SciFri Radio: Anatomy

SciFri Radio: Genes -- And How Humans Got Their Dexterity
We use our hands to play flamenco guitar, crochet a sweater and grip a baseball bat...but how did we get such great dexterity? In this segment of...

SciFri Radio: Secrets of the Spleen
What's a spleen good for? New research says nerves within the spleen could provide an interface between the brain and the immune system.

SciFri Radio: Gene Therapy for Blindness
Researchers report some success in using a gene therapy technique to treat one form of congenital blindness. We'll talk about the research.

SciFri Radio: A New Species, or Just Small Humans?
The discovery of unusual skeletal remains on the islands of Palau suggests that the so-called 'hobbits' found several years ago in Indonesia may...

SciFri Radio: Harvesting Energy From Walking
Researchers have built a device resembling a knee brace that can generate usable amounts of electrical energy as a person walks.

Particles of Science

Healing Honey

A new study by researchers at the University of Ottawa suggests that honey helps kill the bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis. Read more about the study.

Free the River

SciFri guest Ivor van Heerden says that perhaps the best thing we can do to protect coastal Louisiana against hurricanes is to let the river run wild. Listen to van Heerden. This allows new wetlands to be created, which can reduce wave energy significantly.

Vaccine Safety

Wary of vaccinations? SciFri guest, Paul Offit, says vaccines are probably more rigorously tested than anything else we consume. Listen to Dr. Offit.

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.

SciFri Newsbriefs: Anatomy

Newsbrief: One Crustacean: Many Powers
The most complex visual system in the animal kingdom belongs to an agressive crustacean.

SciFri Videos: Anatomy

Video: Growing a Heart
Watch researchers grow a heart.

Video: Laser Eye Surgery in Six Minutes
Each year, millions of Americans pay to have their eyeballs poked, prodded, suctioned, sliced and zapped with a laser. In exchange, their vision is...

Video: Building an e-Nose
Joel White and John Kauer, neuroscientists from Tufts University Medical School in Boston, MA have developed an electronic nose. The secret to...

Video: Elephants Can't Jump
John Hutchinson, a biologist at the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London, studies the locomotion of extra-large animals.

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