We love to talk about history on Distillations and on today’s show we go way back to the Jurassic Era. First, a look at how some recent fossilized finds have strengthened the link between birds and dinosaurs. Then, producer Lindsay Patterson talks to paleontologist Jack Horner and others about why triceratops may follow brontosaurus out…

This is the fourth and final episode of Distillations’ series Our Chemical Landscape – a look at how science has shaped each of these four areas: the city, the suburb, the farm, and today, the wild. In this sound-rich show, we look at how animals use chemistry to communicate. From the Distillations website: First we…

Back in Distillations episode #88 we explored the sense of smell. In this show, we take on another sense – TASTE. First, producer Audrey Quinn examines the ubiquitous and wildly inaccurate tongue map. Then, Andrew Stelzer talks to the man who put Stevia—a sweetener 300 times sweeter than sugar—on the market. Image courtesy of Flickr…