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Beth Lebwohl
Steven Stone on the greening of Sub-Saharan Africa
UN economist Steven Stone said some African nations are going green both despite – and because of – the nations' relative poverty.
July 26, 2010
AIDS vaccine research breakthrough
Researchers are closer than ever to finding a vaccine that prevents AIDS.
July 20, 2010
Richard Prum reconstructs full feathered plumage of dinosaur
Richard Prum became the first scientist to reconstruct the full feathered plumage of a small, flightless dinosaur, in color.
July 12, 2010
Danger of methane gas in Gulf oil plumes
She explains why the high methane gas concentration in the spilled oil could lead to oxygen depletion in Gulf waters.
June 28, 2010
Why so hard to plug oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico?
Why is it so hard to plug the oil leak in the Gulf oil spill? The answer mostly has to do with pressure, says biogeochemist Mandy Joye.
June 28, 2010
Glenn Plumb: Oil spill is harming base of Gulf food chain
"If we anticipate that this is a short-lived event, with a short-lived disturbance, then we’re probably not anticipating the right scenario," Glenn Plumb said.
June 21, 2010
How did plants come to have seeds?
In many modern plants, seeds are contained within a fruit. Long ago, some plants developed spores, which ultimately evolved into seeds.
June 15, 2010
Jeff Pettis on the continuing mystery of honeybees’ decline
Jeff Pettis discusses four years after the bee decline began, U.S. honeybees are still ailing, and human intervention is needed to keep their numbers strong.
June 7, 2010
Peter Gleick with more reasons to stop drinking bottled water
World renowned water expert Peter Gleick has a new book outlining the scientific evidence that bottled water use in the U.S. has become unsustainable.
June 7, 2010
Therapy dogs: Why people respond to them
Being with your dog makes you feel good. Dr. Barker is trying to find out why. She studies what happens inside our bodies when we interact with therapy dogs.
May 3, 2010
