Happy New Years, Karl discusses the different kinds of ways to measure a year and they're all different in length, Merry Kitzmas: Intelligent Design continues its unintelligent legacy since the Kitzmiller v Dover case. Food-heavy episode: NYC bans trans fats, Karl explains what these are and coincidentally, there's news about a trans fat that may be healthy, conjugated linoleic acid. Tall soybeans bred for wood fibers? Gene silencing technology makes a better french fry potato, and OSU is evaluating new potatoes for organic farms. Linolenic acid-rich seeds being pushed by seed companies to meet trans fat free demands, Huge ice shelf breaks free in Canadian Artic, more data coming out of the honeybee genome moves place of origin from Asia to Africa, tiny grapes developed for breeding - UC Davis helped with the project, Komodo Dragon can reproduce sexually AND asexually, Thiomargarita bacteria similar to what was once thought to be the oldest animal embryo fossils. Discussion of free will, brain tries to rethink golf club swings each time, so the best plan is not to think about it too hard, research came out showing how control can be an illusion, and Evil J. Klone calls in to object and gets schooled on ID and personal responsibility. Cows engineered to be prion-free, and the FDA tentatively approves cloned animals for food. Finally, another Sound of Science: Gibbons can communicate warnings through song. Brought to you by Hemoglobin, theme = Star Trek Nemesis by Jerry Goldsmith.

[ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:00:00 -0800 ]

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