Hot and Angry: Climate's Role in Stirring Conflict (1 of 1)
Solomon Hsiang discusses his research. This podcast relates to a paper that appeared in the August 1, 2013, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Solomon Hsiang at ...
Brain Changes Seen in Preschoolers with Clinical Depression
Like older children and adults, kids as young as four display differences in brain function when they are depressed. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine's early emotional ...
Singing Rats
Rats like those used in University of Illinois speech and hearing sciences professor Aaron Johnson's study make ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) that are above the range of human hearing, but special ...
Laughing Gas Does Not Increase Heart Attacks in Surgery Patients
Nitrous oxides commonly known as laughing gas. It's one of the oldest and most widely used anesthesia drugs in the world, but some also had thought it might be dangerous to use in patients at high ...
Comet Lovejoy Offers New Clues to Sun's Corona (5 of 5)
In this podcast, author Cooper Downs talks about Lovejoy, the comet that grazed the sun's surface in December of 2011. This podcast relates to a paper that appeared in the June 7, 2013, issue of ...