Myrmecologist Adam Lazarus hunting for ants. Photo by Sarah Reynolds

Science Minutes are created by Atlantic Public Media as part of an ongoing effort to represent the community in the WCAI listening area. Woods Hole is surrounded by science labs and institutions and the Science Minutes try to capture what scientists are doing and thinking about in their labs. Like Sonic IDs, these short portraits and stories are woven into the broadcast day.

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November 5, 2009
Embryo Development

The soundtrack of embryo development with biologist Hazel Sive.

Decapitated planaria with biologist Peter Reddien.

Biologist Hazel Sive on cell development.

Myrmecologist Adam Lazarus goes in search of carpenter ants.

Senior scientist Lauren Mullineaux looking at samples collected from the East Pacific Rise.

Scientist Katie Touhey on one of the tools of her trade.

Conservation scientist Narayan Khandeckar on what he's found in his museum's forgery closet.

Biological oceanographer Oscar Schofield on the sights, sounds and smells of Antarctica.

Peter Slater on the chaffinch song.

Biologist Hazel Sive imagines herself inside an embryo.

Biologist Peter Reddien on the ability of planaria to regenerate body parts.

Marine biologist Stormy Mayo describes an aerial survey of right whales in Cape Cod Bay.

Entomologist Rich Pollack lets the bedbugs bite.

Conservation scientist Narayan Khandeckar uses science to determine whether a painting is forgery.

Oceanographer Oscar Schofield on the Antarctic.

Marine mammal rescuer Katie Touhey on the CSI aspect of her work.

Conservation scientist Narayan Khandeckar on the role of science in an art museum.

Katie Touhey on the distinctive odor of decomposing whales.

Richard Fay on fish and sound.

Marine chemist Chris Martens on the acidification of the world's oceans.

James Hanken with examples of less intelligent evolutionary adaptations.

Richard Fay on our perception of sound.

Stormy Mayo, marine biologist, watching right whales in Cape Cod Bay.

Biologist Peter Reddien on gene expression.

Richard Fay on the sounds toadfish make.

Adam Lazarus, myrmecologist, on the mysterious rituals of mating ants.

Entomologist Rich Pollack gives a tour of his insectory.

Evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos on the various adaptations of his favorite species - lizards.

Myrmecologist Adam Lazarus uses his chainsaw to hunt for ants.

Herpetologist Jonathan Losos on catching lizards.

Hopi Hoekstra, curator of mammals, in the attic of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Myrmecologist Adam Lazarus' guilty feelings about hunting for ants.

Neuroscientist Julie Kauer on addiction.

Herpetologist James Hanken on a big frog with a really big head.

MIT Professor Emeritus Walter Lewin on seeing the unexpected.

MIT Professor Emeritus Walter Lewin on very special balloons used for scientific research.

How ants defend themselves from myrmecologist Adam Lazarus.

MIT Professor Emeritus Walter Lewin on art and science.

MIT Professor Emeritus Walter Lewin on what holds matter together.

David Patterson on the microscopic world.

Herpetologist Jonathan Losos watches a lizard shed its skin.

Debbie Steinberg compares zooplankton to candy.

Hugh Ducklow describes the expansion and contraction of Arctic ice.

Biologists Adam Lazarus and Seth Kauppinen go in search of ants.

Herpetologist Hopi Hokestra links adaptation and changes in DNA.

Lizards. The great evolutionary success story from herpetologist Jonathan Losos.

Susan Parks describes surface active groups of right whales.

Entymologist Rich Pollack on his louse comb collection.

Oceanographer Dave Gallo on what we're finding at the bottom of the sea.

Scuba diving with marine chemist Chris Martens.

No matter where you live, the oceans effect your every day life says oceanographer Dave Gallo.

Entomologist Rich Pollack talks about the psychological aspect of his work.

Oceanographer Dave Gallo describes just how much water the earth really has.

Lauren Mullineaux, WHOI senior scientist, examining larvae from the ocean floor.

Sherri White, assistant scientist at the Deep Submergence Lab at WHOI, on some of the unexpected encounters that happen while doing research.

Environmental chemist Chris Reddy on collecting samples from the ocean floor.

WHOI senior scientist Roger Hanlon on horseshoe crabs and pharmaceuticals.

Oceanographer Dave Gallo on what we've discovered in the world's oceans.

Lauren Mullineaux, senior scientist at WHOI, on rituals that help pass the time while at sea.

Environmental chemist Chris Reddy on on some of the less flashy creatures in the ocean.

Senior scientist Roger Hanlon on how clams help in understanding cancer.

Oceanographer Dave Gallo on how technology helps us to see differently.

WHOI Senior Scientist Lauren Mullineaux discusses naming her lab's plankton pumps.

Geologist Ken Sims discusses the dangers of climbing down into volcanos.

Plankton are everywhere says scientist Erik Zettler.

Dale Joachim, visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab, on a new kind of laptop.

Dale Joachim, visiting professor at the MIT Media Lab, on the science of jazz.

Chuck Lee on the lovable squid.

The connection between science and imagination from scientist Chuck Lee.

Chuck Lee on the joys of being an oceanographer.

Erik Zettler on the unsettling amounts of trash accumulating in the ocean's convergence zones.

Sheri White, Assistant Scientist at the Deep Submergence Lab at WHOI, describes traveling to the bottom of the ocean and back again.

Scientist Skye Maret describes a moonbow at sea.

Scientist Skye Maret on coconut crabs - the biggest land animal without a backbone.

Scientist emeritus Rudy Scheltema on his handmade science cards.

Oceanographer Amy Bower and her seeing eye dog Winslow.

Peter Slater talks about what it means when wrens huddle to join in group singing.