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This week: "zoo" of microbes on your skin, global cooling killed reptiles, "movie star" antelope rebounds, dinosaur eggs found, aircraft-led migrating cranes killed, and more.
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MORE ON THIS WEEK'S PODCAST
Headlines
• Tibetan antelope rebounding, census suggests (read full story, see photo)
• Orangutan habitat may be gone in 15 years, UN reports (read full story)
• "Global cooling" wiped out N. American reptiles, study finds (read full story)
• Humans wear diverse "wardrobe of microbes, study says (read full story)
News Feature
Joe Duff, lead pilot and co-founder of "Operation Migration," talks about the tragic loss of 17 endangered whooping cranes to the severe storms in Florida last week (read the full story and learn more about the program to save the species by leading young cranes on their annual migration with ultralight aircraft).
Photos on the Radio
Kristi Curry Rogers, head of the paleontology department at the Science Museum of Minnesota, talks about the cache of dinosaur eggs recently found by amateur fossil hunters in India (see a photo of the dino eggs).
World Music
Zaman 8, a San Francisco-based duo, talks about the band's work pioneering a sound that combines traditional Persian and Indian music with modern dance beats and grooves.
