Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Africa’s Poor
All over the world, prices for food are skyrocketing upward. In China, the annual inflation rate for food is more than 10 percent and, in Egypt, food inflation has reached 20 percent. In fact, public...
View ArticleCan Threatened Species Evolve Their Way Out of Trouble?
Untold numbers of species are on the brink of extinction. What can do we about it? Dr. Andrew Gonzalez, an ecologist at McGill University, has a brand new approach for thinking about saving species. In...
View ArticleThe Next Epidemic — How Society Aids Disease
One reason that E. coli kills so many — in the industrialized world as well as less-developed areas — is that the bacteria is found across mammals and birds. If livestock are infected by a lethal...
View ArticleFrom Siberia to the Tropics with a Thermometer
We are all connected. A low pressure atmospheric wave moves off the west coast of Africa and, 10 days later, a hurricane batters down the door of Florida. The waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean warm...
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The Origin of Monogamy
With summer here, the 2011 wedding season has finally arrived. But with all of the ill-shapen bridesmaid dresses, Bridezillas and talk of till death do we part, one question comes to mind: Where did...
View ArticleHidden Patterns in Presidential Voting
With the Republican field finally solidifying, the 2012 presidential campaign season is finally off to the races. For the next 16 months, political pundits will spend hour after hour analyzing the most...
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What Causes Conflict?
From tangling with the boss to fighting with the kids, conflict is a daily ingredient of most of our lives. And it isn’t just humans. It is a big part of the lives among many species that live in...
View ArticleSix Months after Arab Spring, Uncertainty Rules in Egypt
Beginning last December and January, the Middle East and North Africa exploded in protests. From Morocco to Yemen, huge numbers of people spontaneously rose up to demonstrate against their corrupt and...
View ArticleGreek Economic Collapse: Pulling Europe and U.S. Down?
From Ireland to Italy, governments all across Europe are grappling with sky-high deficits, soaring unemployment, and economies that are stuck in first gear. Nowhere are the problems worse than in...
View ArticleCould Organic Farming Threaten Our Food Supply?
Untold numbers of species are threatened by extinction due to people. Yet, a class of animals is thriving, despite humans’ best efforts to wipe them out: agricultural insect pests. And these pests pose...
View ArticleNew Answers to Whale of a Mystery
There are around a hundred species of whales all over the world, from the mighty 200-ton blue whale to the tiny 100-pound vaquita. How did the whales evolve so diversely? In the podcast, Graham Slater,...
View ArticleLaw of the Jungle: Powerful Men Have More Children
Two generations after the beginning of the feminist revolution, men still dominate positions of power in the United States. Why are men still over-represented in corporate board rooms, halls of...
View ArticleEvacuation Lessons From Hurricane Irene
With Hurricane Irene causing much less damage than predicted by weather forecasters, many are questioning whether the alarm calls broadcast by government officials at every level were an overreaction....
View ArticleClimate Change Pushing Millions to Edge of Starvation
East Africa is being hit with the worst drought in 60 years, with rainfall less than 30 percent of normal in many areas. In Ethiopia, Kenya, and especially Somalia, widespread crop failure and...
View ArticleEcosystems Secretly Protect Against Lyme Disease
Every year, tens of thousand of people in the United States contract Lyme disease, a malady that can cause permanent damage to the brain, heart, and other organs in the worst cases. Lyme disease is...
View ArticleHidden Patterns in Presidential Voting
With the Republican field finally solidifying, the 2012 presidential campaign season is finally off to the races. For the next 16 months, political pundits will spend hour after hour analyzing the most...
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What Causes Conflict?
From tangling with the boss to fighting with the kids, conflict is a daily ingredient of most of our lives. And it isn't just humans. It is a big part of the lives among many species that live in...
View ArticleSix Months after Arab Spring, Uncertainty Rules in Egypt
Beginning last December and January, the Middle East and North Africa exploded in protests. From Morocco to Yemen, huge numbers of people spontaneously rose up to demonstrate against their corrupt and...
View ArticleGreek Economic Collapse: Pulling Europe and U.S. Down?
From Ireland to Italy, governments all across Europe are grappling with sky-high deficits, soaring unemployment, and economies that are stuck in first gear. Nowhere are the problems worse than in...
View ArticleCould Organic Farming Threaten Our Food Supply?
Untold numbers of species are threatened by extinction due to people. Yet, a class of animals is thriving, despite humans' best efforts to wipe them out: agricultural insect pests. And these pests pose...
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