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IRA FLATOW
Host Ira Flatow is a veteran NPR science correspondent and award-winning TV journalist.
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LAST WEEK'S VIDEO
Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin
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LAST WEEK'S SHOW
Are We Getting Dumber? Maybe, New Research Suggests
The Double Helix and Beyond: Catching Up With James Watson
Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin
Looking Back on 2012 Election Technology
Searching for 'The Particle at the End of the Universe'
A Millipede That (Almost) Lives Up to the Name
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SNACK
Not Quite a Religious Experience
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"When we throw out half a hamburger, according to an estimate by the Water Footprint Network, that's equivalent to taking over an hour shower, in the water use that was required for that half hamburger you just tossed." -- Dana Gunders, NRDC
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Ig Nobel Prizes Celebrate Somewhat Suspect Science
Steven Strogatz: The Joy Of X
Waste Not: The Ugly Truth About Food Waste in America
Desktop Diaries: Temple Grandin
Are We Getting Dumber? Maybe, New Research Suggests
Heavy Metal: The Physics of DIY Instruments
Bird of a Different Feather
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From the Vault
A Spacesuit Ballet
\tOf the suit he wore on the moon, Neil Armstrong wrote, "it was tough, reliable, and almost cuddly." But that cuddly suit, made by the company Playtex, had some stiff competition (literally) from rival rigid, metal designs. This video features archival NASA footage of mobility tests for several spacesuit prototypes. Music is from the band One Ring Zero's album "Planets".
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
A Chat with Crewmembers Aboard the ISS
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