One Scholar’s Take On The Power of The Placebo: New research suggests placebos may have the power to heal in certain applications. (first broadcast Friday, January 6, 2012)

Debate Persists Over Publishing Bird Flu Studies: A microbiologist and a biosecurity expert debate the risks and benefits of publishing two studies. (first broadcast Friday, January 6, 2012)

Levitating Fruit Flies To Learn About Space Travel : Using a powerful magnet, physicists are levitating insects to study the effects of zero gravity on biological systems. (first broadcast Friday, January 6, 2012)

Parasitic Fly Threatens Honey Bee Populations: A biologist discusses the behavior of a parasitic fly that can cause honey bees to behave erratically, then kill them. (first broadcast Friday, January 6, 2012)

Winter Wonderland? Wonder No Longer: A panel of experts discusses the different scientific phenomena that combine to make up the winter season. (first broadcast Friday, January 6, 2012)

Kepler Telescope Spots Tiniest Exoplanets Yet: Reporter Ron Cowen discusses his top picks from a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. (first broadcast Friday, January 13, 2012)

Lawrence Krauss On ‘A Universe From Nothing’: In his book, Krauss surveys modern cosmology and what it says about the past and future universe. (first broadcast Friday, January 13, 2012)

New Tuberculosis Strain Thwarts All Antibiotics: Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, discusses the possible origins of the strain. (first broadcast Friday, January 13, 2012)

Making A Computer From Bubbles: By directing bubbles through etched pathways, bubbles can act as bits and be used to solve computations. (first broadcast Friday, January 13, 2012)

Get Inked For Science: Tattoos of the science obsessed are featured in the new book “Science Ink” (first broadcast Friday, January 13, 2012)

A Doctor Tells All in ‘Confessions Of A Surgeon’: In a new book, Surgeon Paul Ruggieri takes readers behind the operating room doors. (first broadcast Friday, January 13, 2012)

Talking Science With Arianna Huffington: Arianna Huffington discusses The Huffington Post’s new science section. (first broadcast Friday, January 13, 2012)

Defending Climate Science’s Place In The Classroom: The National Center for Science Education helps teachers keep pseudoscience out of the classroom. (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

Be Here Now: Meditation For The Body And Brain: Oxford University clinical psychologist Mark Williams talks about his new book Mindfulness. (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

Newly Fallen Meteorites Offer Fresh Look At Mars: Rocks collected recently in the Moroccan desert fell to Earth during a meteor shower last July. (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

Seeing Super-Fast Animals : A high-speed video camera is a must for biologist Sheila Patek. (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

Synthetic Windpipe Transplant Boost For Tissue Engineering: American cancer patient gets the world’s second synthetic trachea transplant. (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

Innovative Projects Tap Renewable Energy Sources : Two projects aim to use innovative technology to turn renewable energy into power. (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

How Large Ships Use Navigation Systems : Can electronic navigation systems prevent shipwrecks? (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

Science Diction: The Origin Of The Word ‘Moon’ : Science historian Howard Markel talks about the word ‘moon’ and its relatives, such as ‘lunacy.’ (first broadcast Friday, January 20, 2012)

Magnetic Soap May Help Clean Up Spilled Oil : Scientists have created an iron-containing soap that can be removed from solution with a magnet. (first broadcast Friday, January 27, 2012)

How ‘Space Weather’ Affects Planes And Power Grids: Solar explosions earlier this week sent X-rays and charged particles screaming towards the Earth. (first broadcast Friday, January 27, 2012)

A Mobile Wallet: Cash, Credit, Or... Cell Phone?: Google already offers a way to buy lunch with a phone; cell providers and banks aren’t far behind. (first broadcast Friday, January 27, 2012)

Ode To Ice: Two experts--an ice sculptor and an ice researcher--explain why ice is cool. (first broadcast Friday, January 27, 2012)

Stem Cell Eye Therapy Shows Promise: A study in The Lancet is the first published report on embryonic stem cell use in humans. (first broadcast Friday, January 27, 2012)

Can Science Be Done Without Secrecy? : Physicist Michael Nielsen discusses his book Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science. (first broadcast Friday, January 27, 2012)

Ancient Skull Holds Clues to Dog Domestication: Discovery of an ancient skull sheds light on the domestication of dogs. (first broadcast Friday, January 27, 2012)