Research News 'Science' Editor Discusses Cloning Scandal December 30, 2005 • This spring, South Korean scientists published a paper in the journal Science that showed they had used cloning techniques to create 11 embryonic stem cell lines tailored to match individual human donors. The paper was later found to be fraudulent. The editor-in-chief of Science magazine talks about how the scandal has affected the journal. 'Science' Editor Discusses Cloning Scandal Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5075912/5075913" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Top Science Stories of 2005 December 30, 2005 • From teaching evolution in Pennsylvania, to the hurricane season in the Atlantic -- and a 10th planet in our solar system -- science captured the headlines this year. Top Science Stories of 2005 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5075915/5075916" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Exploring the Relationship Between Music and Memory December 30, 2005 • Oliver Sacks, the prominent neurologist, author and researcher, talks about the many mysteries of the human brain. He's working on a new book about music and memory, focusing on a musician whose memory lasts but for a few seconds but who can recall whole musical pieces, and even conduct an orchestra. Exploring the Relationship Between Music and Memory Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5075918/5075919" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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What Scientists Owe the Public December 30, 2005 • Last year, organizations ranging from the National Science Foundation to Readers Digest voiced concern about Americans' lack of scientific knowledge and the deteriorating state of science education in this country. What responsibilities do scientists have to communicate their research to lay Americans, or to help improve science education? What Scientists Owe the Public Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5075921/5075922" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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U.S. Drafting Plan for Nuclear Energy Use December 29, 2005 • The Department of Energy has been quietly working on a grand plan for nuclear power to be included in next year's budget. Ideas for the Global Nuclear Energy Initiative include reprocessing nuclear fuel so it can be re-used in reactors -- a process the United States abandoned earlier. U.S. Drafting Plan for Nuclear Energy Use Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5074835/5074836" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Year 2005 Extended by One Leap Second December 29, 2005 • Scientists have extended 2005 by one second. A leap second will be added on Dec. 31, the first one since 1998. Year 2005 Extended by One Leap Second Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5074291/5074292" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis Slate's Explainer: Adding a 'Leap Second' to 2005 December 28, 2005 • Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains why U.S. atomic clocks are adding a "leap second" on New Year's Eve. The extra second is needed to match clocks with the gradual slowing of the Earth's rotation. Slate's Explainer: Adding a 'Leap Second' to 2005 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5072313/5072314" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion When Hummingbirds Come Home December 28, 2005 • Commentator Julie Zickefoose raised three orphaned hummingbirds a couple of years ago, never expecting to see them again. This is the story of their return. When Hummingbirds Come Home Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5073214/5073226" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Tsunami Warning System a Global Effort December 26, 2005 • Efforts are under way to establish a tsunami early-warning system in the Indian Ocean, one year after the devastating tsunami. Financial and technological help have been flowing into the project from around the world. Tsunami Warning System a Global Effort Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5069705/5069706" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Robot Receptionist Dishes Directions and Attitude December 26, 2005 • A team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is exploring how to make robots more engaging over the long term. Their assistant is roboreceptionist Marion "Tank" LeFleur. Robot Receptionist Dishes Directions and Attitude Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5067678/5067683" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sorting Through a Mammoth's Genes December 23, 2005 • Two papers published this week take a look at the genetic makeup of the woolly mammoth: one published in the journal Nature, the other in the journal Science. The two groups take different approaches to examining the genetic material of the ice-age mammal. Sorting Through a Mammoth's Genes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5067658/5067659" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Audubon Bird Count, Lost Woodpecker Rediscovered December 23, 2005 • Bird watchers are blanketing the country with binoculars and checklists. It's that time of year again: the National Audubon Society's Christmas bird count. Also, experts discuss the ivory-billed woodpecker, long thought extinct, and rediscovered earlier this year. Audubon Bird Count, Lost Woodpecker Rediscovered Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5067655/5067656" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Education Penn. Trial Sends Intelligent Design Out of Class December 23, 2005 • This week, a federal judge barred the teaching of intelligent design from Dover, Penn., science classes. The decision in the case, a suit brought by several parents in the Dover Area School District against the school board, was a decisive victory for proponents of teaching Darwin's theories of evolution. Penn. Trial Sends Intelligent Design Out of Class Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5067652/5067653" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Debating Evolution in the Classroom Pa. Judge Bars Intelligent Design in Science Classes December 20, 2005 • A federal judge rules against the teaching of intelligent design in Dover, Pa., schools. He says the concept is a "religious view" that has no place in science classrooms. The case could have important implications for the teaching of evolution in schools across the country. Pa. Judge Bars Intelligent Design in Science Classes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5063317/5063318" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Ethics of Egg Donation December 16, 2005 • Should researchers pay for egg donations used in their research efforts? Some say it only seems fair, while others claim it opens up a host of ethical problems. The Ethics of Egg Donation Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5058322/5058323" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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