en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 ]]> http://www.mos.org/web_media/rss_logo.gif http://www.mos.org 122 21 This week we will learn how wild animals can develop cancer and what that means for conservation efforts. Then we will find out about a technology that could one day "ferret out" the contents of large shipping containers. Information@mos.org Podcast Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 cancer,,wild,,animal,,incidence,,Tasmanian,devil,,Beluga,whale,,virus,,papillomavirus,,carcinogen,,fish,,population,,mutation,,transmissible,,tumor,,devil,facial,tumor,disease,,immune,system,,endangered,,extinction,,conservation,,ferret,,robot,,screening,,cargo,,shipping,,containers,,port,,safety Learn how the recent unmanned mission to the moon will prepare us for humans' return to the lunar surface. Also, find out how plasma, the fourth state of matter, may be used to kill bacteria in a root canal. Information@mos.org Podcast Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 moon,,lunar,,LRO,,Lunar,Reconnaissance,Orbiter,,LCROSS,,crater,,water,,ice,,base,,outpost,,solar,system,,space,,radiation,,satellite,,orbit,,Mars,,astronaut,,polar,,pole,,impact,,CRATER,,plasma,,star,,bacteria,,root,canal,,cavity,,dentist,,dental,,tooth,,teeth,,biofilm,, Discover how you may one day be able to store all of your movies and all of your books (and all of the library's books) together on one disk. Also, learn what researchers have found out about how tuberculosis attacks our body. Information@mos.org Podcast Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 data,,storage,,movie,,book,,Library,of,Congress,,DVD,,CD,,Blue-Ray,,laser,disc,,beta,max,,HD,,terabyte,,gold,,nano-rod,,nanotechnology,,5,dimensions,,2,dimensions,,tuberculosis,,TB,,bacteria,,bacterium,,T-cell,,macrophage,,immune,cell,,immune,,cyclic,AMP,,adenylate,cyclase,,gene This week will be exploring two different types of jungles. Hear Dr. Jeremy DeSilva describe how studying chimpanzees in a Ugandan jungle can tell us more about locomotion in human ancestors. Also, learn about our own epidermal jungle, including all the bacteria that live on our skin. Information@mos.org Podcast Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 DeSilva,,Boston,University,,Uganda,,jungle,,chimpanzee,,primate,,gorilla,,human,,Homo,,Australopithecus,,Homo,erectus,,Homo,sapiens,,locomotion,,walking,,climbing,,ankle,,orangutan,,ancestor,,anthropology,,epidermal,,epidermis,,bacteria,,Staphylococus,,skin,,culture, Sorry, but there is no science fiction in this week's episode, just real science. We will learn how and why scientists are making green, glowing marmosets. Also, we will find out if liquid water exists on Mars and what that means for the possibility of life on our planetary neighbor. Information@mos.org Podcast Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000 science,fiction,,green,,glowing,,monkey,,marmoset,,rhesus,,GFP,,fluorescence,,protein,,gene,,genetics,,ALS,,Huntington's,,UV,light,,germ,line,,transgenic,,Mars,,life,,water,,liquid,,ice,,vapor,,salt,,freezing,point,,temperature