Listen as experts discuss the realities around President Obama's health care reform agenda. Aired June 19, 2009 [47:56]

A serious birder shares some identification tips before the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count.

There's a good chance that pile of snow in your yard contains bacteria, but not because it's dirty. The bacteria may have played an important role in helping those snow crystals form.

A discussion of online data storage and how to keep information stored in the Cloud safe. Aired Mar. 4, 2011 [17:40 min]

How do we perceive sounds as music or as noise? It all depends on the physics of sound. Aired Nov. 19, 2010 [19:21]

Explains how the brain is able to understand sounds and speech. Aired May 29, 2009 [12:27]

A report from researchers hunting for the cause of a mysterious bat die-off indicates that a fungus may hold the key to solving the mystery.

Bat experts struggle to explain what's causing a massive die-off in hibernating bats across parts of the Northeast.

An interview with primatologist Richard Wrangham, the author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. He believes that cooking food led to humans' evolutionary success. Aired Aug. 28, 2009 [28:02]

An interview with Barb Stuckey, a food inventor and author of Taste What You're Missing, who talks about how to fully experience the taste of your food. Aired Mar. 9, 2012 [18:09 min]

Take a tour through the John M. Mossman Lock Collection in Manhattan, a treasure trove of artifacts showing how bank vault technology has developed since the 1800s. Aired July 5, 2013 [2:17]

A look at research into the behavior of bees as they work at pollinating flowers. Caffeine, which is present in nectar, turns out to be something that helps bees to remember types of flowers they have visited. Aired Mar. 8, 2013 [29:21 min]

Film director James Cameron's recent journey to the deepest point on the Earth is discussed. Oceanographer Don Walsh, who made the same journey 52 years previously, is interviewed. Aired Mar. 30, 2012 [17:14 min] Links to a short video...

Neuroscientist and Nobel Prize winner, Eric Kandel writes of artists and scientists in 20th century Vienna.

A look at recently published research on the decoding of the gorilla's genome and how this impacts on our understanding of human evolution. Aired Mar. 9, 2012 [12:24 min]

Find out about studies of the drug Ketamine, and how it affects the brain and depression.

Researchers report in the journal Science that after sorting through 500 billion billion possible moves, they've been able to create a computer program that will never lose a game of checkers.

In academic circles, citations are a measure of success. We'll talk about some of the year's most-cited papers, and why other scientists found them so noteworthy.

Research published this week indicates that elephants in protected areas in the wild live longer, healthier lives than those in captivity. [23 mins. 10 secs.]

A talk with a researcher who lit up a 60-watt bulb from seven feet away with no wires thinks he can make laptops and cell phones recharge themselves.

Photo management programs such as Picasa and iPhoto can pick out a snapshot of your cousin Dave from a stack of party pictures -- but what about more complex uses of facial recognition in less controlled situations? [35 mins. 42]

A medical group has come out with new guidelines for dealing with concussions in sport.

Researchers report that they have captured a single atom of rubidium within 'optical tweezers' and held it in place long enough to snap a photo.

They're tiny, they're stinky, and they're probably coming soon to your neighborhood.