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Beethoven's hair provides clues to his hearing loss (Suffer from)
Episode 683
Today's story: A new analysis of Beethoven's hair has found elevated levels of lead, mercury, and arsenic. And while these don't explain the famous c…
1 year, 10 months ago
Heat pumps: the green way to heat a home (Heat up)
Episode 682
Today's story: Most homes in cold-weather places have furnaces or boilers to provide heat indoors. These are effective and are relatively cheap to in…
1 year, 10 months ago
Mona Lisa background: mystery solved? (Stand up to scrutiny)
Episode 681
Today's story: The Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait in the world, but much is not known about it. The background shows a lake, rock formations, …
1 year, 11 months ago
Surge of dengue in Latin America (Buy up)
Episode 680
Today's story: Dengue fever is a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. Though it's not deadly in the vast majority of cases, about five percent of p…
1 year, 11 months ago
Impressionism turns 150 (Fall into)
Episode 679
Today's story: Impressionism, the art movement that celebrates bright colors, thick brushstrokes, and outdoor settings, turns 150 years old this mont…
1 year, 11 months ago
Three big ideas from behavioral science (Stick with (someone))
Episode 678
Today's story: "Behavioral science" is the field of studying how humans behave in the real world. Today, take a look at three groundbreaking findings…
1 year, 11 months ago
Daniel Kahneman and behavioral economics (Pass away)
Episode 677
Today's story: Daniel Kahneman was a trained psychologist who became the ""grandfather of behavioral economics"" with his experiments on human behavi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Updates on Iceland, Trump, and recent stories (Nod off)
Episode 676
Today's story: A corridor of magma below the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland burst to the surface through a series of volcanic eruptions. The Golden B…
1 year, 11 months ago
Quebec is squeezing Montreal's English speakers (Squeezed out)
Episode 675
Today's story: Quebec, Canada's only French-speaking province, has long protected its language. But now, some English speakers say the province has g…
1 year, 11 months ago
Canada's complicated bilingualism (In a pinch)
Episode 674
Today's story: Canada is a bilingual country, offering government services in both English and French. But the balance isn't 50-50. French is the dom…
1 year, 11 months ago