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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

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Killing Animals at Home

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The Latest in Power Plants

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Commodified Oxygen

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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.

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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.

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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.

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