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Podcasting the latest in science and technology and the science behind the news from the Museum of Science, Boston. Login to Add this to your PlaylistPrimary Format : Science Language : English Also Listed as: City : Boston State/Province : MA Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Current Science & Technology Podcast Podcasts Methings.com listings of Current Science & Technology Podcast Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of Current Science & Technology Podcast Purifying Pollutants | Running With Or Without Shoes? Is it possible to use glass to remove oil from water? Is it better to run with or without running shoes? Find out here, the answers may surprise you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Promising Pancreas and CO2 Storage Discover how an artificial pancreas may benefit Type I diabetes patients. Also, while many scientists are trying to reduce carbon emissions, learn how other groups are searching for places to store the carbon dioxide that will be emitted. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spitting Cobras: Fast and Accurate Anatomist Bruce Young from the University of Massachusetts Lowell talks about his research with spitting cobras. Not only are they deadly, but they are incredibly fast and accurate with their venom. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Migratory Monarchs Hear Dr. Steven Reppert from the University of Massachusetts Medical School discuss his studies of monarch butterflies and learn surprising information about the biology of the insects and their annual migration. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fuel On The Moon | Adaptive Bacteria Find out how we may be able to refuel our space rockets on the moon and learn how well bacterial disinfectants work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Top 10 Science Stories of 2009 Hear Susan Heilman's picks for the year's best science news, including stories about space exploration, anthropology, health initiatives, and a giant snake! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Warm-Blooded VS Cold-Blooded | De-Ice VS Anti-Ice Hear new evidence in the debate about whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded versus cold-blooded. Also, learn an easier way of getting rid of ice- never have any in the first place. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robots That Climb Or Act Human New technologies are constantly being developed to improve the function of robots. This week's episode focuses on two different types of robots: biologically inspired climbing robots and a pair of virtual humans. Both are on display at the Museum of Science, Boston in Cahner's ComputerPlace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Canning BPA and Tracking Neurons BPA is not just in water bottles; it is also in many canned foods. Find out how the exposure limits for the intake of BPA are devised. Then learn about a new method for imaging a mouse's nerve cells as it grows new connections. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Obesity: You and Your Pet Dr. Lisa Freeman from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University discusses the burgeoning problem of pet obesity. She describes steps we can take to reduce the risk of obesity-related disease in our household friends. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why Should I Vaccinate? | Building A Better Hand Listen to Dr. Anita Loughlin from the Boston University Center for Vaccine Research as she answers vaccination questions and dispels vaccine myths. Also, learn how researchers are building a better prosthetic hand by connecting them to nerve cells. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Heart Health | Combination Scalpel Hear Dr. Aaron Baggish from Massachusetts General Hospital discuss his studies on the effect of exercise on athletes. Also, learn about a new way to excise tumors by connecting current technologies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A New Relative And A Nano Nose Anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva from Boston University talks about Ardi, our 4.4 million year old ancestor. Also, a new device uses nanotechnology to detect harmful chemical toxins. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Studying the Sun and Spooky Spiders Solar physicist Dr. Gemma Attrill talks about the new mission to study the atmosphere of the sun. Also, Halloween time brings us some spooky information on a new giant spider species. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Helpful Bee Stings | Prehistoric Primates Although bee stings can be painful and possibly harmful, discover how the toxin may also be able to help kill cancer cells. Then, find out if ancient primates Ida and Afradapis are our cousins or our ancestors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Ocean and Ice Sheets | Flu Information Hear how guest researcher Dr. Fiamma Straneo studies the interaction between the ocean and Greenland's glaciers. Also, get the latest information about swine flu, seasonal flu, and vaccinations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Water on the Moon? Oranges in Tires? Hear Boston University graduate student Tony Case talk about his part in the latest missions to the moon. Also, find out how orange oil can be used to make tires. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Archaeology Without Digging Geophysicist Dr. Meg Watters from Time Team America teaches us how to see beneath the soil without actually digging. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Measures of Melting | Green Batteries The ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are constantly changing. In the first part of this podcast, find out how this happens and how scientists are measuring these changes. Then, learn about a type of algae that could significantly improve our current battery technology. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Space, The Final Frontier: Lunar Water and Black Holes On October 9th the LCROSS satellite will crash into the moon in the search for lunar water. Our guest Andrew Chaikin gives a guided tour of the moon. Also, astrophysicist Dan Evans talks about a galaxy-destroying black hole. 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