{"id":2818,"date":"2011-02-05T08:46:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T14:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2011-02-05T08:46:33","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T14:46:33","slug":"npr-science-january-31-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2818","title":{"rendered":"NPR Science &#8211; January 31, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/science\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/npr_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week of January 31, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on the logo above to go the the NPR Science site, or use the links below to navigate one of the stories that I thought may interest you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/04\/133466183\/tiny-water-flea-clocks-in-record-number-of-genes\" target=\"_blank\">Tiny Water Flea Clocks In Record Number Of Genes<\/a>\u00a0(3:39)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Birds of a feather flock together. The age-old adage now carries scientific weight.  A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests genes may influence how people pick their friends. James Fowler, professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California, San Diego, is the author of the study and he tells host Guy Raz there's biology in social chemistry.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/v2\/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&amp;t=1&amp;islist=false&amp;id=133334338&amp;m=133334316\" target=\"_blank\">Genes Play Role In Selecting Friends, Study Finds<\/a>\u00a0(4:41)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/02\/133443189\/An-Update-On-The-Hunt-For-Earth-Like-Planets\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Detects Dozens Of Potential &#8216;Habitable Zone&#8217; Planets<\/a>\u00a0(3:11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/01\/31\/133247319\/doctor-challenges-cause-of-ms-and-treatment\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor Challenges Cause Of MS And Treatment<\/a>\u00a0(5:29)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/01\/30\/133333682\/lolita-author-nabokov-was-right-about-butterflies\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Lolita&#8217; Author Nabokov Was Right About Butterflies<\/a>\u00a0(4:32)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/03\/133441327\/deep-below-antarctic-ice-lake-may-soon-see-light\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Below Antarctic Ice, Lake May Soon See Light<\/a>\u00a0(4:53)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/04\/133462608\/alarming-amazon-droughts-may-have-global-fallout\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Alarming&#8217; Amazon Droughts May Have Global Fallout<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; text<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2011\/02\/03\/133371076\/how-keeping-little-girls-squeaky-clean-could-make-them-sick\">Why Keeping Little Girls Squeaky Clean Could Make Them Sick<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; text<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/krulwich\/2011\/02\/02\/133188723\/tools-never-die-waddaya-mean-never\" target=\"_blank\">Tools Never Die. Waddaya Mean, Never?<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/krulwich\/2011\/02\/01\/133211209\/am-i-extinct\" target=\"_blank\">Am I Extinct?<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; text<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/health\/2011\/02\/02\/133407830\/dogs-earn-more-cred-for-sniffing-out-cancer\" target=\"_blank\">Dogs Earn More Cred For Sniffing Out Cancer<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; text<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I tried to embed these videos for\u00a0snow day viewing pleasure but I couldn&#8217;t.\u00a0 All of these videos are about the snowflake research conducted by Dr. Ken Libbrecht, a Caltech physicist.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/videos\/watch\/10340\" target=\"_blank\">Growing a Snowflake in a Bottle<\/a> &#8211; Science Friday<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/videos\/watch\/10263\" target=\"_blank\">Snowflake Safari<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Science Friday<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fd-hb2xzvZI\" target=\"_blank\">Snowflake Watching<\/a> &#8211; YouTube<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week of January 31, 2011 Click on the logo above to go the the NPR Science site, or use the links below to navigate one of the stories that I thought may interest you. 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