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According to the Dyak people of Borneo, the Bulwer's pheasant shows the bearded pigs where they can find food and, in return, the pigs dig up worms and grubs for the Bulwer's to eat.

The peak of summer has arrived. Will we continue to heat up, or say around average? Friday : Partly cloudy. High: 94 Friday night - Partly cloudy. Low: 72 Saturday - Partly to mostly cloudy with a slight chance for showers and t-storms. High: 88 Sunday - Partly cloudy. A chance for showers and t-storms Sun. night. High: 92 Monday - Partly cloudy. High: 94 Tuesday - Partly cloudy. High: 93 Music to head into the weekend: Annabelle David McMillin (David will be playing with Marc Cohn TONIGHT at the Crossroads ) Direct link to the audio Post from: Kansas City Weather Podcast

Hurricane Dolly is making the main news, and we shared some stats from the NWS Brownsville, Tx with our listeners. My guest was Rob Lightbown from Crown Weather Services. Crown Weather Services :: File Download (120:00 min / 28 MB)

This morning the hyaena den produced a new hyaena but no sign of the others. This youngster, about 18months old strolled up to the back of my car and proceeded to chew on it. Not on the rubber tyres but on the metal handle! They sure love eating cars. Wanting to get some better photos of the youngster I got out the car. He ran off but was immediately back to investigate. Instinct told him to run but he just couldn’t resist coming to check me out. He would come up close, scare himself, run off and then come right back again. This went on for about half an hour. Eventually we both got bored of each other and he moved off. He was walking away in the dense mopanie when I suddenly saw he take off like lightening. What could be chasing him, a lion? No, it was a mother warthog with her 2 little piglets. And so the game started. The hyaena would saunter back towards the warthog and the mother would chase him off. This must have gone on at least 20 minutes. I could only just see glimpses through the mopanie and was frustrated as it was pointless me even trying to film anything. When the hyaena finally gave up on the warthogs, I left. Walking up to the wild dog den, crunching every leaf I could find, I got there with no sign of the adults or pups. I was standing close to the den when the adults suddenly barked. They must have smelt me. It was then only that I saw the pups. They were on top of the den and came careering round the front only to find me a few meters away. It didn’t stop them as they bolted underground. But 2 of them battled to squeeze through the hole. It’s actually quite worrying ‘cos the pups are quite big now and getting in and out the den is a problem. And even more of a problem getting out. I just hope they don’t get stuck in there. No doubt they’ll soon move again. At least I got to see the little guys. They seemed well. I wasn’t able to get a head count but there seemed to be enough of them. With both those bases covered, wild dogs and hyaenas, I went drifting around the reserve for a few hours before heading back to camp to work on my vehicle. It’s been taking quite a bashing and I haven’t worked on it for ages. It’s probably going to keep me busy a few days yet. Banyini was pretty active this afternoon with lots of plains game scattered around. And then at sunset I took my chance on the elephants. There was a small family herd drinking at Simbiri dam. This time I caught them just as the sun set. Still not the best time but at least I was able to film something!

There is nothing subtle about the black hole in the galaxy Centaurus A. First off, it's about 10 million times more massive than the sun, and Chandra's X-ray image shows it's not just sitting quietly as a bright point in the middle.

Can't seem to copy and paste that Windows error message to send to IT? Fear not! Patrick has a simple trick to get that cryptic message from your screen to tech support in no time flat!

At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which involve collecting stories: his own, strangers', and stories collected from the Internet, including his amazing "We Feel Fine."

The destruction of the Borneo rainforest is bringing the Bulwer's pheasant closer to extinction.

REPEAT Every year, computing machines become more powerful, a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of anyone who occupies an office. Many experts now agree that within a few decades, your laptop will be smarter than you are. Not only that, but your computer will be in touch with its byte-busting brethren. When that happens, the machines will "wake up." But what takes place next? Can we stop the machines from turning us into protoplasmic peons in a world in which they are the top intellectual dogs? Seth and Molly go to the Singularity Summit in San Francisco, and talk to some far-sighted humans who are preparing for the next generation of brainiacs - and they won't be your offspring! Guests: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Research fellow and co-founder of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Everett Sherwood - Former research member at Motorola Labs Brad Templeton - Board member, Foresight Nanotech Institute, and Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation Charles Harper - Senior Vice President, John Templeton Foundation

Researchers have discovered what powers brilliant outbursts of Northern Lights: gigantic plasma bullets launched toward Earth by explosions 1/3rd of the way to the Moon. Please vote for this podcast at PodcastAlley! Get this podcast story.

Beijing Olympics water demand puts farmers under pressure -- Climate change turns world’s drying wetlands into "carbon bomb“ -- A key region in biodiversity protection: the South American Pantanal -- these stories and more in this edition of Living Planet. Tune in via the live-stream or download the programme as a podcast. Send your comments and questions to features@dw-world.de. Beijing Olympics Water Demand Puts Farmers Under Pressure Beijing says it will host ”green Olympics” next month. But the water needed for the greenery is taken away from farmers in the provinces around Beijing.Thousands of trees have been planted in Beijing, new parks have been built, and in the weeks until the opening ceremony on August 8th, 40 million flowers are being planted alongside roads and at the Olympic venues. All that ”greenery” needs water of course – and that is usually in short supply in Beijing. The authorities have come up with a plan to transfer water from a neighbouring province, Hebei province. Locals there are angry. The plan also highlights much broader problems with China’s water policies. Report: Ruth Kirchner Climate Change Makes World’s Drying Wetlands "Carbon Bomb“ The Pantanal wetland is one of the largest annually flooded savannas of the World. Cuiabá, which lies in Brazil, north of the Pantanal, is host city of the INTECOL International Wetland Conference. Wetlands are important carbon sinks. If they are destroyed further, experts fear a "carbon bomb" could explode.“Pantanal” is Portuguese for “swamp". The Pantanal wetland is situated in the triangle formed by Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The town of Cuiabá borders the Brazilian part of the Pantanal. This year Cuiabá was chosen as host city for the INTECOL wetland conference. Every four years scientists working in the field of wetland conservation come together to discuss the latest studies, conservation politics, and mechanisms to sustainably use wetlands. Dr Paulo Teixeira is the co-chair of the INTECOL. He calls wetlands a carbon bomb that could potentially have a dangerous impact on our climate if their destruction is not prevented. Interview: Nina Haase The Pantanal is one of the areas declared by global conservation group WWF to be a key-eco-region for the protection of the earth's biodiversity. It was one of the areas featured in a Deutsche Welle feature series on WWF Eco-regions, in which Living Planet talks to the people involved in conserving the Bolivian side of the Pantanal wetlands. Report: Robin Cubie

The heat is on the next few days, but could relief come sooner than I thought? Thursday - Partly cloudy with a very slight chance for a bubble-up t-storm. High: 93 Thursday night - Partly cloudy. Low: 72 Friday : Partly cloudy. High: 96 Saturday - Partly cloudy. High: 94 Sunday - Partly cloudy. A chance for showers and t-storms Sun. night. High: 92 Monday - Partly cloudy. High: 91 Direct link to the audio Post from: Kansas City Weather Podcast

Hurricane Dolly was wreaking havoc in Southern Texas. We had KGBT-4 and Q94.5FK Rock as our media partners during the landfall of Dolly. Listen to the reports we shared with the live listeners.File Download (120:00 min / 33 MB)

Louise Leakey asks, "Who are we?" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind -- and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors.

MP3 Chris Watkins spoke to me about the Appropedia project to make information about sustainable technology freely available where-ever its needed.

The invasive lionfish--venomous and voracious--has reached the tropical western Atlantic, where its reproductive rate is soaring. Invasive species expert, Lad Akins, of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation; along with College of the Bahamas marine science intern, Everton Joseph; and specimen collector for the Bermuda Aquarium, Chris Flook, team up in the waters of the Bahamas, where they dive, collect, tag and dissect, to better understand the invader in its new home. They'll run key field experiments, to identify potential controls, and assess the likely impacts of the invasion, on fragile reef ecosystems and ocean-based economies. [www.lifeonterra.com ] SPECIAL FEATURES / DETAILED EPISODE INFORMATION / TERRAPHILES COMMUNITY

The invasive lionfish--venomous and voracious--has reached the tropical western Atlantic, where its reproductive rate is soaring. Invasive species expert, Lad Akins, of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation; along with College of the Bahamas marine science intern, Everton Joseph; and specimen collector for the Bermuda Aquarium, Chris Flook, team up in the waters of the Bahamas, where they dive, collect, tag and dissect, to better understand the invader in its new home. They'll run key field experiments, to identify potential controls, and assess the likely impacts of the invasion, on fragile reef ecosystems and ocean-based economies. [www.lifeonterra.com ] SPECIAL FEATURES / DETAILED EPISODE INFORMATION / TERRAPHILES COMMUNITY

If you find double clicking in a Macbook a clumsy affair then sit tight. Patrick has a tip that does away with all that control+clicking nonsense and replaces it with just the trackpad!

How and when do giant redwoods drink their water? Tiny sap flow sensors tell the story.

Staying below average today, then temperatures crank up again Wednesday - Partly cloudy with a slight chance for showers and t-storms. High: 86 Wednesday night - Partly cloudy with a chance for showers and t-storms. Low: 67 Thursday - A chance for showers and t-storms early, otherwise partly cloudy. Hot. High: 94 Friday : Partly cloudy. High: 94 Saturday - Partly cloudy. High: 96 Sunday - Partly cloudy. High: 98 Direct link to the audio Post from: Kansas City Weather Podcast

Opening Conversation: Fluoride. Book: Forever Young by William Sylvester Noonan and Robert Huber. Book: Founding Father by Richard J. Whalen. Book: Rules of Ascension by David B. Coe. DVD: King Corn. Music Credits (Music provided by IODAPromonet). Intro -- Chopper Race from Bad Ass Guitarz by Greg Anderson (Fervor Records) More On This Album. Bumpers -- Sides from Stand Clear of the Closing Doors by Heath Brandon (Undercover Culture Music) Buy at iTunes Music Store. Outro -- I'll Just Call You Honey from Sweet Soul Singer by Luther Ingram (LocoBop) Buy at iTunes Music Store.

Join QUEST in our latest photography feature about viewers like you who love documenting science, environment and nature imagery here in the Bay Area. This week, meet Erin Malone, who makes beautiful, impressionistic images in a place that many overlook or see as ugly-- the subtly hued mud and marsh of South San Francisco Bay.

We all rely on the water cycle, but how does it really work? Scientists at UC Berkeley are embarking on a new project to understand how global warming is affecting our fresh water supply. And they're doing it by tracking individual raindrops in Mendocino and north of Lake Tahoe.

Physicists can't see it and don't know much about what it is, but dark energy makes up 70 percent of the universe. Meet one of the country's leading scientists trying to understand dark energy and the role it plays in causing our universe to expand.