Gluing Broken Bones
A tiny sea worm may hold the key to knitting bones without screws.

Dirty Money
Carrying cocaine contaminated currency? Not me!

Candlelit Dangers
Hopeless romantics may be serving up more than lobster at those candle lit dinners.

Painless Injections
Good news for those who fear needles: microelectronics.

Trouble in the Tropics
Tropical species may be at greatest risk for extinction due to climate change.

Dogs Bark, Birds Chirp, Fish Grunt
The origin of vocal communication--like talking--may date back to prehistoric fish.


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Color from Nature
Clothing could get their color—and germ-fighting properties—from a strain of marine bacteria (2008-06-27)

Nanotech Cleans Up
Mopping up oil spills with nanopaper (2008-06-16)

So long, Ulysses!
The sun-studying spacecraft is about to end its epic odyssey. (2008-06-13)

A Thicker Skin--for Snails
Snails bulk up their shells in response to predators. What triggers the process? (2008-06-10)

Extinct Genes Resurrected
Researchers took DNA from the extinct Tasmanian tiger and put it in a mouse. (2008-05-23)

Spotting Stress in Statues
A new way to target weak spots in statues could also work for bones, engines, and icebergs (2008-05-19)

Urban Agriculture in Milwaukee - Growing Power
A farm within the Milwaukee city limits? We take a tour of Growing Power, an organization focused on sustainable urban agriculture. (2008-05-13)

Better Medicine Through Cell Phones
Answer that call—your ultrasound results are on the line. (2008-05-02)

Mapping the Social Brain
What goes through your head when you hear about your reputation, or social status? (2008-04-25)

Your House, Only Better
Could recycled houses be the next environmental trend? (2008-04-21)

How Subaru's Going Green
Take a Tour of Subaru’s Zero-Landfill Plant (2008-04-09)

One Crustacean: Many Powers
The most complex visual system in the animal kingdom belongs to an agressive crustacean. (2008-04-03)

Chimp Business
Chimps in clothes are giving people the wrong idea. (2008-03-21)

Tiny Time Capsule
A tiny ancient crystal is packing the geologic history of the Earth (2008-03-07)

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