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September 1st - 15th, 2004 Radio Shows
Air Date Program Weds., 9/1 Viruses in the Gut: As soon as you think your gut is crowded enough, researchers discover yet more microbes inhabiting your inner spaces.
Thurs., 9/2 Arsenic-Loving Microbes: Scientists are learning more about bacteria that live off arsenic and then release compounds that contain arsenic back into the environment.
Fri., 9/3 School Curriculum: To learn science, students in Georgia get an outbreak of a make-believe infectious disease.
Mon., 9/6 Plankton May Prevent Ice Ages: Some scientists think that the rise of small marine plankton stabilized climate and limited the size of glaciers.
Tues., 9/7 Water, Mars and Microbes: A bacterium that survives in lakes under the Siberian permafrost may be a good model for life on the red planet.
Weds., 9/8 Making Chocolate: Growing a perfect cocoa bean for rich-flavored chocolate requires a lot of factors to come together, including the right microbes.
Thurs., 9/9 Pateurization: The goal of pasteurization has always been to make milk, cider, and juices safe without compromising quality.
Fri., 9/10 H-I-V and Shyness: A study of H-I-V infected patientssuggests that shyness plus stress make it harder to fight the infection.
Mon., 9/13 Enzyme Terminators: The many viruses that kill bacteria are wizards of annihilation, tageting specific bacteria with no colateral damage to people.
Tues., 9/14 Space Microbes: One scientist has had her attention focused skyward for decades, pursuing the idea that cellular life may exist on some other planet.
Weds., 9/15 Reclaiming Brownfields: One scientist's solution to contaminated sites is to layer on fabricated soil to encourage microbial growth.
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