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November 16th - 30th, 2004 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Tues., 11/16 Discovering Myxomycetes: Thirty years ago reports of a colorful, pulsating mass had some wondering if the Blob really did exist. These slow moving, jelly-like blobs are really slime molds.
Weds., 11/17 Louisiana and Yellow Fever: In the 1800s, Napoleon's plan to re-establish a lucrative sugar trade was thwarted by an island revolt and yellow fever, resulting in the Louisiana Purchase.
Thurs., 11/18 Nano-Weaponry: Antibiotic resistant bacteria are gaining ground and scientists are using some new technology to fight back.
Fri., 11/19 Storing Data in DNA: It's essential in the Information Age to have secure ways to store data. Scientists have devised a way to store data in DNA.
Mon., 11/22 Cheating Plants: Even in the plant world, some cheats beat the system. Instead of making their own food, some plants species survive by cutting a dirty deal with fungi associated with their roots.
Tues., 11/23 Space Museum Moon Suits:The high-tech suits worn by astronauts on a space mission were being destroyed in the relative safety of the Smithsonian. That decline has since been slowed.
Weds., 11/24 Lake Vida: Frozen beneath this Antarctic lake are twenty-eight-hundred-year-old bacteria. And they're still alive.
Thurs. 11/25 Working for Termites: The termite gut is a unique and crowded ecosystem-between five hundred and a thousand species of microbes live there.
Fri., 11/26 Geobacter Electricity: As cells convert fuel into energy, they create bits of negatively charged energy. Some store the energy for future use, but some dump it, creating quite a charge.Mon., 11/29 Birds, Herbs and Bacteria: Humans use cleansers, soaps, and disinfectants to keep diseases at bay. Birds do it their own way.
Tues., 11/30 Peptide Antibiotics: As bacteria become more resistant to antibiotics, promising new alternatives are being explored.
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