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Swine Flu in the Amazon, Fixing Technological Fixes, Tsavo Lions
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 Au Ramaswami about why technological fixes often fail. »
Cyprus Water Woes, Conservation Refugees, Saving Kenya’s Lions
Podcast 37: Cyprus is facing dire water shortage. Conservation movement has created many refugees. Kenya is proposing a controversial plan to save its lions. »
A Painter-Astronaut, Green Amsterdam, Creationism in Turkey
Podcast 22: An artistic astronaut. The G8 and climate change. An anti-Darwinist in Turkey. Saving wildlife in Kenya. »
A Linguist’s Dream, Declining Wildlife, a Narcissistic World Leader
Podcast 15: A linguist’s dream study (deferred), a famed wildlife reserve suffers a decline, and psychoanalyzing a narcissistic world leader. »
No Smiles In Russia, Old Forests Vs. New
Podcast 6: A cross-cultural psychology of smiling. Panama and the HPV vaccine. A debate over new-growth tropical forests. And America's role in China’s pollution problem. »
Prehistoric Sex, Ancient Footprints
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. »
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