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NPR Science Correspondent Robert Krulwich demystifies what's dense and difficult -- even if you feel lost when it comes to science. Coverage that can be delightful, moving, funny, perhaps even upsetting: Hmmmm...sounds like Krulwich on Science (Author: National Public Radio)
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  • Published: Sep 10, 08
    For much of the 20th century, Russian (and Soviet) leaders with full heads of hair shared the country's top political spot with bald men. In fact, they very nearly went back and forth — something their American rivals did not come close to doing.
     
  • Published: Aug 3, 08
    Virginia Woolf wanted to think about what it's like to think about nothing special, about ordinary things. Novelists, she said, should study life as it happens. That view suggests that while scientists probe and analyze questions, artists discover what questions to ask.
     
  • Published: Jul 31, 08
    Science writer David Quammen revisits his effort to say a few nice things about mosquitoes. But to agree with him, you'll need to be generous and open-minded — and dabbed with a little repellent.
     
  • Published: Apr 29, 08
    Young Indians who grew up in Britain, Australia and America are working elbow-to-elbow on India's environmental projects. The collaboration is not without challenges, but along the way the participants are building an identity that crosses cultural borders.
     
  • Published: Apr 22, 08
    We make a lot of noise here on Earth with our TV and radio broadcasts, and some of that sound escapes into space. But how far will our signals travel? Can Lucille Ball's laugh be heard across the universe?
     
  • Published: Feb 23, 08
    Those long, spiky thorns on Fifth Avenue trees are no accident, says one biologist. He suspects they evolved millions of years ago to protect the honey locusts from a very large pre-Manhattan predator: mastodons.
     
  • Published: Jan 31, 08
    David Stewart went blind about 10 years ago, then something strange happened: He started "seeing" things. He saw a sailor, imaginary paintings, green curtains and a pink dress. What explains these visual hallucinations?
     
  • Published: Jan 29, 08
    We are all, to some extent, human jukeboxes. And while hit tunes or ad jingles sometimes stick too long, for the most part we control what's inside our heads. But what happens when a person loses control?
     
  • Published: Dec 16, 07
    One night, Mrs. O'C, an elderly Irish woman living in the Bronx, woke up to a female voice singing Irish ballads. The problem was the voice was in her head. Dr. Oliver Sacks was able to determine why she heard the voice. But the more interesting question was -- whose voice was it?
     
  • Published: Dec 16, 07
    One night, Mrs. O'C, an elderly Irish woman living in the Bronx, woke up to a female voice singing Irish ballads. The problem was the voice was in her head. Dr. Oliver Sacks was able to determine why she heard the voice. But the more interesting question was -- whose voice was it?
     
  • Published: Dec 7, 07
    The science behind a persistently mystifying animal behavior, the yawn.
     
  • Published: Dec 7, 07
    The science behind a persistently mystifying animal behavior, the yawn.
     
  • Published: Nov 16, 07
    As best scientists can tell, lobsters age so gracefully they show no measurable signs of aging: no loss of appetite, no change in metabolism, no loss of reproductive urge or ability, no decline in strength or health. Lobsters, when they die, seem to die from external causes.
     
  • Published: Nov 16, 07
    As best scientists can tell, lobsters age so gracefully they show no measurable signs of aging: no loss of appetite, no change in metabolism, no loss of reproductive urge or ability, no decline in strength or health. Lobsters, when they die, seem to die from external causes.
     
  • Published: Nov 15, 07
    In the late 1800s, the hottest chef in Paris created a spectacular liquid that deepened the flavor of everything it touched: veal stock. But its flavor wasn't any combination of the four recognized tastes. And it took 100 more years –- and a Japanese soup lover -- for scientists to acknowledge a fifth taste: umami.