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      <title>SciFri Video:CreatureCast: Why Cells Cooperate</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ How did multicellular organisms evolve? Sophia Tintori and Cassandra Extavour, a developmental biologist at Harvard, talk about the development of multicellular organisms, and in particular the specialization of reproductive cells. Visit <a href="http://creaturecast.org/">CreatureCast.org</a> for more intriguing animal stories.   ]]></description>
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      <title>SciFri Blog:Meat and heat</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 

Steak... ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Health Care and Values</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Equality, justice, fairness  -- in this segment, we'll talk with bioethics experts about the values Americans hold dear, and how those values influence out health care policy decisions. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Concussions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ We'll hear about research into the long term health effects of concussions, and about what can be done to minimize damage from brain trauma. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Sylvia Earle: 'The World Is Blue'</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Ira talks with ocean explorer Sylvia Earle about the state of the world's oceans, and what actions need to be taken to protect them from catastrophic damage. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:LED Lighting Contest</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ We'll check in on the progress of a government-sponsored competition to develop a better light bulb. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Synthetic Biology Competition</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ We'll get the results of a recent student competition centered around the design and construction of living machines.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Blog:Teens Discovering Public Radio</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ My good friend and colleague  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:22 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Blog:Pandemics: A Cautionary Tale from China</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Having lived through Beijing's 2003  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:19:37 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Video:Behold the 1000 Pound Pumpkin</title>
      <link>http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10159</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ Visit Robert Sabin's pumpkin patch: he has been growing giant pumpkins--the breed is Atlantic Giant--for over ten years. Does his top pumpkin have the heft to win the Long Island Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Hicks Nurseries? We'll find out.  <a href="mailto:flora@sciencefriday.com">What did you think of the video?</a> ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:22:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Blog:Over the top understatement</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ 
When yesterday's gross exaggeration becomes today's underestimation... ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Running Research</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ It's the fall marathon season -- so we're taking a look at the science of running.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Arpanet Anniversary</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Forty years ago this week, the first information was transmitted across the ARPANET -- a computer network that would one day evolve into the Internet. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Geek My Halloween</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ We want to hear how you're bringing science and technology to your Halloween festivities.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Cannibalism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ We hear about the history and anthropology surrounding the consumption of human flesh. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Gene Therapy and Blindness</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ With just one injection of an experimental gene therapy treatment, doctors have been able to significantly improve the sight of 12 individuals born with a rare congenital vision disorder called Leber's congenital amaurosis. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>SciFri Radio:Science of Zombies</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Yes, we know they're imaginary -- but what would a psychiatrist make of the brain of a zombie? ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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