Jan 8th, 2009 · Sounds Wild is a series of short, sound-rich stories from remote parts of the planet, where there are sounds of unusual and rare animals. Today, Morning Edition visits an ephemeral pond in the Australian desert, where a sudden downpour has brought out 11 different species of frogs.
Dec 25th, 2008 · For some people, the taste and smell of cilantro are so odious that they believe the herb should be wiped off the planet. Is it because cilantro haters are cursed with extrasensory supertaster tongues? Not quite, a cilantro extremist discovers.
Dec 21st, 2008 · As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Paul Farmer has traveled the planet to organize and provide medical treatment for people living in poverty. He believes good health care is vital but just the first step in creating a world free of all human suffering.
Dec 11th, 2008 · It's time, not the planet, that seems to halt for a big chunk of Scott Derrickson's expensively produced but utterly boneheaded remake. Sure, the effects are special — but you can see those free on the Web.
Dec 3rd, 2008 · Sixty-eight percent of all web searches take place on Google.com, but as journalist Randall Stross found when researching his new book, Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know, the company's business extends well beyond basic web searches.
Nov 15th, 2008 · This week the U.S. Supreme Court gave the Navy the OK to use sonar off the coast of California — environmentalists complain the sounds confuse whales. But it turns out the planet's oceans are actually getting louder anyway. Geochemist Peter Brewer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute talks about a recent study finding that global warming is changing the way sound travels underwater.
Nov 14th, 2008 · Two independent research teams have detected exoplanets through unconventional methods — by taking snapshots using visible and infrared light. Astronomer James Graham discusses the findings — including what the exoplanets might tell us about the formation of planets and solar systems.
Nov 14th, 2008 · Scientists have taken images of multiple planets orbiting a star other than our own sun. One extrasolar system reportedly has three planets; another star, 25 light-years away from Earth, has one planet in its orbit.