Science World
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Science World - Meteorites Delivered Key Component to...
Researchers say they now know how reactive phosphorus, an important element that helped start life on Earth, got here. The team’s leader on the project was University of South Florida’s Matthew Pasek. He joins us to talk about his team’s research and findings. Other stories we cover include: After a US sponsored clinical trial in Thailand, scientists have found that a medication used to treat HIV patients can also be effectively used as a preventative. Students at the University of Virginia...
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Science World - Pause in Global Warming - June 08, 2013
A researcher from Oxford University will tell us "not so fast" on those projections that suggest extreme global warming is right around the corner. NASA is preparing a new mission that will allow scientists to better study the sun...Suzanne Presto will have the story. Did you know US paleontologists have something in common with classic rock? We'll learn that something is involves the fossil remains of a gigantic ancient creature. We'll have another question sure to tease your brain on our...
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Science World - Mars! - June 01, 2013
The planet Mars is in the news this week - New radiation findings made by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity and the impact it may have on plans to send a manned mission to the red planet and the robotic explorer has also just provided clues of an ancient streambed on the Martian surface you'll hear from one of the scientists involved with this remarkable discovery.
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Science World - Solar Maximum - May 25, 2013
Our sun has been really active lately; throwing off a number of solar flares and coronal mass ejection's in the past few weeks alone. Joe Kunches from the Space Weather Prediction Center tells us more. We’ll also talk about… Underground storm bunkers and hardened safe-rooms Star Trek’s continued influence on society, science and technology. Human damage to global water systems could permanently change the Earth. UN says AIDS-related deaths in Africa are falling, while the number of Africans...
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Science World - Human Influence on Ecosystems - May 18,...
Dr. Marco Musiani from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada says humans are having a greater impact on ecosystems than what was long thought. Kepler Spacecraft, NASA’s planet finder is on the fritz. What options are available to women facing a breast cancer risk? A human powered helicopter? Retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis thinks cyber threats are more of a concern than terrorism or nuclear war. Researchers have developed an inexpensive scanning device that quickly and...
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Science World - Comet ISON - May 11, 2013
Dr. Dennis Bodewits , an astronomer who's been keeping an eye on Comet ISON provides some details on what we can expect as this “comet of the century” nears us later this year. Global immunization efforts and what's still needed to reduce the number of preventable deaths. Scientists and ag experts working to fight a deadly plant virus in East Africa Low prices for the HPV vaccine that protects against cervical cancer. Remember the movie Erin Brockovich? Residents of the small California town...
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Science World - April 19, 2013
Program that examines global issues in science, technology, agriculture, and the environment .
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