Tag Archives: NPR

No pulse, no heart beat: Abigail’s heart is two centrifugal pumps

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dawn Montgomery

Tweet If this article from National Public Radio‘s Carrie Feibel isn’t Ossome, I don’t know what is…       “…Abigail is an 8-month-old calf with a soft brown coat whose heart was removed and replaced with two centrifugal pumps…Dr. Billy … Continue reading →

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Will the Administration’s Bet on Green Technologies create Jobs?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Dawn Montgomery

Tweet from Ari Shapiro of National Public Radio comes an assessment of the risk the Obama administration is taking in betting green technology will create jobs in the future… “The White House is gambling that one or more of these technologies … Continue reading →

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“I Don’t Gossip!”…”Sure You Do!”

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Dawn Montgomery

Tweet from Science magazine, via National Public Radio, comes some research on why we gossip….take it away Jon Hamilton “Hearing gossip about people can change the way you see them — literally.  Negative gossip actually alters the way our visual system responds … Continue reading →

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Holding Back the Sea, One Oyster Shell At a Time

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Dawn Montgomery

Tweet and award-winning journalist Richard Harris writes in the  Science newsletter of National Public Radio… “The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 154,000 acres of marshland and a rare type of lowland forest called pocosin. It’s just about the only place on Earth … Continue reading →

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