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Science Podcast

Science Podcast

Peter Smith, Mars Phoenix investigator

Listen to our weekly audiocasts on stories featured in Science and its online companion sites -- and point your aggregator to our podcast RSS feed to download them automatically. In our 3 July show: evidence of water at the Mars Phoenix landing site, how Serengeti birds maintain forests, the origins of nervous systems, and more. It's all free.

Science Signaling Podcast -- periodic audiocasts on topics of interest in the realm of cellular signaling, from the premier online journal and source of signal transduction knowledge.

Video

Video: Normal Borlaug
The Famine Fighter's Last Battle
This video slideshow chronicles Norman Borlaug's lifelong efforts to defeat a plant pathogen called stem rust. This fungus threatens wheat production, especially in the developing world. Narrated by Science reporter Erik Stokstad, the slideshow features interviews with Borlaug and other scientists about a new race of fungus and research to create resistant varieties of wheat. Watch the video.

On the Cover This Week

The cover of this week's Science Magazine

COVER The Phoenix spacecraft on the martian polar plains (68°N latitude). The footpad at the bottom is about 1 meter below the spacecraft deck seen at the lower left. Overlaid images are trenches dug to either nearly pure water ice or ice-cemented soil. Analyses of samples taken from these trenches give clues to the history of the region. Results from the Phoenix mission are discussed in four Reports beginning on page 58 ). Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M/M. T. Lemmon

Science Translational Medicine - Video

New: Science Translational Medicine Video

This video feature, describing Science Translational Medicine, the newest journal from Science, features interviews with Katrina Kelner, Editor; Elias Zerhouni, Chief Scientific Adviser; Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science; and Alan Leshner, AAAS CEO and Executive Publisher, Science.

Images and Slide Shows

The Gonzo Scientist: Gourmet Food, Served by Dogs  >
Starting with a dog-led truffle hunt and ending with a dog food taste-test, the Gonzo Scientist takes a real-world tour of hedonics (with audio slideshow). (Posted 20 February 2008)

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Interactives

Interactives
Plant Genomes >
This interactive feature, an accompaniment to Science's 25 April 2008 special issue on plant genomes, explores how advances in plant genome research are contributing to our understanding of plant biology and evolution. (Requires Flash)

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