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July 16th - 31st, 2004 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Fri., 7/16 Perfumes: Ever notice how a splash of cologne or spritz of perfume in the morning loses its scent by midday? Blame it on microbes on your skin.
Mon., 7/19 Portobellos and Buttons: Fungi comes in many shapes and sizes. Some reproduce in a process called budding, and some form a fruiting body that developes spores - tiny cells tha can grow into a new organism.
Tues., 7/20 Cleaning Up Petroleum Spills: The beaches and sand dunes of Guadalupe, Califonia, were pristine until an oil spill leaked millions of gallons of petroleum products into the sand.
Weds., 7/21 Spinning DNA into Do-Re-Mi: Two microbiologists assigned a musical note to the four basic components of D-N-A molecules, and a melody began to emerge.
Thurs., 7/22 Killing Vibrio and Shucking Oysters: In the 1980s, a single bacterium became the bane of the oyster industry. Contaminated raw oysters were killing consumers with compromised immune systems.
Fri., 7/23 Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier: Your body's defense mechanisms are remarkably effective. One is a system called the blood-brain barrier - a layer of cells that protect your brain from bacterial attack.
Mon., 7/26 Finding Mates in a Vast World: Male rotifers live with one purpose - to find and mate with female rotifers. But that's not easy. These tiny aquatic animals live short lives in densely crowded environments.
Tues., 7/27 Sex Changes al Fresco: Parasitic fungi have come up with some radical ways to exploit their hosts. One fungus infects many flower species, especially carnations.
Weds., 7/28 Droughts: Scientists have been tracking droughts and weather for about one hundred years. Is there any way to know how frequent severe droughts were in the distant past?
Thurs., 7/29 Deep-Sea Worms: Cold seeps are where cold fluids filled with methane and other hydrocarbons seep up through deep, dark cracks on the ocean floor and mix with seawater.
Fri., 7/30 Ramping Up Thermo-Tolerance: A Yellowstone grass would be unable to handle the heat in its habitat if it weren't for the microbes that it lives with.
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