National In Texas, A Living Lab For Studying The Dead June 30, 2009 • Only a few universities in the world have facilities devoted to studying human bodies as they decompose. Texas State University's Forensic Anthropology Research Facility is the newest. Students there learn to recover and study human bones. In Texas, A Living Lab For Studying The Dead Listen · 5:07 5:07 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105479033/106115235" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Transportation Safety Board 'Calls It Like It Sees It' June 30, 2009 • The National Transportation Safety Board isn't able to enforce its own recommendations, but the agency's acting chairman says it's better that way. He says it helps the NTSB focus solely on safety when investigating hundreds of airplane crashes, train wrecks and other accidents each year. Transportation Safety Board 'Calls It Like It Sees It' Listen · 4:49 4:49 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106040312/106083701" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Transportation Safety Board 'Calls It Like It Sees It' Listen · 4:49 4:49 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106040312/106083701" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Politics House Narrowly Passes Climate Change Measure June 27, 2009 • The U.S. House voted 219-212 for a sweeping bill to combat global warming. It would put gradually stricter caps on the total national output of heat-trapping gases, based on a system of permits that can be bought and sold. House Narrowly Passes Climate Change Measure Listen · 3:34 3:34 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106007602/106007572" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
House Narrowly Passes Climate Change Measure Listen · 3:34 3:34 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/106007602/106007572" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Research News Could Algae Be Milked Like A Cow? June 26, 2009 • Algae-based biofuel is made by grinding up algae cells and extracting the oil. Reporting in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Richard Gordon, of the University of Manitoba, and colleagues suggest that engineering algae to secrete oil might be a more efficient approach. Could Algae Be Milked Like A Cow? Listen · 6:01 6:01 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105962353/105962342" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Of Fuel Cells And Chicken Feathers June 26, 2009 • Each year, the agricultural industry must dispose of billions of pounds of chicken feathers. Richard Wool, a chemical engineer at the University of Delaware, says when feathers are heated, they develop nano-sized caverns in which hydrogen can be stored. Of Fuel Cells And Chicken Feathers Listen · 12:29 12:29 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105962345/105962340" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Wind Has Soaring Potential, Study Finds June 26, 2009 • Wind alone could provide more than 16 times the electricity needs of the U.S., according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Harvard professor Michael McElroy and Revis James, of Electric Power Research Institute, discuss the challenges of harnessing wind power. Wind Has Soaring Potential, Study Finds Listen · 22:01 22:01 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105962348/105962341" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Reviewing Science On The Big Screen June 26, 2009 • From sci-fi to documentaries, good science films tell the human story behind scientific ideas. Which films get the science right, and which don't? Physicist and movie critic Sidney Perkowitz runs through some of this summer's top science flicks. Reviewing Science On The Big Screen Listen · 47:47 47:47 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105962361/105962344" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Must-See Science: Videos From Science Friday Video Pick: An Airplane That Flies Itself June 26, 2009 • Meet the V-Bat: it's about 70 pounds, eight feet tall, equipped with computers and flies without a pilot. Engineer Stephen Morris, the president and CEO of MLB Co., describes how the plane works and what it might be good for. Video Pick: An Airplane That Flies Itself Listen · 7:25 7:25 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105962358/105962343" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Space Salty Sea May Lurk Under Saturn Moon June 25, 2009 • Salty ice grains inside in Saturn's outer ring point to a possible underground ocean on the moon Enceladus. Salty Sea May Lurk Under Saturn Moon Listen · 3:56 3:56 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105853814/105890674" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Salty Sea May Lurk Under Saturn Moon Listen · 3:56 3:56 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105853814/105890674" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Business Is Apple Obliged To Say More About CEO's Health? June 25, 2009 • A hospital disclosed this week that the computer maker's CEO had a liver transplant because he had "end-stage liver disease" and was the sickest patient on the list, raising questions about whether the company should have disclosed more about his condition to investors. Is Apple Obliged To Say More About CEO's Health? Listen · 3:43 3:43 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105890568/105890554" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming June 24, 2009 • A California think tank says global warming will gain more buy-in if it is viewed as an economic opportunity rather than a problem to be solved. Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming Listen · 7:47 7:47 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105834436/105848167" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Little Flute Music To Warm The Cave June 24, 2009 • Archaeologists have unearthed the world's oldest musical instruments: flutes. These vulture-bone flutes no doubt helped warm our ancestors' spirits as they pushed north into Europe's hostile Ice Age conditions. A Little Flute Music To Warm The Cave Listen · 3:52 3:52 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105823127/105872113" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Impact of War Slain Soldiers Offer Clues To Protect The Living Fresh Air June 23, 2009 • In 2001, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology began conducting autopsies on all slain service men and women. Captain Craig T. Mallak describes how the physical (and sometimes virtual) autopsies of soldiers have assisted in the design of body armor, helmets and vehicle shields. Slain Soldiers Offer Clues To Protect The Living Listen · 25:23 25:23 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105833981/105868364" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Ohio's Burning River In Better Health 40 Years Later June 22, 2009 • Forty years ago, Ohio's Cuyahoga River, which had been compared to "an open septic tank," caught fire. Cuyahoga became a rallying cry for environmentalists and sparked the creation of the EPA and the Clean Water Act. Now the river teems with fish and wildlife. Ohio's Burning River In Better Health 40 Years Later Listen · 4:35 4:35 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105750930/105775039" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Who's On The EPA's Most Wanted List? June 20, 2009 • We all know that drugs are the business of narco cops, and that murders are treated by the homicide division. But who goes after the criminals who illegally remove asbestos or secretly store hazardous waste? The Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigations Division does. Deputy Director Doug Parker discusses the EPA's most wanted fugitives with Guy Raz. Who's On The EPA's Most Wanted List? Listen · 4:09 4:09 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105724458/105724440" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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