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Altitude sickness: What is it, what does it do?
People with altitude sickness feel tired and nauseated - have a headache - and may feel strangely uneasy.
May 5, 2008
Gene protects grains from disease
A gene protects grains (wheat, rice, corn, barley) from disease. Our species owes its survival in part to the stoutness of the disease-resistant gene in grains.
April 4, 2008
Wine tastes better when it costs more
Does some wine taste better just because it costs more? Scientists held a wine tasting inside an MRI scanner to find out.
March 16, 2008
A cholera early warning system with satellites?
As Earth's climate warms, surface waters remain warm for longer and lengthen the "cholera season" for countries like Bangladesh. Marine microbiologist Rita Colwell describes a cholera early warning system that could help combat outbreaks.
March 11, 2008
Nobel laureate brings microcredit to poor in Latin America
Microcredit - loans to the poor made without collateral - is catching on in Latin America with the help of the Whole Planet Foundation, according to Muhammad Yunus.
March 6, 2008
Quantum computers key to deeper knowledge
David Deutsch talks about quantum computers in his book, The Fabric of Reality, and "tries to present a unified world view that incorporates all our best knowledge."
February 15, 2008
Lead in our drinking water with Marc Edwards
Do Americans take safe drinking water for granted? Is there lead in our drinking water? Learn more from Marc Edwards, a civil engineering professor at Virginia Tech.
January 14, 2008
Ecological debt day: What is it?
By early October, we humans had already consumed all the resources Earth will produce for 2007.
That's the basis of Ecological Debt Day, announced by Mathis Wackernagel of the Global Footprint Network.
December 21, 2007
Seed diversity essential to future food supply
Earth's climate and weather are tied to our food supply. And many scientists who model future climate believe that temperatures will rise and patterns of rainfall, freeze, and drought will become less certain while population increases.
December 10, 2007
Doomsday Vault stores the world’s crop diversity
Not far from the North Pole, deep in a mountain on a remote Norwegian island, is the Doomsday Vault. It will store a backup collection of the world's seeds.
December 9, 2007
