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Lindsay Patterson
The promise of new stem cell lines
Listen to MIT professor Richard Hynes talk about President Barack Obama's 2009 move to lift Bush's limits on stem cell research.
March 21, 2009
First contact with inner Earth
Earth scientist Bruce Marsh talks about the first contact discovery of molten magma inside Earth. The dynamic movement of magma has helped shape the world on which we stand.
March 12, 2009
Saving seeds from extinction from Cary Fowler
Cary Fowler, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, talks about a large and ambitious saving seeds from extinction program that aims to safeguard the future of global agriculture.
March 2, 2009
EarthSky helps celebrate International Year of Planet Earth
The science and wonder of our planet Earth will capture the imaginations of EarthSky listeners in this special podcast series.
February 26, 2009
Ice-free summers in Arctic by next decade?
Some scientists say that Arctic summers might be ice-free within the next decade. Oceanographer Wieslaw Maslowski spoke to EarthSky about an accelerating melting of 'multi-year ice.'
February 24, 2009
Scientist says they should speak more loudly to public
Hayes says It's time anyone who is a scientist to speak out about pesticides in the environment, and he has become an advocate of banning the Atrazine.
February 23, 2009
Climate in the southwest may suffer sustained drought
Edward Cook reconstructed the Southwest's past climate using tree ring records. The region has a history of drought, and he said global warming might increase this trend.
February 16, 2009
Paleontologist says dinosaurs were not special, just lucky
Columbia University paleontologist Steve Brusatte thinks dinosaurs might have been 'just lucky' to have ruled Earth for so long.
February 15, 2009
Jeremy Jackson recalls some ocean success stories
Jeremy Jackson said scientists know how to save ocean reefs and fisheries. But doing it is a matter of political will. He said the importance of success stories is that they provide a model and inspiration.
February 15, 2009
Dinosaurs were killed by volcanoes?
Since 1980, scientists have believed a meteorite impact in the Yucatan caused a mass extinction of species, including the dinosaurs. But geologist Gerta Keller of Princeton disagrees.
February 9, 2009
