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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. »

China’s Water Woes, Rebuilding a Footbridge Across the Blue Nile

By Rhitu Chatterjee

Podcast 54: China's water pollution problems are worse than previously thought. American volunteers rebuild an ancient footbridge across the Blue Nile in Ethiopia. New facts about whale evolution. »

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. »

Indonesian Mangroves, Plastic in the Pacific, A Fake Moon Rock

By Elsa Youngsteadt

Podcast 30: Struggling Senegalese fisheries. A volcanic island reborn. New evidence of a warming Arctic. Plus mangroves, ocean garbage and earthquake trauma. »

A Special Podcast on World Water Issues

By admin

Podcast 27: Development threatens a Cambodian lake. Water shortages threaten peace efforts in the Middle East. And climate change threatens to worsen droughts in the future. »

Pakistan Water Crisis, Spain’s Vultures, China’s Great(er) Wall

By admin

Podcast 11: Pakistan is running out of water. Spain’s vultures are going hungry. The Great Wall of China gets much longer. And night owls are more alert than early risers. »

Finding Osama, Looting in Iraq

By admin

Podcast 2: A scientific search for Osama bin Laden. Archaeological looting in Iraq. Water troubles in Australia and Mexico City. And a doctor who fought Ebola in Africa. »