Sunny Delight
A new study may explain why spring can't come enough and the genes behind your sun tan.

Killing Disease with Bugs
One proposed method to fight malaria is to modify the genes of the mosquitoes that carry the disease.

A Cure for Baldness?
New research shows that mice can grow new hair follicles as adults. The mice just need to be wounded to do it.

SciFri File: Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer
A company is mass-marketing a genetic test for breast and ovarian cancer. Would you get tested?

Insect Attack
Some entomologists worry that insects are an overlooked avenue for terrorist attack.

Fountain of Youth for Yeast
Diet and gene modification make baker's yeast live ten times longer than its life expectancy.

Particles of Science

Itsy Bitsy Spacecraft

SciFri guest Aaron Rowe explains the advantages of smaller spacecraft: Listen. Find out about a new development in the micro craft design--a material that can change color depending on whether the craft is in sun or shadow to reflect or absorb light. Listen to Rowe.

This Just In: Cattail Fuel

Ethanol isn't all about corn. SciFri guest David Blume suggests fuel from cattails. Listen here. They also clean the water and grow like weeds. Learn more.

This Just In

A positive drug test may not mean doping, according to SciFri guest Donald Berry. Berry said that the drug test being used to evaluate athletes has not been evaluated properly--it's not clear what its margin of error is. Listen to Berry explain. Ira asked why the doping test is not more scientific and this is what Berry said: Listen here.

Berry Power

New research explains why cranberry juice may ward off urinary tract infections. The berry beverage was shown to prevent disease-causing bacteria from attaching to urinary tract cells in the body.

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Footage courtesy of Michael Dickinson Lab, Caltech. Fruit fly electron microscope image: Jack Scott, Bio-DiTRL, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta. Music by Synthar

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