Focus On Science

George Gokel Interview
December 16, 2011
An interview with University of Missouri-St. Louis chemist George Gokel, who was recently named director of UMSL's Center for Nanoscience.

Sewer District Rate Proposal
November 15, 2011
Part two of a two-part series on the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. This report looked at how the district's $4.7 billion agreement with the EPA will be paid for.

MSD Series - Part One
November 14, 2011
Part one of a two-part series on the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. This report concentrated on the problems with the sewers in the region and what it will take to fix them.

Bioterrorism Research Progress
September 06, 2011
An interview with Washington University virologist David Wang about this research on emerging infectious diseases and how his work is helping to combat bioterrorism.

St. Louis Science Blogger
August 01, 2011
An interview with Danielle Lee, a Memphis native who earned her Ph.D at UMSL and now blogs about science and trys to get more young people from underserved communities interested in the subject.

FIRST Robotics Championship
April 26, 2011
9,000 high school students from five countries competed in the FIRST Robotics Championship in St. Louis. This story took an inside look at the competition.

Coal Ash Landfill Controversy Continues in Franklin County
February 22, 2011
A report on a debate raging in the small Franklin County town of Labadie, Missouri, over what to do with millions of tons of coal ash.

National Academy of Science President Weighs In on Climate Change
February 04, 2011
An interview with the President of the National Academy of Sciences, Ralph Cicerone, about climate change.

Health and Nutrition in Haiti: One year after the quake
January 12, 2011
Today, more than a million Haitians are still living in tents and improvised shelters, without access to clean water and sanitation facilities. Washington University professor Lora Iannotti was in Haiti on the day the earthquake struck. She has returned several times since then to continue her research in nutrition and public health. Before going back to Haiti again last week, Iannotti spoke with St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra about health conditions in this struggling Caribbean nation.

First global plant list available online
December 29, 2010
The Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London have completed the first comprehensive list of world plant species.

Addicts' Brains May Be Wired At Birth For Less Self-Control

Tick Tally Reveals Lyme Disease Risk

'Arctic Oscilliation' Behind Season's Mixed Winter Weather

New USDA Map May Mean Earlier Planting In North

IBEX Spacecraft Intercepts 'Alien' Particles

Blue Marble: The Making Of

Komen's Race To Reverse Course: Questions And A PR Challenge

Contraception Provision Sets Off Firestorm

The End of the Shuttle Program and the Future of Space Science
July 07, 2011
A conversation about the end of NASA's shuttle program, as well as a look back at the St. Louis contributions to space science.

Global Plant Conservation: Saving the World from the Ground Up
July 06, 2011
A special broadcast live from The Missouri Botanical Garden and The Global Partnership for Plant Conservation conference.

Online Privacy / Solar Energy
June 22, 2011
A conversation about protecting your information, your image, and your business online, followed by a discussion about the cost savings of solar energy.

Nonverbal Communication / Illinois Legislature
June 02, 2011
A conversation with UMSL's Miles Patterson about the power of nonverbal communication, followed by a discussion about the just completed session of the Illinois State Legislature.

Elaine Viets / Tornadoes
May 25, 2011
A discussion with Elaine Viets about her writing career and her induction into the Media Halls of Fame followed by a discussion with meteorologist Mike Smith about the science behind tornadoes and accurately predicting them.

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