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The 2007 Farm Bill isn't just the business of farming states; it affects what everyone eats, both in the U.S. and overseas. Guests discuss nutrition, and how we can be sure that we're eating what's best for us. A Nashville farmer gives advice on how to eat only locally grown food.
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Researchers have been able to extract frozen bacteria from Antarctic ice samples ranging in age from 100,000 years up to 8 million years old. Working in a lab, they were able to revive the bacteria -- with warmth and food, the ancient bacterial colonies began to grow again.
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Could ocean waves be the next renewable energy source? A new bill in Congress proposes spending millions of dollars a year to harvest marine energy. How much renewable power lies in the sea surf? Guests discuss what it will take to bring the technology into use.
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Scientists working in Kenya report that they've found fossils that could shake up part of our evolutionary family tree. One of the researchers explains why his team thinks that the line from ape to man might be changing. The findings will be published this week in the journal Nature.
Comments: 0 - Date: August 8th, 2007 - Categories: Uncategorized
Author Neil Gaiman talks about his fairy-tale novel, Stardust, and his role in adapting the book into a star-studded motion picture. Gaiman came to attention with the celebrated Sandman comic books and has since written several books for both adults and children.