Science Update Podcast - Daily Edition

Researchers are using good cholesterol, or HDL, as a window into inflammation and disease.

Mathematically random behavior in humans peaks at the quarter-century mark.

A new GPS tracking system could warn wind power companies of oncoming birds in time to prevent deadly collisions.

How can companies claim that cooking sprays are “fat-free” if the first ingredient is oil?

In Florida, invasive, disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes are breeding in the shells of an invasive snail.

Cleaner cookstoves could save millions of lives and slow global warming.

Like the pioneers of the American West, the birds that are now settling the Arctic frontier in response to climate change aren’t necessarily the biggest or the strongest, but may instead be castoffs from more hospitable settled areas.

Researchers are testing better ways to find out what sharks eat.

Some people argue that food dyes are harmful to human health, but do decades of safety research back up these allegations?

Captive-bred California Condors lack role models to show them how to survive in the wild. But wildlife biologists are there to help them navigate the modern world.

Baby teeth fall out eventually. But that doesn't mean cavities in baby teeth should be ignored.

Ants may become a hot commodity in drug addiction studies.

A listener asks why some trees live for thousands of years.

Using frozen DNA, researchers have created early-stage embryos of an extinct frog.

If metal isn’t supposed to go in microwave ovens, why do some of them have metal racks?