NPR: On Science Podcast

NPR On Science: 1) Chemical Compass In Bird Brains? 2) Cloud Computing 3) Fungus Threatens Wheaties 4) Solving Climate Change With Beavers

NPR On Science, April 21, 2008 - 1) Bonk: The Science Of Sex 2) The Robot Hall of Fame 3) Wind Power Blows Family Apart

NPR On Science: 1) Ukrainian Pop Star Pushes Climate Solutions 2) California Engineer Builds Plug-in Hybrid 3) Scientists Find Bacteria That Eat Antibiotics

NPR On Science: 1) Ukrainian Pop Star Pushes Climate Solutions 2) California Engineer Builds Plug-in Hybrid 3) Scientists Find Bacteria That Eat Antibiotics

Stories: 1) Chunk of Famed Meteorite Goes to Auction 2) Scientists Examine Climate Change in Bible Tales 3) Budget Space Travel Just Around the Corner? 4) Navigating the Pacific's 'Garbage Patch' 5) Technology Increasingly Tames Wildfires 6) Baseball Humidor Aids Fair Play in Denver

Stories: 1) Bat Winters in D.C., to Delight of Urban Dwellers 2) Iceland Seeks to Restore Soils, Forests 3) China's 'Sun King' Aims to Lead Shift to Solar Power 4) Vermont Governor: EPA Emissions Ruling Misguided 5) Astronaut in Space Gets News of Mother's Death 6) EPA Refuses California's Stricter Limits on Emissions

Stories: 1) Climate Roadmap Emerges from Grueling Bali Talks 2) Contentious Climate Talks Yield 'Bali Roadmap' 3) Scientists Seek Cause of Mysterious 'Rogue' Waves 4) Who Is Singing Me Lullabies? 5) Energy Bill Calls for Phasing Out Old Lightbulbs 6) Gore Condemns U.S. Stance at Climate Talks

Stories: 1) Doctor Saved Michigan $100 Million 2) Fatality Prompts Scrutiny of Police Tasers in Canada 3) Faulty Crib Case Highlights Problems with Recalls 4) Parents Seek Alternatives to Chinese Toys 5) 'Marketplace' Report: Climate Change Conference 6) Autism Study Lends Credence to 'Fever Effect'

Stories: 1) Artificial Intelligence Enters Brave New World 2) Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage 3) Campaign Fights over Health Care Could Be Costly 4) 'Animal, Vegetable, Fungi' Lesson Revised 5) Report Raises Questions About Safety of CT Scans 6) House Democrats Agree to Fuel Plan

Stories: 1) Finding Fossils Along U.S. Freeways 2) Researchers Explore Bacteria in the Mouth 3) Study: Adoption Not Harmful to Child's Self-Esteem 4) Clinic Offers 'Transformation' Through Fasting 5) Sleep Helps New Moms Fit into Their Old Jeans 6) Retune the Body with a Partial Fast

Stories: 1) Sleep -- or Lack of It -- Becomes Marketer's Dream 2) Making SUVs Run Cleaner, Farther on Biodiesel 3) Nobel-Winning Climate Panel Calls for Urgent Action 4) The 'Dirt on Clean' in an Oversanitized World 5) Are All Soaps Created Equal? 6) U.N. Science Panel Sees Faster Warming of Earth

Stories: 1) Plaintiffs Must Drop Cases in $4.85B Merck Deal 2) S. Africa Troubled by Problems with AIDS Vaccine 3) Chasing Fire in the Amazon 4) Comet Flares Unexpectedly in Northeast Sky 5) Rare Spanish Coin Found in Nashville Cemetery 6) New and Old Ways to Make Flu Vaccines

Stories: 1) N. J. to Vote on Funding Stem Cell Research 2) NYC Mandates Reporting of Diabetes Test Results 3) Texas Environmentalist Takes Issue with Big Oil 4) Senate Bill Targets Coal-Power Greenhouse Gases 5) Good Vibrations Emanate from Nanotube 6) On the Road with GM's Newest Hydrogen Car

Stories: 1) Chunk of Famed Meteorite Goes to Auction 2) Scientists Examine Climate Change in Bible Tales 3) Budget Space Travel Just Around the Corner? 4) Navigating the Pacific's 'Garbage Patch' 5) Technology Increasingly Tames Wildfires 6) Baseball Humidor Aids Fair Play in Denver

Stories: 1) Via 'Musicophilia,' Sacks Studies Music and the Brain 2) Birth Control in Middle Schools Debated 3) Panel Makes Recommendation on Cold Medicines 4) Latin American Disease May Have Spread to U.S. 5) Superflock of Endangered Birds Spotted in Turkey 6) Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Turtles

Stories: 1) Gel Saves Homes from Wildfires 2) Alternative Energy from Space Solar Panels 3) Climate Change a Global and Diplomatic Issue 4) Man Seeking Stars Asks City to Turn off Lights 5) Cassini Spots Lunar Lakes of Liquid Gas 6) A Look at the Group Sharing the Peace Prize

Stories: 1) Victims Maimed by Taliban Get Help from U.S. Team 2) Crow Cam Captures Creative Behavior in the Wild 3) HIV Education Lacking at Many College Orientations 4) Microsoft Aims to Apply Spam Study to HIV 5) New Report Fuels Confusion About Women, Fish 6) Sputnik's Designers Didn't Fathom Its Impact

Stories: 1) Sputnik Left Legacy for U.S. Science Education 2) 'Sputnik: The Shock of the Century' 3) GOP Lawmakers Fear Backlash from SCHIP Veto 4) Wooly Mammoth DNA Sequenced from Hair 5) Worm Resurgence Troubles Apple Farmers 6) Genes Linked to Suicide Risk in Some Patients

Stories: 1) Idaho Doctor Brings Vital Services to Rural Patients 2) Deal Struck on FDA Financing 3) Sometimes, There's Life After Extinction 4) Chilling News on North Pole Sea Ice 5) Case Grows for 'Hobbit' as Human Ancestor 6) What Does it Take to Clean Fresh Food?

Stories: 1) Presidential Candidates Tout Health Care Plans 2) Research Links Smelling Differences to Gene 3) Tsunami Test Allows Researchers to Prepare 4) Fast-Food Ban Proposed in South Los Angeles 5) Clean Hands Week Puts Focus on Scrubbing 6) Cancer Society's Ad Dollars Focus on Insurance

Stories: 1) Fish Drift from Familiar Alaska Waters 2) Western Influences Disrupt Mediterranean Diet 3) Three Decades Later, Voyager I Still Going 4) Toddlers Outsmart Chimps in Some Tasks, Not All 5) Researcher Links Low Income to Poor Health 6) Study: Rock Stars Really Do Die Young

Stories: 1) Biodiesel Demand Grows Across Continents 2) Andrews Makes History at Duke Med School 3) Breaking Down the, Uh, Blunders of Speech 4) Mars Society Convenes at UCLA 5) The High Cost of Health Help for Needy Children 6) Even Spiders Know Everything's Bigger in Texas

Stories: 1) Stem-Cell Procedure Could Rebuild Heart Tissue 2) The Desert's Resourceful Survivors 3) DNA from Spit Helps Decode Lives of Early Settlers 4) Great Lakes Fluctuations Sometimes Extreme 5) FDA Suggests New Sunscreen Standards 6) Pesky and Not Picky, Bedbugs Make a Comeback

Stories: 1) Voyagers' Records Wait for Alien Ears 2) Psychologists Scrap Ban on Aiding in Interrogations 3) Size Matters: The Hidden Mathematics of Life 4) Parched Spanish Coast Taps Sea Water for Growth 5) Climate Connections: Algeria vs. the Sahara 6) Why are Moths Attracted to Flame?

Stories: 1) Tracing Human Migration Through DNA 2) The Sweet Smell of Rain 3) High Temperatures Hurt Air Quality 4) 'Marketplace' Report: Cigarette Taxes and Smoking 5) Are Generic Biotech Drugs Coming Soon? 6) Nagasaki Aftermath Haunts U.S. Veteran

Stories: 1) Children's Insurance Legislation Faces Critics, Veto 2) Stronger Wildfires Part of Emerging Global Pattern 3) Race Around the World for a Cause 4) 'Phoenix' Land Rover Set for Red Planet Exploration 5) Revisiting the South Korean Stem-Cell Claim 6) Inventor Soars with Experimental Blimp

Stories: 1) Is Ancient People's End a Warning for the Future? 2) Artist Records Glacier's Sounds from the Deep 3) Albert Ellis: Father of Cognitive Therapy 4) Astronauts' Behavior Prompts NASA Policy Debate 5) Mystery Ice Crashes into Iowa Woman's Home 6) Befuddling Birth: The Case of the Mule's Foal

Stories: 1) Proposal Funds Child Health Care with Tobacco Tax 2) Summer Bounty Prompts Preservation Lesson 3) Hotter, Drier Climate Moves Up Sky Islands' Slopes 4) Researchers Solve Checkers, Once and for All 5) Underground Lakebed Sparks Hope for Darfur 6) Health Care Mediators Beset with Difficult Choices

Stories: 1) Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil 2) Parrots Used in PTSD Therapy for War Veterans 3) Atomic Tune-Up: How the Body Rejuvenates Itself 4) Drought Threatens Navajo's Crops, Culture 5) New Telescope Attracts Rock Star to Opening Night 6) Milk Costs Surge Due to Corn

Stories: 1) Contemplating Man and Fire 2) Gore Brings Global Warming Crisis to the Stage 3) The Strange Journey of the American Eel 4) American Conscience Waking Up to Climate Change 5) Illinois to Screen Its Vets for Brain Injuries 6) Coyote Advocates Demand End to Aerial Gunning