{"id":3044,"date":"2011-02-19T07:48:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T13:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2011-02-19T07:48:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T13:48:40","slug":"npr-science-february-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3044","title":{"rendered":"NPR Science: February 14"},"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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/pictureshow\/2011\/02\/14\/133756997\/love-in-slow-motion\" target=\"_blank\">February 14<\/a>, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on the logo above to go the the NPR Science site, or use the links below to navigate to one of the stories that I thought may interest you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/17\/133842089\/toxic-avengers-pollution-drove-fish-evolution\" target=\"_blank\">Toxic Avengers: Pollution Drove Fish Evolution<\/a>\u00a0(3:33)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/18\/133849231\/hibernating-bears-a-metabolic-marvel\" target=\"_blank\">Hibernating Bears &#8216;A Metabolic Marvel&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0(3:54)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/17\/133817590\/gene-mutation-key-to-ecuador-groups-health\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Mutation Key To Ecuador Group&#8217;s Health<\/a>\u00a0(3:42)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/16\/133806402\/researchers-link-extreme-rains-to-global-warming\" target=\"_blank\">Researchers Link Extreme Rains To Global Warming<\/a>\u00a0(3:50)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/16\/133650679\/climate-change-and-faith-collide-in-kiribati\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Change And Faith Collide In Kiribati<\/a>\u00a0(5:09)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/02\/14\/133026897\/v-s-ramachandrans-tales-of-the-tell-tale-brain\" target=\"_blank\">V.S. Ramachandran&#8217;s Tales Of The &#8216;Tell-Tale Brain&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0(18:33)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Some moon craft house instruments from a handful of countries \u2014 an example of international scientific collaboration. But how valuable is science in the diplomatic sphere? Biologist Nina Fedoroff, former science adviser to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton, talks about her time in Washington.\" href=\"NPR.Player.openPlayer(133870813, 133870799, null, NPR.Player.Action.PLAY_NOW, NPR.Player.Type.STORY, '0')\" target=\"_blank\">Can Science Be Used As A Diplomatic Tool?<\/a>\u00a0(12:24)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last week, I showed my students my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/2011\/02\/11\/npr-science-february-7-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">most recent NPR post<\/a> and allowed them to pick the story title that most interested them to watch and talk about at the beginning of class.\u00a0 They picked the video on the Meat-Eating Furniture and were quite intrigued.\u00a0 Then, I showed them James Randi&#8217;s\u00a0video on Homeopathy.\u00a0\u00a0None of them had heard of homeopathic treatments\u00a0but they appreciated being educated regarding\u00a0the difference between these treatments and drugs that have been through FDA approval.<\/p>\n<p>Happy listening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week of February 14, 2011 Click on the logo above to go the the NPR Science site, or use the links below to navigate to one of the stories that I thought may interest you. 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