure the body temperatures, and even metabolism, of long extinct dinosaurs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Engineering Cancer Drug Delivery Updated: 2011-07-22 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia from MIT describes how her team has improved delivery of chemotherapeutics to tumors by linking nanoparticles to our body's own blood clotting system....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sending Humans To Space | Detecting Disease Faster Updated: 2011-07-15 00:00:00 Description: Dr. Ryan Kobrick from the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT talks about some of the lab's projects to help prepare humans for long distance space travel. Also, hear about a new device that uses nanoparticles to detect harmful diseases faster than before....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mummy Studies | Closer To Invisibility Updated: 2011-07-08 00:00:00 Description: Hear how scientists are using modern technology to study Otzi the Iceman. 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