SciFri Radio: Insects

SciFri Radio: Batter Up!
Ira and guests talk about the physics and materials science that go into one of the symbols of summer -- the baseball bat.

SciFri Radio: Tiny Beetle, Big Impact
An increase in the numbers of mountain pine beetles feeding on trees in Canada could turn the carbon-sink forests into greenhouse gas liabilities....

SciFri Radio: Monarch Migration Molecular Mechanism
What drives monarch butterflies to undertake a mass migration, traveling thousands of miles to pine groves in Mexico?

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    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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    This Just In

    Baseball players beware: Maple baseball bats do not out-perform ash bats at the plate, according to SciFri's baseball bat experts Brian Boltz and Lloyd Smith. Ash bats wear down differently than maple--but neither bat hits the ball farther. Listen


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    Tweets from Mars

    Mars addict? Read the latest mini-updates from the Mars Phoenix Lander through Twitter. Get your fix here.


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    Talking about Climate

    Montclair State University hosted a panel called "The Environment and Sustainability, the Next 100 Years"--watch Ira, Michael Oppenheimer and others sound off on climate change.



SciFri Newsbriefs: Insects

Newsbrief: The Secret to Whiter Whites? Ask this Beetle
This beetle outshines teeth and milk.

Newsbrief: Feeling Feverish? Sit Still
Viruses evolve differently depending on how free their hosts are to move and mingle.

Newsbrief: Sounds Appetizing
Termites use sound to determine what's for dinner.

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

Newsbrief: Good Eating
The amount of methylmercury in freshwater fish may be linked to how fast the water fleas are growing.

Newsbrief: A Recipe for Spider Silk, But Who Will Spin It?
The ingredients in black widow's silk may explain why it is so tough.

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SciFri Videos: Insects

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Video: Milking a Spider
Ever wondered how to milk a spider? In this video, Dr. Greta Binford, a researcher at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, extracts venom...

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Video: Attack of the Ladybugs
Genzyme Center is "Platinum"-certified building by the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System: this is...

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Video: Where Do Bees Do Their Business?
Beekeeper Sarah Christman explains what happens in a honeybee hive during the winter. Christman is the Milwaukee operations manager for

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Video: The Grasshopper Bot
Researchers built a new bot that can jump 27 times its own height. That's a world record.

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Video: Little Beetle, Big Trouble
A tiny invasive beetle is on the march. It's moving into Pennsylvania, which is bad for baseball. Most ash baseball bats come from wood grown in...

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