Tanzania http://www.npr.org Tanzania en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Wed, 01 May 2013 11:31:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Tanzania http://www.npr.org Ratting Out TB: Scientists Train Rodents To Diagnose Disease For more than a decade, a nonprofit in Tanzania has been using the rat's keen sense of smell to detect buried land mines around the world. Now the group is training the critters to help diagnose tuberculosis at rural clinics. Wed, 01 May 2013 11:31:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/23/178604711/ratting-out-tb-scientists-train-rodents-to-diagnose-disease?ft=1&f=149596652 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/23/178604711/ratting-out-tb-scientists-train-rodents-to-diagnose-disease?ft=1&f=149596652 For more than a decade, a nonprofit in Tanzania has been using the rat's keen sense of smell to detect buried land mines around the world. Now the group is training the critters to help diagnose tuberculosis at rural clinics.

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]]> Anti-Stress Serenity Injection: The Chimpanzee Waterfall Video Chimpanzees in Tanzania respond to a roaring waterfall with awe and wonder. Commentator Barbara J. King finds that watching the apes on video can bring a welcome dose of calm during a stressful time. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:33:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/03/28/149531687/anti-stress-serenity-injection-the-chimpanzee-waterfall-video?ft=1&f=149596652 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/03/28/149531687/anti-stress-serenity-injection-the-chimpanzee-waterfall-video?ft=1&f=149596652 Chimpanzees in Tanzania respond to a roaring waterfall with awe and wonder. Commentator Barbara J. King finds that watching the apes on video can bring a welcome dose of calm during a stressful time.

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