Scientists alter the genes of worms and double their life span, making them look and act younger.
Emerging Science Note/Long Life
Scientists alter the genes of worms and double their life span, making them look and act younger.
Emerging Science Note/Sex & the Single Worm
Living on Earth’s Maggie Villiger reports on the way radioactive pollution is changing the sex lives of worms near Chernobyl.
Health Note/De-worming RX
Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on a possible new source for a drug to treat the millions of animals and humans infected with parasitic worms.
The Living on Earth Almanac
This week, facts about the World’s Worm Charming Championships in Willaston, England. Contestants have half an hour to charm the most worms out of the ground.
