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Amazon Atlases, Hot Weather and Tropical Conflicts

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 131: A collaboration between international scientists and an indigenous Amazonian group in Guyana. A new study finds hot weather correlated with conflict in the tropics. more »

Genetic History of Coconuts, Beauty in the Beholder’s Brain

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 126: Genetic analysis of the coconut reveals it was domesticated twice, in two different parts of the world. Scientists have found the part of the brain that is involved in perceiving beauty. more »

Tech Week in Review: May 20, 2011

By Clark Boyd

Blog 13: Amazon has announced that e-books are outselling paper books on its website for the first time ever. But does that mean you can get rid of your bookshelves? That's just one of the stories in Clark Boyd's roundup of great global tech stories you might have missed this week. more »

Japanese Educators Make Science Cool, Innovating for Prosperity

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 107: Japanese educators try to make science cool. President Obama wants to boost investment in science education, but can that investment guarantee innovation and prosperity? We visit a place called 'Hell.' more »

Conservation and the Spirit World

By Elsa Youngsteadt

Blog 3: Contributor Elsa Youngsteadt blogs about surprising connections between the cultural practices of indigenous groups in South America and the conservation of game animals there. more »

Keeping Time in Clocks & Our Brains, Chevron in Ecuador

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 106: Physicists want to develop more precise atomic clocks. Researchers get a peek at how our brains process time. Ecuadorian court convicts Chevron. more »

The Price of Biofuels – Part 1

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 89: Biofuels may ease our dependence on oil. But what are the true costs of turning crops into fuel? Find out in the first of a two-part documentary. more »

Sydney’s New Water Factory, Lost Civilization, Insect Migration

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 52: Sydney has a new water factory. Brain scans allow scientists to communicate with some patients in 'vegetative state.' Migratory insects have adapted well to their long journeys. more »

Swine Flu in the Amazon, Fixing Technological Fixes, Tsavo Lions

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 39: Swine flu spreads far and wide. A story about bringing renewable energy to the rural poor in Nicaragua. And a conversation with engineer Anu Ramaswami about why technological fixes often fail. more »

Prehistoric Sex, Ancient Footprints

By admin

Podcast 3: Prehistoric sex. Ancient human footprints. A lost city in the Amazon. The cult of the future. And a hormone that increases a woman's odds of cheating on her partner. more »