Podcast Episodes

Babbling Fingers

Researchers studied five infants, two of whom were deaf and had deaf parents. In the deaf households, communication took place through American Sign…

3 years, 2 months ago

Bamboozling Bugs

For centuries Asian cooks have wrapped meat, sushi and candy in bamboo bark. Though the reason for this practice seems to have been forgotten, human…

3 years, 2 months ago

The Brain and Your Health

Medical researchers are learning that your thoughts can affect your health.

 REF: Wechsler, R. 1987. A new prescription: mind over malady. Discover…

3 years, 3 months ago

The Talk Beneath Your Feet

Some of the most fascinating discoveries  have to do with our growing knowledge of plant communication. New research continues to reveal even more a…

3 years, 3 months ago

Digging Is a Snap

The strange partnership between the snapping shrimp and the goby is absolutely necessary if both creatures are to survive. The nearly blind shrimp r…

3 years, 3 months ago

Seeing Eye Fish

The relationship between the snapping shrimp and a fish called the goby is a good example of the Creator’s attention to the finest detail. 

REF: Ya…

3 years, 3 months ago

A Touching Truth

Science has shown that touching is necessary for life. Newborn animals that are licked by their mothers have a higher resistance to disease. They ar…

3 years, 3 months ago

Medicine That’s a Spice of Life

In South America ground hot peppers have been used for centuries to help relieve pain. Scientists have discovered the active ingredient in peppers t…

3 years, 3 months ago

Is Your Doctor an Old Crab?

Scientists have also known that animals generate a similar natural plastic called chitin. Like cellulose, chitin is a carbohydrate made of long chai…

3 years, 3 months ago

The Delaware Creation

Many cultures around the world have legends about creation and a great Flood that have been handed down from generations in the distant past. Most o…

3 years, 3 months ago