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Several dozen people have been killed in political and ethnic violence in the Pakistani city of Karachi. Anchor David Baron gets the details and background from journalist, Beena Sarwar, in Karachi.(Photo: Asif Hassan /AFP/Getty Images)Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Download MP3South Africa’s former top cop gets a 15-year sentence for corruption. The BBC’s Jonah Fisher tells host David Baron how testimony in the trial detailed the police chief’s clandestine shopping trips on the tab of one of the country’s leading underworld figures.Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
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A critical cooling system on the International Space Station failed this past weekend. NASA says the astronauts at the station are in no immediate danger. But you can imagine they’re none too pleased with this latest mishap. Even in the best of times, life in space is filled with petty tasks, fatigue and boredom. So says science journalist Mary Roach. The World’s Anchor David Baron interviews Roach about her new book called “Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.” (Photo: David Paul Morris)Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
For today’s Geo Quiz, we’re headed to the lost city of the Incas. Now, we’re not asking you to name that ancient city in Peru. That’d be too easy. It’s Machu Picchu, one of the world’s best known archaeological sites. What we want to know is who discovered Machu Picchu. This American explorer was a Yale professor at the time of the discovery — in 1911. Today, in Peru, you can find a train that bears his name. We’ll take a ride on that train… And reveal the name of this man who some say was a real-life model for the fictional Indiana Jones. Download MP3 (Photo: David Baron)
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In this special podcast, The World takes you to Sudan with former President Jimmy Carter. Carter is working in Southern Sudan to eradicate a horrific disease known as Guinea worm. Our health and science editor David Baron traveled with Carter. We bring you Baron’s report, and an extended interview with Carter. Download MP3
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On this week’s history podcast we look at the reality of Japan’s “non-nuclear” policy; we discuss the possible role of revenge in the massacre in Jos, Nigeria on March 7, and we go behind the scenes at the Prado Museum in Madrid to explore the relationship between a 19th century American masterpiece and a 17th century Spanish one. Download MP3
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A quarter century after the disaster at Bhopal, toxic chemicals continue to threaten lives in the developing world. Chemical spills poison Chinese rivers. Toxic waste sickens people in West Africa. What can be done to safeguard the public in developing countries? What role can consumers and investors in the developed world play? In the World Science Forum we talk to Henrik Selin. He’s a professor of international relations at Boston University. Download MP3
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A new study by scientists in Germany has confirmed that when people get disoriented in the woods or other natural environments, they really do tend to walk in circles. The researchers sent volunteers into a German forest and the Sahara Desert and tracked their movements with a GPS. When the hikers had no visible sun or distant landmark to guide them, they circled back on themselves while thinking they were walking in a straight line. David Baron reports on this newly published study. (Photo: Jan Souman) Click here for a large Google Earth image of “walking in circles” >>> See more photos from the experiment
We’re heading to Africa for today’s Geo Quiz. That’s where President Obama is headed at the end of this week. He’ll be visiting a West African city where you can find European forts from the 17th century.
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In today’s Geo Quiz we want to know the name of the West African city that will host America’s first African American president. The answer is Accra, the capital of Ghana.
Researchers in Sweden have come up with a technique to use radioactive carbon in the atmosphere — a leftover from nuclear testing in the 1950′s and 60′s — to figure out the age of unidentified dead bodies. The scientists measure levels of carbon-14 in teeth. The World’s David Baron has the story. Download the MP3
