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P.I.D. Radio 8/9/13: Bird Flu Again
SCIENTISTS HAVE announced plans to genetically modify the dangerous H7N9 virus to make it more lethal. They say it will help them understand how it …
12 years, 8 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 8/5/13: Spies of Life
SPIES HAVE dominated the news of late — the NSA spying scandal has revealed that the US government is basically tracking all our electronic communica…
12 years, 8 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 7/20/13: The Amazing Colossal Virus
BIOLOGISTS THIS week announced the discovery of a giant virus, up to ten times larger than most. The supersized virus, named Pandoravirus, is thought…
12 years, 9 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 7/17/13: Sugar Frosted Radar
RADAR PARTS for a Soviet-era anti-aircraft missile system was found beneath bags of Cuban sugar on a North Korean ship in the Panama Canal. Questions…
12 years, 9 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 7/15/13: Kick Hatred Off the Ship
SOMETIMES THE world feels like there is an evil entity that thrives on hatred, working tirelessly to keep groups at each others throats. (We mean be…
12 years, 9 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 7/13/13: Of (Genetically Engineered) Mice and Men
RESEARCHERS IN England announced this week the creation of genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodie…
12 years, 9 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 7/10/13: A Coup By Any Other Name
…MEANS THE United States has to keep sending aid to Egypt. As the Egyptian military keeps ousted President Morsi under arrest (but it's not a coup!),…
12 years, 9 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 7/8/13: Virtually Real
A COUPLE in Philadelphia recently gave birth to a baby from an embryo selected through a cutting-edge procedure called "next-generation sequencing". …
12 years, 9 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 6/23/13: Thin Red Line
SYRIA HAS crossed the "red line", according to the Obama administration. What does that mean? How deep are we getting in the Syrian civil war? And…
12 years, 10 months ago
P.I.D. Radio 5/27/13: Tangled Problems, Entangled Pairs
AS WE honor our fallen soldiers this Memorial Day, we take a look around at the world and wonder: Are we seeing tinder just waiting for a match? Ant…
12 years, 11 months ago