08/20/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Older Space Missions Still Making Headlines
Opportunity finds meteorite; comet contains stuff of life
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08/06/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Lighting Up a TV
What makes our HDTV produce such beautiful pictures
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07/23/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Sports and the Brain
Sports performance - don't think too much and just spit it out.
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07/09/2009
Dr. Bortrum
It's Not the Number of Genes
Insects with over 30,000 genes; interactions with bacteria with only hundreds of genes
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06/25/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Memories
Changing memories - they can be flexible
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06/11/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Birds and a Moon
Gay penguins parenting, a dancing cockatoo, smart rooks and a puny moon
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05/28/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Lots of Volts
Smart power grid and million-volt power lines
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05/14/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Fusion and Roots
Future nuclear fusion, an old supernova and a step towards finding what makes us human
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04/30/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Cold Fusion 20 Years Later
Is cold fusion still "bad science"? There are still some believers.
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04/16/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Eliminating Geese and Mercury
Driving away geese and one man's experiences with eating fish
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04/02/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Butterfly and Asteroid Intruders
Butterfly larvae and pupae pretend to be ant queens; asteroid tracked crashing into Africa
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03/18/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Better LEDs and Fuel Cells with Nitrogen
Gallium nitride LEDs to light the way for cars powered by fuel cells with nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube catalysts?
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03/04/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Getting Together
Entanglement, swarming locusts and frustrating the pairing of cicadas
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02/19/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Let's Go Naked
Black holes' singulaities are "clothed"; could there be others that are "naked"?
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02/04/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Evolution and Otherwise
Birds' beaks; a slug that looks and behaves like a leaf; three become one
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