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International Space Station following most recent upgrade. Credit: STS-119 Shuttle Crew, NASA.

Tuna: It's one of the biggest, fastest, and warmest fish in the sea -- and it's also one of the most sought after, and one of the most threatened. In this segment, Ira and guests talk tuna. (first broadcast Friday, September 5, 2008)

Diabetes News: In this segment, we'll look at new research in the battle against diabetes, and efforts to cure Type 1 diabetes by regrowing islet cells. (first broadcast Friday, August 29, 2008)

Childhood Vaccinations: With kids set to head back to school, we'll talk about the childhood vaccinations required in much of the country. Parental resistance to vaccines has diseases such as measles on the rise. (first broadcast Friday, August 29, 2008)

Large Hadron Collider Set to Start Up: The massive Large Hadron Collider at CERN is just a few weeks away from startup. The particle accelerator has passed several key performance tests, and is on track to send the first beam of particles through the ring of the accelerator on September 10th. (first broadcast Friday, August 29, 2008)

How Do Flies Get Away?: Ira talks with bioengineering researcher Michael Dickinson of Caltech about new research into why flies are so good at evading an approaching fly swatter. (first broadcast Friday, August 29, 2008)

What I Did On My Summer Vacation: What things related to science, technology, or the environment did YOU do this summer? Call in and tell us what you did on your summer vacation, and how you did it. (first broadcast Friday, August 29, 2008)

Higher-Res Eye In The Sky: If all goes according to plan, next week a rocket will launch carrying a commercial imaging satellite capable of making out details on Earth just 16 inches across. We'll talk with one of the people behind the GeoEye-1 launch about the satellite and its c (first broadcast Friday, August 29, 2008)

Nanoantenna Sheets Harvest Energy: We'll talk with the developers of flexible sheets of 'nanoantennas' that could aid in getting energy from solar energy or from other heat sources. (first broadcast Friday, August 22, 2008)

The Science of Getting a 'Yes': In this segment, Ira talks with a social psychologist about persuasion, and psychological tricks for helping you get what you want. (first broadcast Friday, August 22, 2008)

How Undecided Are 'Undecided Voters?': Just how undecided are 'undecided voters?' New research published this week in the journal Science looks at 'automatic mental associations' and finds that they can be good predictors of the way an 'undecided' voter will likely finally vote. (first broadcast Friday, August 22, 2008)

Chemistry News Roundup: We'll get a roundup of research being presented at this week's American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia. (first broadcast Friday, August 22, 2008)

Inventing the Movies: Edison to the iPod: We'll look at how Hollywood became a driving force in the invention of new technologies. (first broadcast Friday, August 22, 2008)

Self Assembly for Building Nanoscale Patterns: Researchers have found a way to create high-quality repeating patterns with features just ten nanometers across. We'll talk about why that matters. (first broadcast Friday, August 15, 2008)

Geothermal Energy: As part of our ongoing series on alternative energy sources, we'll take a look at methods to harvest energy from the heat beneath the surface of the Earth. (first broadcast Friday, August 15, 2008)