Nonmetals

Celebrity scientist to be sealed in airtight box for experiment

Environment

For two days, British geologist Iain Stewart will be sealed in an air-tight, bedroom-sized container with only small plants to provide him with oxygen.

The Importance of Phosphorus in the Global Food Supply

Global Politics
The World

Killing Animals at Home

The World

The Latest in Power Plants

The World

Commodified Oxygen

The World

Commodified Oxygen

Commentator Miriam Landman tells us about her first visit to a new bar in San Francisco  ? one that serves up oxygen instead of alcohol.

The World

Emerging Science Note/Hydrogen Power

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on a technique to get hydrogen from wastewater at food production plants.

Tech Note

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on newly created florescent molecules that glow in the presence of metal pollution.

Tech Note

Living on Earth’s Cynthia Graber reports on newly created florescent molecules that glow in the presence of metal pollution.

The World

Cheap energy from the sun

Environment

MIT scientist Dan Nocera tells host Bruce Gellerman how to make cheap energy from a glass of water and photovoltaic solar panels.