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Episode 201 - April 25 2011 Apr 25, 2011

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How scientists are closing in on a way to extract oil shale from the ground without releasing harmful greenhouse gases. Why tidal waters could keep your batteries going. A needle-in-the-haystack medication could help relieve symptoms of neurological disorders.

Episode 200 - April 18 2011 Apr 18, 2011

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How toad brains could be an untapped source of pharmazooticals. Why scientists are clucking about feather-based plastics. When stale beer could soon be a thing of the past.

Episode 199 - April 11 2011 Apr 11, 2011

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Why copying Mother Nature could help us trail blaze a path to better health. Smoking and diabetes aren’t a good combination. How new medicines could clamp down on colon cancer and asthma; What floats like a butterfly and stings disease like a bee - Here’s a hint - It’s not Muhammad Ali.

Episode 198 - April 07 2011 Apr 07, 2011

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Your fingers could soon produce electricity in a pinch. 3-D batteries could rev up interest in electric cars. Rejuvenated crankcase oil could find new life in your gas tank.

Episode 197 - April 04 2011 Apr 04, 2011

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A pair of fruits could make green cars more appealing. Meat residues could soon be transformed into biodegradable plastic. How a new whisker-thin coating could help preserve food and beverages. A blast of electricity could save lives and extinguish fires.

Episode 196 - March 21 2011 Mar 21, 2011

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How laser light could induce cancer cells to absorb more chemotherapy drugs. Why certain forms of an essential nutrient might fight cancer better than others. Scientists suspect a new melt-in-your-mouth smokeless tobacco product could do more harm than good.

Episode 195 - March 14 2011 Mar 14, 2011

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What chemists are doing to fend off a resurgent pest. How scientists are closing in on safer blood transfusions. How a slapstick movie prop could help purify water.

Episode 194 - March 07 2011 Mar 07, 2011

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Hair dyes are on the brink of a colorful revolution. Why fluoride gets by on the skin of its teeth. How a newly discovered protein could improve lung cancer detection and treatment.

Episode 193 - February 28 2011 Feb 28, 2011

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A new high-performance battery could make electric cars more appealing. Solar panel manufacturers are zeroing in on ways to perfect their products. A new type of fortified bread could curtail an emerging vitamin deficiency.

Episode 192 - February 21 2011 Feb 21, 2011

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How scientists are closing in on early warning test for a dangerous type of pregnancy. Newly detected substances in algae blooms disrupt reproductive hormones in fish and other wildlife. Why bio-fuel researchers are frantically sprinting to the gas pump.

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