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Title: Plate Tectonics Could Grind to a Halt

Author: Thomas Sumner

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-16

Publisher: Science News

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Earths plate tectonics could be a passing phase. After simulating rock and heat flow throughout a planets lifetime, scientists have proposed that plate tectonics is just one stage of a planets life cycle.

"Plate Tectonics Could Grind to a Halt" is from the June 25, 2016 issue of Science News.

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Title: Plan to Fabricate a Genome Raises Questions on Designer Humans

Author: Antonio Regalado

Narrator: Elizabeth Wells

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-16

Publisher: MIT Technology Review

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

A proposal by a group of scientists and businesspeople to synthesize a human genome from scratch is attracting sharp criticism for dodging the big ethical questions such a step raises. The proposal is to string together synthetically made DNA and shape from it a human genome able to power a cell in a dish, according to lead authors Jef Boeke of New York Universitys Langone Medical Center and biotechnologist George Church of Harvard Medical School.

"Plan to Fabricate a Genome Raises Questions on Designer Humans" is from technologyreview.com, published on June 2, 2016.

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Title: How a Galápagos Bird Got Tiny Wings

Author: Tina Hesman Saey

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-16

Publisher: Science News

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Cormorant's flightlessness tied to several genetic changes.

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Title: Ascent of the Mammals

Author: Stephen Brusatte, Zhe-Xi Luo

Narrator: Jef Holbrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-25-16

Publisher: Scientific American

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Like all eventual dynasties, mammals come from humble stock. In scientific parlance, they are defined as that group on the tree of life that contains the egg-laying monotremes, the marsupials (which raise their tiny babies in a pouch) and the placentals, as well as all the extinct descendants of their common ancestor. The first critters that started looking and behaving like todays mammals were an assortment of stem mammaliaforms, a fancy name for the very closest relatives of true mammals. They themselves evolved from cynodonts - primitive species that still retained many features of their reptilian forebears.

"Ascent of the Mammals" is from the June 2016 issue of Scientific American.

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Title: How Ketamine Really Fights Depression

Author: Laura Sanders

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-18-16

Publisher: Science News

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Ketamine, a drug that has shown promise in quickly easing depression in people, doesnt actually do the job itself. Instead, depression relief comes from one of the drugs breakdown products, a study in mice suggests. The results identify a potential depression-fighting drug that works quickly but without ketamines serious side effects or potential for abuse.

"How Ketamine Really Fights Depression" is from the May 28, 2016 issue of Science News.

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Title: A Sugar Can Melt Away Cholesterol

Author: Tina Hesman Saey

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-16

Publisher: Science News

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

A sugar that freshens air in rooms may also clean cholesterol out of hardened arteries. The sugar 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin, or cyclodextrin, removed cholesterol that had built up in the arteries of mice fed a high-fat diet, researchers report. The sugar enhances a natural cholesterol-removal process and persuades immune cells to soothe inflammation instead of provoking it, say immunologist Eicke Latz and colleagues.

"A Sugar Can Melt Away Cholesterol" is from the May 14, 2016 issue of Science News.

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Title: The People's Robots

Author: Will Knight

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-29-16

Publisher: MIT Technology Review

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Inside a large, windowless room in an electronics factory in south Shanghai, about 15 workers are eyeing a small robot arm with frustration. Near the end of the production line where optical networking equipment is being packed into boxes for shipping, the robot sits motionless.

"The People's Robots" is from the May/June issue of MIT Technology Review Magazine.

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Title: Tesla's Biggest Edge in Chasing Autonomy Is Treating Drivers Like Guinea Pigs

Author: Will Knight

Narrator: Elizabeth Wells

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-16

Publisher: MIT Technology Review

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

If Tesla wins the race to commercialize automated driving, it might have less to do with some technological edge than its crazy customers. At the unveiling of Teslas sleek and affordable new car, the Model 3, Musk hinted that some next level features had yet to be revealed. This has led some to speculate that the Model 3 might be the first car equipped to hit the road with full autonomy. Tesla has some unique technological advantages in pursuing autonomy. These include a focus on low-cost video sensing rather than the more expensive (and accurate) laser sensors used by Google and most carmakers, and a remarkable amount of data contributed from ordinary Tesla drivers.

"Tesla's Biggest Edge in Chasing Autonomy Is Treating Drivers Like Guinea Pigs" is from technologyreview.com, published on April 15, 2016.

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Title: An Easier Way to Track Your Blood Pressure

Author: Rachel Metz

Narrator: Elizabeth Wells

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-22-16

Publisher: MIT Technology Review

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Having your blood pressure taken by a cuff that inflates and deflates around your upper arm is reliable, but its not very fast or portable, and it isnt able to give you continuous measurements over time. A startup called Blumio is trying a different tactic. Its building blood-pressure measuring technology that uses radar - typically employed for things like tracking ships or speeding cars by monitoring the phase changes in electromagnetic waves as they reflect off of them - to make it easier and faster to measure blood pressure continuously without needing to squeeze your arm.

"An Easier Way to Track Your Blood Pressure" is from technologyreview.com, published on April 15, 2016.

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Title: A Surprising Fix for Sickle Cell

Author: Karen Weintraub

Narrator: Jef Holbrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-21-16

Publisher: Scientific American

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

For decades physicians have known that a few children have unusual genetic mutations that counteract the effects of the sickle-cell flaw. Researchers would like to re-create their uncommon physiology in everyone with sickle-cell anemia. Though not technically a cure, the compensatory treatment would spare many of the 300,000 infants around the world who are born every year with sickle cell and who often do not live beyond childhood. It would also make life a lot easier for the more than 70,000 individuals living with the disease in the US, who, despite treatment that mitigates some of the most serious effects of the condition, often die in their 40s.

"A Surprising Fix for Sickle Cell" is from the May 2016 issue of Scientific American.