New Play Lays Lenin to Rest: A new play looks at two scientists charged, on Stalin's orders, with a serious task -- finding a way to preserve Lenin's corpse for posterity. (first broadcast Friday, March 19, 2010)

The Future of 3D: Blockbuster films use 3D, and 3D televisions are entering the market. But where is the technology headed? (first broadcast Friday, March 19, 2010)

Bacterial Forensics: Can samples of the bacteria on a person's hands be enough to identify them? (first broadcast Friday, March 19, 2010)

All Aboard the Electric Bikes: Spring is in the air, and thoughts turn to bicycles. How about an electric bike? (first broadcast Friday, March 19, 2010)

Outstanding High-School Science: Plotting optimal paths for interplanetary spacecraft? We'll talk with a student who excelled in the Intel Science Talent Search, which concluded this week. (first broadcast Friday, March 19, 2010)

Green Building: How can you make your building design greener? (first broadcast Friday, March 12, 2010)

Cave Science: Ready to go spelunking? Live from the cave state--that's Missouri--we'll get an inside look at the biology, geology, and history of the underground attractions that gave the state its name. (first broadcast Friday, March 12, 2010)

Genetically Modified Crops: Has biotech delivered on its promise to feed the developing world? In this hour, live from St Louis, we'll talk about genetically engineered crops. (first broadcast Friday, March 12, 2010)

About a Mountain: Ira talks with author John D'Agata about his book about the late Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility. (first broadcast Friday, March 5, 2010)

Nuclear Technologies: From small-scale nuclear power plants to advanced reactor designs, what's next for the technology of nuclear power? (first broadcast Friday, March 5, 2010)

Persuasion, Energy, and Behavior: When thinking about energy efficiency, how much emphasis should be put on human behavior rather than technology? (first broadcast Friday, March 5, 2010)

An Older Proto-Dino: Researchers report finding fossil remains of a 'proto-dinosaur,' some 10 million years older than previously known. (first broadcast Friday, March 5, 2010)

From Thought To Movement: Researchers have recorded the brain signals responsible for movement outside the brain and used them to reconstruct hand movement in three dimensions. (first broadcast Friday, March 5, 2010)

A Quake That Shook the World?: Last week's powerful earthquake in Chile may have shifted the Earth's axis and changed the length of a day. (first broadcast Friday, March 5, 2010)

Darwin and 'Creation': We'll talk about 'Creation,' a biographical film about Charles Darwin, recently released in the US. (first broadcast Friday, February 26, 2010)

No Small Matter: How do you take pictures of objects that are too small to photograph? We'll talk with the authors of an image-heavy book about nanoscience. (first broadcast Friday, February 26, 2010)

Inside an Ocean Sciences Meeting: We'll get highlights from the American Geophysical Union's ocean sciences meeting. (first broadcast Friday, February 26, 2010)

Steven Strogatz Talks Math: What are the odds? How are we connected? And does it all add up? Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics, joins us to run the numbers. (first broadcast Friday, February 26, 2010)

Grizzly Bears Moving Into New Territory: Biologists have spotted grizzly bears in Manitoba, a traditional polar bear habitat. (first broadcast Friday, February 26, 2010)

Dolphins and Comparative Medicine: What happens when a dolphin catches a cold? No, it's not a trick question. In this hour, we'll talk about what marine mammals can teach us about human biology. (first broadcast Friday, February 19, 2010)