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Inuits live in very cold climates, why do they have dark skin?

- asks Anonymous

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted June 18, 2007

Episode 4: The Sound of Science

What is salt pollution? Highlights from a recent stem cell meeting. New findings show the importance of bees.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted May 28, 2007

Episode 3: The Sound of Science

How is the tracking technology in passports used in other ways? Science is letting kids play with snow all year round. Ancient viruses lie dormant in frozen lakes.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted April 22, 2007

Blue is rallying for green

Organizers prepare for the first National Day of Climate Action.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted April 11, 2007

I saw somewhere that pink snow exists — is this possible?

- asks Molly from Ohio

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted April 1, 2007

Episode 2: The Sound of Science

Why did Congress move daylight savings time? Sophisticated recording devices might be placed in our national parks. A teenage girl benefits from gastric bypass surgery.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted March 25, 2007

A New Twist on Tree Rings

Scientists turn to tree rings to learn more about our climate’s history.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted March 20, 2007

Our Podcast: The Sound of Science

In episode one of The Sound of Science, find out how air bags relate to video games, which predator might dethrone polar bears as the top of the food chain in the Arctic, and how a dust cloud circumnavigates the globe.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted February 26, 2007

Are Polar Bears Victims of the New Cold War?

Climate change may be affecting the bears’ habitat.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted February 5, 2007

Being Beinecke

Getting to know Frances Beinecke, the new president of Natural Resource Defense Council.

By Emily V. Driscoll | Posted January 8, 2007