"All science is either physics or stamp collecting," said Lord Rutherford, the nuclear physicist. A little harsh, perhaps, but Raghu Parthasarathy can probably relate. Parthasarathy is a physicist at the University of Oregon whose work crosses over into biology, chemistry and neuroscience. His work includes researching the microbiome of the gut, which influences a person's overall health.

It happens to us all the time: one little slip on the keyboard, and a "protector" becomes a "protestor." Typographical errors are not fun for the committer, perhaps, but they can be highly entertaining for the rest of us. Scottish editor and author Drummond Moir proved the point with his book of some truly classical typing gaffes, called Just My Typo .

It takes more than one wet year to recover from a severe drought. What if the next drought arrives soon after? A new study published August 10 in Nature seeks to understand the ways in which ecosystems across the world recover from drought. It finds that, if a new drought arrives before the ecosystem has recovered from a previous drought, the entire ecosystem may change for good. William Anderegg , Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Utah, is one of the study's authors and joins

In 1906, Teddy Roosevelt ordered a large fleet of US warships to circumnavigate the globe. The fleet, painted white as a symbol of peace, became known as The White Fleet. Author Leslie Compton recreates this legendary voyage as a historical love story using postcards sent by a White Fleet sailor. Leslie Compton joins us in the studio.

The ground shook in Alaska in March 1964. And shook and shook and shook. When the earthquake was over, it measured higher in magnitude than any other quake in North American history, more than 130 people were dead, and the resulting tsunami wiped out downtown Crescent City. Science journalist Henry Fountain pulls many details together for his book The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet .

News from around the world in an instant. Summer movies. Social media. The Internet alone gives us an almost unlimited supply of media options. And it gives us plenty to talk about with Andrew Gay and Precious Yamaguchi of the Communication faculty at Southern Oregon University. They join us once a month to talk about media topics--news and not--in a segment we call "Signals & Noise."

We already have master gardeners and master recyclers in our midst. Now you can add a title: master climate protector. It puts action into the concept of "think globally, act locally." Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, SOCAN, offers the 10-week training course for master climate protectors starting in September. It follows a pilot program earlier in the year.

It seems like a straightforward path: fix the environment, and the people will thrive. But the experience of Western organizations and individuals in Africa tells a different story. Efforts to restore animals and ecosystems have often gone awry, with researchers noting local people getting sicker and hungrier while animal populations fail to thrive. This is the story told in White Man's Game: Saving Animals, Rebuilding Eden & Other Myths of Conservation in Africa . Author Stephanie Hanes

Cellphones are in just about everybody's hands or pockets these days, and we've gotten used to having them around. We just notice less when people pull them out in restaurants and other public places. But that doesn't mean we're all using them properly. In fact, cellphone users are often seen as rude by the people around them. If Emily Post were around, what we she say is good cellphone etiquette? Let's ask her great-great-grandson. Daniel Post Senning writes about manners just like his famous

One of the targets set by the Paris Climate Agreement is a limit to how much temperatures rise. The agreement aims to keep the increase under 1.5 degrees Celsius. But that figure will likely be exceeded. In fact, a new study shows there's more than a 90% chance that the Earth will warm by more than 2 degrees during this century. Adrian Raftery at the University of Washington is the lead author.