Oct 6th, 2008 · One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine Monday for their discoveries of two viruses that cause severe human diseases. NPR's Richard Knox talks with Steve Inskeep about the prize winners' research.
Aug 28th, 2008 · Horace Silver is a piano-playin', pencil-packin' papa whose tunes constitute a family of jazz characters like "Sister Sadie" and "Senor Blues." His music filled Dee Dee Bridgewater's album Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver. This concert in his honor comes from the Discoveries at Disney Concert Hall series in Los Angeles.
Jun 12th, 2008 · People tend to underestimate the courage and determination of small, furry animals, especially notoriously timid ones like rabbits. Commentator Julie Zickefoose says her work as a naturalist and writer is to notice things, and a small tuft of rabbit fur on the ground led her to some surprising discoveries.
May 7th, 2008 · Keep your hand away from that seat pocket, lest you want to make some unpleasant discoveries, says reporter Scott McCartney.
Apr 29th, 2008 · In his new book, journalist Tony Horwitz chronicles the exploration of America that occurred before Jamestown. Among his discoveries: the fact that early European explorers reached about half of the states in the present-day continental U.S., including, in the 1540s, the plains of what is now Kansas.
Apr 22nd, 2008 · BPP Web editor Laura Conaway undertook an urban expedition with the editor of a new Web site cataloging nature discoveries. In a Manhattan park, Conaway turned over a log and found a scientific miracle.
Oct 9th, 2007 · Two scientists share this year's award in physics for discoveries that revolutionized computer memory. Albert Fert of France and Peter Grunberg of Germany independently discovered a phenomenon that relies on the spooky world of quantum mechanics to read data from computer disks.
Jun 1st, 2007 · Scientists are conducting research that they hope will result in new ways of generating hydrogen. One researcher says that an aluminum alloy could be used to produce hydrogen from water. New discoveries in the field could potentially make fuel-cell vehicles more practical.