Magnet

English scientist studies implications of adding senses to human repertoire

Environment

We’re intimately familiar with the five basic senses: sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. But what if there were a sixth, or seventh? An English scientist is trying to research how technology can give us additional senses.

The World

Science Note: Magnetic Soap

Adventures Above the Arctic Circle

The World

Emerging Science Note/Nanorust

The World

German Mag-Lev Train

The World

Emerging Science Note/Nanorust

Tiny magnetic particles of rust may clean dirty drinking water in developing countries.

Off-Season

Seaside towns are magnets for tourists during the peak of summer. But when the temperatures drop, the tourists fall away and the towns return to themselves for the winter months. It’s during this off-season when travel writer Ken McAlpine decided to tour these places and experience the local way of life. Host Steve Curwood talks […]