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Worries for Argentine Soy Farmers, The Golden Mole’s Ears

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 113: Argentine farmers are worrying about rains, and Wall Street speculation. We learn about the ears of the golden mole, a blind predator that inhabits parts of Africa. more »

John Vaillant’s ‘The Tiger,’ Protecting Wild Tigers, Wheat Genome

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 82: The true story of a tiger in the Russian far-east that killed a poacher for revenge. Efforts to save wild tigers from the brink of extinction. First draft sequences of wheat genome released. more »

Lizard Extinction, Oil in the Deep Ocean, Neanderthals and Us

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 66: A new study suggests that global warming is threatening the world's lizard species. A team of researchers study the impacts of oil in deep ocean environment. Neanderthals and humans interbred. more »

Special Podcast on Global Food Security

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 62: A deadly disease is threatening the world's wheat crop. A scientist is developing plants with more efficient root systems. U.S researchers use satellite images to forecast famine around the world. more »

Cooking and Human Origins, Big Kangaroos, Little Dinosaurs

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Podcast 20: How barbecue may have sparked human evolution, plus giant kangaroos, shrinking dinosaurs, and some old grain. more »