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This week on Science on the Radio Dr. Marvin Druger uncovers the history behind The Nobel Prize. Also, the man after which the prize is named and a…

This week on Science on the Radio host Marvin Druger discusses the Octopus. Dr. Druger tells us what is the correct term for more than one Octopus, as…

Vice President Al Gore took to the trees today at the Audubon Naturalist Society's headquarters on a wildlife preserve in Maryland. The Democratic presidential candidate's subject was energy -- its costs and its effects on the environment. NPR's Steve Inskeep has this report.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh, North Carolina, on a series of new lawsuits which claim that large-scale hog farms are damaging the environment. Pork producers deny the charges.

Whether you think it's time or a waste of time, the city of Malibu decided to ban the use of plastic straws, utensils and stirrers as a means of reducing their harmful effects on the environment.

President Bush is pushing offshore drilling as a way to increase production and cut oil prices. Robert Siegel talks to Henry Lee, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard University, who says offshore drilling may not have an immediate impact.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Jane Lubchenco, who leads climate and environment science efforts at the White House, about the findings of the United Nations' major new report on climate change.

Montana's supreme court finds that the state's failure to address climate change violates kids' right to a clean and healthful environment.

Europe's farmers now get paid based not on crop production but on how they manage the environment — a fundamental change in European agricultural policy.

Battery development can help renewable energy use, while also having economic growth potential and a role in easing the need to expand the electric grid. It can also help New York with climate goals.