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Termites on Kenyan Savanna,Treating Mental Illness in Sudan
Podcast 68: Termites are key to the savanna ecosystem in Kenya. People in Sudan are combining spiritual healing with modern Western-style psychiatrists. Transgenic cotton suffers a setback in China. »
Preventing Future Bhopals
Forum 6: A quarter century after the worst industrial accident in Bhopal, India toxic chemicals still threaten lives in the developing world. What can be done to safeguard the public such from toxic hazards? »
Life in the Deep, Saving Potatoes, Marine Mucilage
Podcast 42: Meet some creatures in the census of marine life's latest report. Learn about efforts to save Peruvian potatoes and potato farmers. Scientists are worried about rising number of sea-blobs. »
Swine Flu Vaccine, Mother-to-Daughter Cancer, Vegetarian Spider
Podcast 36: Responses to swine flu vaccine differ on either side of the Atlantic. A mother passed cancer cells to her fetus. Dyslexia more complex among Chinese speakers. »
Indonesian Mangroves, Plastic in the Pacific, A Fake Moon Rock
Podcast 30: Struggling Senegalese fisheries. A volcanic island reborn. New evidence of a warming Arctic. Plus mangroves, ocean garbage and earthquake trauma. »
DDT vs. Malaria: The Lesser of Two Evils?
Forum 4: DDT is being used to fight malaria in Africa, but is that wise? Join our conversation with entomologist May Berenbaum. »
Tuna in Trouble, Swine Flu Fears in Africa, Mummy CAT Scans
Podcast 21: Watching for swine flu in Africa. Germany leads the way on renewable energy. Mediterranean bluefin tuna, in deep trouble. A mummy CAT scan. »
The World Science Forum
The future for tigers looks dismal. Poaching and habitat-loss threaten the last remaining tigers in the wild.
"If there isn’t an incentive to make live tigers worth more than dead tigers, we’ll lose tigers,” says John Seidensticker. He is a conservation biologist at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. and is an adviser for the Global Tiger Initiative.
Seindesticker is also the guest in our latest World Science Forum.
Learn how we can protect wild tigers. Join the online conversation. The discussion is live now!
The World Science Podcast
