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Atmospheric Aspirin
The Living Environment
Created : 10/27/2008

Sniffing Out Cancer
The Nature of Technology
Created : 10/13/2008

SIDS & Serotonin
Common Themes
Created : 09/22/2008

   

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Program Name Benchmark Date
1918 Flu The Living Environment 11/22/2004
Adapative Happiness Habits of Mind 07/24/2006
Adolescent Slowdown The Human Organism 02/10/2003
Air Guitar The Designed World 01/16/2006
All Species Inventory The Living Environment 08/21/2002
Ancient Mexican Food Human Society 08/06/2007
Anthrax Antibodies The Human Organism 10/07/2002
Anti-Asthma Bug The Human Organism 07/09/2007
Antibacterial Pollution The Living Environment 06/30/2003
Antibacterial Sludge The Nature of Technology 10/04/2004
Apes vs. Toddlers Human Society 10/15/2007
Appendix Purpose The Human Organism 12/10/2007
Art Algorithms The Mathematical World 11/18/2002
Artificial Sweeteners The Human Organism 08/02/2004
Artificial Wetlands The Living Environment 04/11/2005
Ascending Plants The Living Environment 08/25/2008
Asian Brown Cloud The Living Environment 02/11/2002
Asteroid Deflection The Physical Setting 07/14/2008
Astronaut Health Risks Common Themes 06/30/2008
Asymmetry & Aggression The Nature of Science 09/20/2004
Atmospheric Aspirin The Living Environment 10/27/2008
Averaging Faces The Designed World 03/10/2008
Avocado Seeds The Living Environment 05/15/2001
Backs to the Future Human Society 08/07/2006
Backwards Spinning Wheels The Physical Setting 09/15/2000
Bacteria Ballistics The Nature of Science 09/15/2003
Bacterial Batteries The Nature of Technology 11/17/2003
Barbie Legs The Nature of Technology 01/30/2000
Bear Bones Common Themes 03/08/2004
Beauty Bias The Nature of Science 05/01/2006
Before Big Bang Historical Perspectives 01/15/2000
Biblical Tunnel Human Society 10/06/2003
Big Heads The Nature of Science 04/07/2003
Billiard Break The Physical Setting 08/12/2002
Blood Cholesterol The Human Organism 02/01/2001
Body Image The Human Organism 01/02/2006
Body Temperature The Human Organism 01/17/2005
Born for Strokes The Nature of Science 08/18/2003
Bouncing Babies The Human Organism 09/12/2005
Bouncy Blubber The Designed World 11/15/2000
Brain Sniff Test The Nature of Technology 06/11/2007
Browsing Music The Nature of Technology 02/06/2006
Camera Red-Eye The Nature of Science 05/02/2005
Cancer-Sniffing Dogs The Nature of Science 02/20/2006
Carbon Emissions The Nature of Technology 06/25/2007
Cat's Meow The Living Environment 10/01/2000
Cave Bear The Living Environment 08/15/2005
Cave Trees Common Themes 02/15/2000
Cell Phone Medicine The Nature of Technology 05/19/2008
Cell Phone Traffic The Nature of Technology 06/09/2003
Cell Phones & Driving The Human Organism 09/09/2002
Cells in Reverse The Human Organism 05/29/2006
Checkers Solved The Designed World 09/03/2007
Cheese Tomography The Nature of Technology 06/30/2001
Choking in Math Habits of Mind 02/19/2007
Cicada Cycles The Nature of Mathematics 05/24/2004
Cicada Emergence The Living Environment 05/17/2004
Clocking T. rex The Living Environment 06/17/2002
Clumsy Kids The Human Organism 08/11/2003
Cola Brains The Human Organism 11/15/2004
Cold Car Start The Physical Setting 01/06/2003
Cold Sensors The Human Organism 04/05/2004
Color-Coded DNA The Designed World 04/29/2002
Computerized Civilization The Nature of Technology 03/30/2000
Consensus Model The Mathematical World 11/01/2004
Cough Medicines Habits of Mind 08/16/2004
Cowbird Nestmates The Living Environment 09/06/2004
Crack Dynamics The Physical Setting 03/20/2006
Crayfish Reflexes The Nature of Science 11/15/2001
Crystal Meth The Human Organism 09/26/2005
Curve Balls The Nature of Mathematics 08/30/2001
Dangerous Hail The Physical Setting 04/28/2003
Deadly Salmon Farms The Nature of Technology 11/27/2006
Deaf Manatees The Living Environment 11/30/2000
Delivery Bees The Living Environment 02/28/2001
Diagnostic Microchip The Designed World 05/13/2002
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid The Physical Setting 10/29/2007
Disappearing Fish The Living Environment 07/21/2003
Dog Breeds The Living Environment 07/05/2004
Dog Variety The Living Environment 11/30/2000
Dogs and Their Owners Habits of Mind 05/03/2004
Dolphin Brains The Living Environment 03/11/2002
Driving Music The Designed World 08/29/2005
Drug Cravings The Human Organism 07/14/2003
Dryer Sheets The Physical Setting 06/16/2003
Drying Dishes The Physical Setting 01/27/2003
Earth Movers The Physical Setting 03/15/2001
Earth Sensors The Nature of Technology 08/01/2002
Earth Simulator Common Themes 10/25/2004
Earthworm Invaders Common Themes 12/15/2000
Eavesdropping Plants The Living Environment 04/21/2003
Electric Healing The Human Organism 11/19/2007
Electricity from Sewage The Nature of Technology 07/19/2004
Elephant Grass The Designed World 06/15/2001
Emotion Perception The Human Organism 07/29/2002
Eye Tracking The Nature of Science 05/27/2002
Fab@home The Nature of Technology 05/14/2007
Faces in Space The Nature of Technology 09/08/2003
Fair Division The Nature of Mathematics 07/15/2000
Farmers & Pesticides The Nature of Technology 05/23/2005
Fastest Swimsuit The Physical Setting 04/07/2008
Fatherly Fish The Living Environment 10/13/2003
Feather Analysis The Living Environment 10/28/2002
Fever Chill The Human Organism 01/24/2005
Finger Length The Human Organism 03/28/2005
Firefly Flashes The Living Environment 06/02/2003
Fish & Flowers The Living Environment 12/05/2005
Fish Ears The Nature of Science 08/23/2004
Florida Freezes The Nature of Technology 01/26/2004
Fog Forests The Living Environment 04/30/2001
Fossil Fuel Switch The Nature of Technology 10/02/2006
Fuel-Saving Speed The Mathematical World 10/24/2005
Fungal Sex The Living Environment 02/25/2008
Gait Recognition The Nature of Technology 11/25/2002
Gas Giant Origins Common Themes 03/10/2003
Gecko Feet The Designed World 11/13/2006
Genes and Geography The Human Organism 03/24/2003
Germy Surfaces The Living Environment 02/02/2004
Globetrotting Swells Common Themes 02/05/2007
Glowing Wounds The Nature of Science 09/15/2001
Gold Mine Quakes The Nature of Technology 05/31/2004
Golf Ball Dimples The Physical Setting 08/15/2000
Greedy Computers The Nature of Technology 03/22/2004
Growing Vocal Cords The Human Organism 03/31/2003
Gum and Heart Disease The Nature of Science 04/25/2005
Hair Transplant The Nature of Science 03/15/2000
Hamsters The Living Environment 05/06/2002
Healing Grapes The Human Organism 01/13/2003
Healthy Restaurants Habits of Mind 11/12/2007
Hearts and Worms Common Themes 10/11/2004
Higgs Field The Nature of Science 05/15/2000
High Pressure The Physical Setting 07/22/2002
Hoarding The Human Organism 02/07/2005
Hominid Diet The Human Organism 09/30/2001
Horse Bones The Nature of Technology 05/27/2003
Houses and Environment The Living Environment 02/17/2003
Human Language Human Society 04/19/2004
Hurricanes The Physical Setting 10/30/2001
Invisibility Cloaking The Physical Setting 07/10/2006
Jean Engineering The Nature of Technology 10/01/2000
JFK Analysis Habits of Mind 12/13/2004
Katrina Mental Health The Nature of Science 01/14/2008
Killer Windows The Living Environment 09/23/2002
Killifish and Pollution The Living Environment 07/01/2002
Law Breaking Balloons The Physical Setting 08/30/2000
Lawn Nitrates The Living Environment 11/30/2001
Learning from Hibernating Animals The Nature of Science 05/30/2000
Liberty Bell Common Themes 02/28/2000
Life from Space The Living Environment 09/08/2008
Liquid Calories Human Society 08/01/2005
Litter Life The Living Environment 09/30/2002
Lizard Mates The Living Environment 12/02/2002
Low-Flush Toilets The Nature of Technology 08/05/2002
Lying The Human Organism 05/12/2003
Lying on Email Human Society 11/29/2004
Marine Reserves Human Society 03/30/2001
Mars Hotel The Nature of Technology 06/24/2002
Masculine Overcompensation Habits of Mind 11/07/2005
Matching Side Effects Habits of Mind 07/28/2008
Mercury Sunrise The Physical Setting 09/16/2002
Modern Leeching The Nature of Technology 08/19/2002
Mona Lisa’s Smile The Human Organism 03/17/2003
Money Mentality The Nature of Science 01/22/2007
Monkey Brains Habits of Mind 01/15/2000
Monkey Pay-Per-View Common Themes 03/21/2005
Monogamous Voles The Living Environment 06/09/2002
Mountain Rain The Living Environment 05/28/2007
Mummy’s Curse Habits of Mind 03/03/2003
Music & Intelligence Common Themes 03/14/2005
Music & IQ Habits of Mind 09/27/2004
Musical Illusion The Nature of Science 02/28/2001
Name Brands The Nature of Science 12/19/2005
Nectarines The Living Environment 06/23/2003
Nematodes The Designed World 05/28/2002
Newborn Screening The Nature of Technology 03/07/2005
Night Lights The Human Organism 05/05/2003
Nitrogen Pollution The Nature of Technology 06/16/2008
Nonstick Chewing Gum The Designed World 11/26/2007
Opinion Repetition Habits of Mind 09/17/2007
Orangutan U The Human Organism 10/15/2000
Ozone Fill-up The Nature of Science 05/15/2001
Paperbag Paleontology The Nature of Science 05/30/2000
Parrot Learning The Living Environment 08/26/2002
Pennyless Pricing The Mathematical World 09/04/2006
Perfect Pitch The Human Organism 10/01/2007
Phage Comeback The Nature of Technology 09/29/2003
Phishing The Nature of Technology 11/08/2004
Phone Fibbing The Nature of Technology 03/29/2004
Ping-Pong Avalanches Common Themes 03/15/2004
Pizza Cheese The Physical Setting 12/08/2003
Plant Kin Help The Living Environment 07/23/2007
Platypus Genome The Living Environment 06/02/2008
Poison Ivy The Living Environment 11/15/2000
Popping Ears The Human Organism 04/26/2004
Popsicle Flavors The Physical Setting 08/04/2003
POW Memory The Human Organism 07/12/2004
Precious Aglets Human Society 12/11/2006
Predicting Earthquakes Common Themes 11/30/2001
Primitive Ape-Man The Human Organism 05/15/2006
Proteome The Living Environment 06/03/2002
Pueblo Migrations Human Society 05/19/2003
Pumpkin Planet The Physical Setting 01/20/2003
Punching Shrimp Common Themes 06/28/2004
Pushing Atoms The Physical Setting 03/24/2008
Quake Side Effects The Physical Setting 02/21/2005
Race and Achievement Human Society 10/30/2006
Rainforest Fungi The Living Environment 04/30/2000
Rat Sleep The Human Organism 11/04/2002
Reading Glasses The Human Organism 01/30/2000
Reading in the Dark The Nature of Science 02/13/2002
Rebuilt Language Human Society 03/06/2006
Red Maple Takeover The Living Environment 11/30/1999
Replicating Robots The Designed World 06/13/2005
Resilient Robots The Designed World 01/08/2007
Risk Remedies The Nature of Mathematics 06/26/2006
Road Rubber The Nature of Technology 11/24/2003
Robot Farmers The Designed World 08/30/2004
Robotic Arm The Nature of Technology 06/27/2005
Robotic Dog The Nature of Science 02/03/2003
Rodent Road Signs The Living Environment 07/07/2003
Salamander Streambeds The Living Environment 04/03/2006
Same-Sex Parents Human Society 12/06/2004
Sardines The Living Environment 02/28/2005
Saving Aleut Human Society 10/20/2003
School Bus Fumes The Nature of Technology 05/16/2005
Sea Sponge Fibers The Designed World 10/27/2003
SealCam The Nature of Technology 09/02/2002
Seeing Red The Nature of Science 04/30/2007
Sensing Calories Habits of Mind 05/05/2008
SETI at Home Upgrade The Designed World 01/28/2008
Shyness The Human Organism 09/22/2003
SIDS & Serotonin Common Themes 09/22/2008
Similarities Attract The Nature of Science 10/10/2005
Skunk Removal The Physical Setting 01/12/2004
Smallest Thing The Living Environment 01/30/2006
Smart Gun The Nature of Technology 02/14/2005
Smart Rock The Nature of Technology 05/30/2001
Smelling Diseases The Designed World 06/14/2004
Smoke & Rain Common Themes 01/15/2000
Snap Judgments The Human Organism 09/18/2006
Sniffing Out Cancer The Nature of Technology 10/13/2008
Soap The Designed World 04/30/2000
Soil & Global Warming The Nature of Technology 06/21/2004
Solar Blind The Nature of Technology 05/20/2002
Solar Power from Moon The Nature of Technology 10/14/2002
South Pole Scope The Nature of Technology 04/22/2002
Southpaw Minority The Living Environment 04/21/2008
Space Food The Designed World 03/15/2000
Space Inflatables The Nature of Technology 12/30/2000
Spider Web Sites The Living Environment 01/01/2001
Sports Rankings Common Themes 11/21/2005
Sprinter Advantage The Nature of Mathematics 08/11/2008
Squirrel Hoarding The Living Environment 02/16/2004
Stereo Smell The Human Organism 10/30/2001
Sticky Mittens The Human Organism 11/11/2002
Sticky Spiders The Living Environment 10/30/1999