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April’s Cool. Meet some Offbeat Science Projects - Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

How do dragonflies fly? How do bats catch insects hidden behind leaves? How do you make a temperature of 2 billion degrees? Why would anyone care?

Radio ID Tags: Are They Really EVERYwhere? - Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

RFID, radio frequency identification tags are being introduced to Wal-Mart, Defense Department, other parts of the supply chain. What are the privacy implications?

Arctic Warming Fast - Thursday, November 18th, 2004

Arctic environment is warming fast, causing harm to wildlife, environment and indigenous people; faster warming predicted in the future. Welcome to the warmer world…

Science vs. Politics (And the Winner is…) - Friday, November 5th, 2004

Climatologist instructed to obey NASA minder when talking with media. Political appointee wants to review web postings, journal articles, requests for interviews. What happens when science and politics mix?

Storytelling: What Relationship to Math Skills? - Thursday, August 5th, 2004

Three specific storytelling skills are related to certain math skills, but not to math skills in general. If you can adopt a character’s perspective in a story, does that mean you are likely to be a math whiz?

Immigration to U.S. - Thursday, April 22nd, 2004

As Congress, president debate changes to immigration laws, we wonder if immigration-fueled population growth is an environmental issue. Should United States reduce immigration?

Nuclear Weapons Still Spreading - Thursday, March 25th, 2004

As weapons proliferate, we wonder: exactly how do you make a nuke? How many nations have this ability? How can we track proliferators?

Alpine Iceman: Home at Last! - Thursday, October 30th, 2003

Alpine Iceman’s home range is detailed through isotopic analysis. How did he make a living 5k years ago?

Internet Filtering Software - Thursday, July 17th, 2003

Are software filters for the Internet censorship — or common sense? How do filters work? We take a filter for a test drive and ask, what are the intellectual stakes?

Space Science: By Human or Robot? - Thursday, February 13th, 2003

Space shuttle Columbia has crashed, raising questions about research on the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Should we do space science by robots or manned vehicles?

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