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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. »

Saving Wild Tigers

By John Seidensticker

Forum 20: Wild tigers are on the decline globally. Today there are less than 4000 of them in 13 countries. Can we save the last remaining tigers? We talk to tiger biologist, John Seidensticker. »

Baboons in Vineyards, A Guatemalan Sinkhole, Termite Bite

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 70: Baboons raid South African vineyards. A Guatemalan sinkhole. Russia begins simulation of its manned mission to Mars. An anthropologist talks about her work and how music fits into it. »

Globalizing American Psyche, Reburying Copernicus

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 67: A West African community in New York deals with its mentally ill members. Author Ethan Watters argues America is exporting its notions of mental illnesses. Copernicus gets a reburial ceremony. »

Lunar Landing Anniversary, Solar Eclipse, Chimpanzee AIDS

By admin

Podcast 24: Wild chimpanzees get AIDS. The 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, from a Russian perspective. Chinese culture and the solar eclipse. »

Dangerously Hot Tea, Claustrophobic Cosmonauts

By admin

Podcast 8: Cosmonaut claustrophobia in Moscow. Car pollution and hot tea in Iran. A mass toad killing in Australia. And your brain knows what you want before you do. »

No Smiles In Russia, Old Forests Vs. New

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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. »

New Stem Cell Rules, The First Horsemen

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Podcast 5: New U.S. stem cell rules. Ancient horses. A European pesticide controversy. And a Bolshevik murder mystery solved after nearly a century. »