Science Politely

Science Politely is a news series of the online magazine Smile Politely that features the research of University of Illinois graduate students. The series began in late October 2012. Audio recordings accompany some of the online articles and are broadcast throughout the week on WEFT. This page serves as a guide to the articles and an archive of the audio stories.

Date	Article	Audio
12/14/12	Tiny fossils make a huge impact
12/13/12	Climate change - the past informs the future
12/11/12	Life on Earth - why are there so many of us?
12/4/12	Balance and barrier
12/3/12	The conundrum of carrots and their cousins
11/30/12	The plight and the flight of the wood-boring beetle
11/29/12	DNA-doubling helps plants benefit from being eaten
11/27/12	Plants don't breathe easy
11/20/12	Giving honey bee colonies the tools for success
11/16/12	Inbreeding and the hidden importance of salamander dating
11/13/12	Globalization of the bumble bee	Globalization of the bumble bee.mp3
11/12/12	The sly side of insect pest management
11/9/12	Games for scientists
11/8/12	Men … They just won’t go away
11/6/12	Father knows best
11/2/12	The teeth tell the story (Fossils and our climate)	The teeth tell the story.mp3
10/31/12	Why we need bats, and why bats need us
10/29/12	Everyone and their mother	Everyone and their mother.mp3
10/26/12	Amplifying the Signal of Biology at Illinois

The audio stories' theme song is "Science Is Real" by They Might Be Giants.

External links

http://www.smilepolitely.com/culture/category/science_politely/

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Champaign-Urbana

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