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Two disorders, one
gene: the battle between paternal and maternal DNA
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Milkshakes,
neurotransmitters, DNA, and obesity:
how anticipation and gratitude can be
influenced by neurotransmitters.
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Worse then drunk
driving: research on
multitasking while driving
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Meditation reduces
blood pressure
(4 min audio
or text)
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Insects, the food of the future! coming
soon
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Your bones can influence how much fat you
have: coming soon
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Ice age bacteria resurected and
influencing life on earth: coming soon
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The surprising sex
lives of octopuses--includes
sneaky males (audio 4min)
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Trash is a
resource and raw material: the economic imperative to recycle
and the resource wars (audio and text).
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The neurobiology
of lying--habitual liars have different
brain structure (audio & text)
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It's all in your
head--the placebo effect and the price of pills
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Bacteria cause
snow and precipitation--yep, bacteria are everywhere.
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Peru, Potatoes,
and Climate change--how climate change relates to potatoes
and genetic diversity (audio, text, and pictures)
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Blind people can
hallucinate:
text and audio about the visual
hallucinations of a blind man (and other compensation of the brain)
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Climate change
effects animal migration: 20 min
interview with Princeton ecologist David Wilcove (original aired on
FreshAir)
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Global warming is
NOT a crisis? There are multiple perspectives
on global warming (MP3 file).
To view summaries or stream the full 1.5 hr debate
click here
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Water is a limited
resource: the future and past of water use. Interview
with Robert Gleick (originally aired on freshair.
mp3, 20 min).
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The bacteria in your mouth
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Vibrating could
prevent fat formation (text and audio)
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Local CSULB
professor and graduate do climate change related shark research.
Check out what local professor Dr. Chris
Lowe and CSULB graduate Yannis Papastanatiou
do with sharks in the south pacific (click "listen" for audio. video
link below 1st picture)
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The
brain and neurobiology of music:
interview with neurobiologist Oliver Sacks.
Interview originally aired on NPR's Fresh Air. Hope to post MP3
file soon, this links you to streaming audio. More on
Music and memory
with Oliver Sacks
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Cancer, babies
with breasts, & cell phones penetrating your brain:
Start podcast at minute 20:30.
This is an interesting perspective, but don't feel like the sky is
falling.
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Spit, yeast, &
flies; what do they have in common? Gene duplication....read
on. Another great piece by Carl Zimmer
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Nematode worms,
elephantitis, and genetics
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Biology of
Addiction, Nora Volkow (prominent
researcher) discussion how the brain responds to drugs (audio,
originally aired on freshair)
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Interview with
Francis Collins, prominent genomics
researcher who see's no conflict between science and religion
(audio, originally aired on "freshair")
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Interview with
Richard Dawkins, outspoken evolutionary
biologist who feels science and religion are mutually exclusive
(audio, originally aired on "freshair")
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Pollutants cause
sex-changes in frogs
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Why you shouldn't
use antibiotic soap
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Are We Evolved
to get Cancer?
Article,
more info
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Genetic Pollution:
genetically altered rice found in US rice crop
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Genetically
Engineered Cows Immune to Mad Cow Disease
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Preimplantation Genetic Testing (good stuff)
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
more info
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Being too clean
might cause allergies
