Jeff's Science Feeds - RSS http://feedraider.com/rss-feed/kxm8z/ Real-Life Physics Problems Star On TV http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613274&ft=2&f=510221 The Big Bang Theory are two fictional Caltech physicists, but the physics problems they study are real. Bill Prady, the program's co-creator and executive producer, talks about including real-world science in the script, from dark matter to magnetic monopoles.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:52 GMT Book Recounts Challenges Of Eradicating Smallpox http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613268&ft=2&f=510221 Smallpox: The Death of a Disease, Dr. D.A. Henderson recounts the history of the deadly virus, from the development of the first vaccine in the late 18th century to his involvement in the successful global eradication campaign in the 1960s and 70s.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:42 GMT Debating Benefits, Risks Of Routine Mammograms http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613264&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:37 GMT Talking Turkey About Holiday Stress http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613258&ft=2&f=510221 Science Friday hit the streets of New York City to gauge stress levels and consulted with experts on the effects of stress and strategies for how to cope.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:34 GMT Personalizing Solar Power http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613254&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:31 GMT Rethinking The Human Future In Space http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613250&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:24 GMT Brushing Up On Tropical Diseases http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120613361&ft=2&f=510221 Science News offers details, including a strange story of palm trees, fruit bats and human infection.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:21 GMT One-Woman Show Explores Human Side Of Health Care http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120387137&ft=2&f=510221 Let Me Down Easy.]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:17:09 GMT Two Graphic Novels Explain Science, Colorfully http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120387143&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:17:01 GMT Clone That Smile, Digitally http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120387133&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:16:53 GMT Therapists Split On Multiple Personalities http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120387129&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:16:39 GMT Sailing Through Space, On A Starboard Tack http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120387123&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:16:37 GMT Do Moon Craters Harbor Caches Of Water Ice? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120387119&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:16:25 GMT Considering Values In The Health Care Debate http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120174337&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:32:33 GMT Giving Athletes A Heads-Up On Concussions http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120174333&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:32:30 GMT Students Build Living Microbial Machines http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120174329&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:32:26 GMT Can Oceans Survive The Human Appetite For Seafood? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120174322&ft=2&f=510221 The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One.]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:32:22 GMT Building A Better Lightbulb http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120174318&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:32:17 GMT A Head-Shrinker Studies The Zombie Brain http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114319726&ft=2&f=510221 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:47:51 GMT Halloween: A Holiday For Gadgets http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114319720&ft=2&f=510221 Make Magazine, talks about the geekiest do-it-yourself Halloween costumes and decorations, from spray foam guts and singing pumpkins to a fortune-teller costume built on a Segway.]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:47:46 GMT People ... People Who Eat People http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114319712&ft=2&f=510221 Dinner With a Cannibal, writer Carole Travis-Henikoff documents the long — and often hidden — history of cannibalism in humans. Travis-Henikoff notes that cannibalism wasn't always taboo, whether it be eating loved ones out of respect or eating enemies out of disdain.]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:47:42 GMT Why Runners Like To Feel The Burn http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114319707&ft=2&f=510221 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:47:39 GMT Happy Birthday, Internet http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114319703&ft=2&f=510221 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:47:33 GMT Examining Gene Therapy As Treatment For Blindness http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114319697&ft=2&f=510221 The Lancet, doctors found success in treating Leber's congenital amaurosis, a rare type of blindness, with gene therapy. Study author Katherine High explains how injecting a gene-carrying virus into the eye has improved vision in a handful of patients.]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:47:27 GMT Did Algae Contribute To Mass Extinctions? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114081479&ft=2&f=510221 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:03:32 GMT