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Hermaphrodites: The Safer Sex
What can a microscopic worm teach us about sex? Dr. Barbara Meyer emphasizes the value of studying the model organism C. elegans, a roundworm whic...
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Deconstructing Obesity
To approach the problem of obesity scientifically, we must first define and measure it.  Dr. Friedman describes various methods fo...
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Help Save America’s Pearly Mussels
Freshwater mussels serve as biological filters, food for wildlife, monitors of water quality, and the basis of a $50 million industry. &am...
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Civil Unions - CC #80
They’ve been called progressive steps for human rights and destructive actions against the moral fabric of society.  The Supreme Co...
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Jefferson and Race
For many of us, it has been years since a science teacher forced us to think about DNA. Now, as the controversy over Thomas Jefferson’s DNA resurf...
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Deciphering the Language of Sex
Even from a purely biological perspective, gender is a complex subject. Dr. David Page reviews the biological basis for sex, emphasizing the role ...
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Food Safety in the Supply Chain
What weaknesses exist in the current U.S. food-supply chain? Find out how the system can be improved as we observe science and policy at work in a ...
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Energy
As we gear up for war in the Middle East and watch oil prices soar, it is easy to understand that energy is a big issue. We have to somehow wean o...
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America’s Crayfish
About 300 species of crayfish populate America’s freshwater environments.  This program examines their remarkable diversity, their...
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Circle of Excellence: Mae Jemison
This program features scientist and former astronaut Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color in space, in an interview by Charlotte Bunch. From t...
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Circle of Excellence: Mae Jemison
This program features scientist and former astronaut Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color in space, in an interview by Charlotte Bunch. From t...
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Is Science Fiction Science? (301)
Science Fiction enables scientific creativity to break free, unrestricted by the laws of nature as we know them, and allows contemporary issues to...
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