Marine Life Census Being Updated
Nov 10th, 2008 · More than 2,000 scientists in 82 countries are working on a census of marine life. The study will document all the sea's creatures.
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Vampire Bats And Other Blood-Sucking Creatures ****
Oct 31st, 2008 · Bill Schutt, author of Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures, discusses the real "vampires" in this Halloween-day edition of Science Friday.
Swedish Pop, Exotic Creatures of the Deep, The Elephant 6 Orchestra, More
Oct 27th, 2008 · Sweden has been producing some of the best pop music of the past decade. On our latest mix we've got new music from singer Lykke Li (pronounced Leaky-Lee), and the sprawling, 30-member group I'm From Barcelona. Also on the show: the British band Wild Beasts with their oddly titled new song "Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants;" the wildly strange and wonderful Sparks; twin sisters and the former drummer for Secret Machines form the band School of Seven Bells; and the influential Elephant 6 Orchestra reunites for a magical and historic live performance.
Video Game Lets You Play God
Oct 12th, 2008 · The video game "Spore" allows a player to control the evolution of a single-cell organism into a creature, a tribe, a civilization, and, finally, outer space.
Cells Are Stars Of 'Spore' Video Game
Sep 4th, 2008 · The creator of the hot-selling video game series The Sims has a new game coming out this weekend. In Spore, players create their own worlds starting from creatures the size of a cell. The cell and the world evolve, and ultimately an entire civilization is created. Will Spore help players learn about science?
Monkey Eludes Police In Tokyo Train Station *
Aug 21st, 2008 · A cheeky little monkey made his way into a Tokyo train station Wednesday and perched on a ledge high above the morning commuters, many of whom grabbed their cell phones and snapped videos. The mischievous creature can now be seen all over the Internet. Dozens of police tried to get him to jump into nets, but the wild monkey skipped out of the station toward a nearby park.
'The Doorman' Bubblier Than Dance-Club Cristal
Jul 17th, 2008 · The Doorman offers a genial take on the absurdities of the velvet-rope culture, in the process gently lampooning the nightclub set. Bob Mondello calls the titular gatekeeper a "hilariously preposterous movie creature."
Critters Basking on Tarmac Jam New Delhi Airport *
Jun 18th, 2008 · Of the many reasons for flight delays, consider this one Tuesday at the international airport in New Delhi. Almost a hundred planes couldn't take off or land because the runways were covered with raptors, jackals and huge monitor lizards. The creatures used the runways to dry off and get warm after the first monsoon rains hit.
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