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Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 2: Getting Cozy with Wool
Did you know that many of the advances in wool and leather clothing were developed in Wyndmoor, PA, including a technique to get rid of the yellowing of wool?Connect w...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 1: COVID-Busting Clothing
Learn how ARS researchers in New Orleans are finding innovative ways to enhance masks, clothing, and other wearable materials that help protect against coronavirus.Con...
Season 7: Sports and Science
Every part of a sport, from the clothing to the equipment, even to the playing field, has been enhanced by science. In this podcast, we look at how agricultural scien...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 7: Nutrition is Part of Training Too
Wendy Shaw, a registered dietitian formerly with the National Agricultural Library, discusses the importance of nutrition, from the world’s elite athletes to the weeke...
Season 7: Sports and Science || Episode 6: Good Leather
The leather industry in the United States, while not as prosperous as in days past, is still a significant market in textiles, clothing, and sports. ARS researchers h...
Season 7: Sports and Science || Episode 5: Turf Battles
Did you know ARS has been developing natural turf cultivars since the 1940s? And this has led to improved playing surfaces on golf courses all across the country.Conn...
Season 7: Sports & Science | Episode 4: Break Time - True or False about Nutrition
Are apples good for you to eat before or during an athletic event? How about bananas? When should you consume sports drinks. Find out these answers and more in our fun...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 3: Taking the Smell Out of Sports
Nanoparticles help protect your body from germs and other microbials, it also fights body odor, especially from sweating. ARS researchers have figured out a better wa...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 2: Stay Hydrated
Hydration is so important to our bodies during exercise, perhaps more important than the exercise itself. Not properly hydrating during athletic competitions or every ...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 1: Batter Up
The sport of baseball is woven into America’s culture like the uniforms worn by the players. Baseball has been around for nearly 150 years, and in that time we’ve seen...
Season 6: Aquaculture
On this season of Science in Your Shopping Cart, we take a deep dive in to seafood production in the U.S. Learn how research facilities across the country are develop...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 9: West Coast Shellfish Represent!
Learn how ARS scientists are working with Oregon State University to produce new strains of the Pacific Oyster and protect them from a serious disease that’s recently ...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 8: East Coast Shellfish Represent!
An east coast perspective on how important shellfish are to our agriculture ecosystem and how their sustainability and low environmental impact makes the shellfish mar...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 7: How Do You Fight Fish Disease?
A healthy fish is a happy fish! ARS researchers are fighting fish diseases by developing vaccines, breeding fish strains that are resistant to select diseases, and pro...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 6: Water Conservation in Indoor Systems
Take a tour of an indoor recirculating system in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and learn how ARS researchers are using less fresh water while keeping optimal performanc...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 5: Aquaculture Trivia!
Test your knowledge of aquaculture and learn some interesting facts.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 4: Taking on Atlantic Salmon's Biggest Foe
Sea lice is a huge problem in the seafood business. Not only does sea lice cause physical harm, but it can also stress the fish out, which can then affect their growth...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 3: Farm Fishing Indoors
When you grow anything indoors, you can control a lot of the conditions, including temperature, irrigation, insect and disease resistance, and water quality and consum...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 2: Fastest Growing Fish You've Ever Seen
Fish farmers are using natural contained aquifers to grow fish to market size at an incredible fast rate. That’s because aquifers can provide optimal conditions for fi...
Season 6: Aquaculture | Episode 1: Bringing Seafood Closer to Home
Aquaculture, commonly known as fish farming, is a global multi-billion dollar industry, and is one of the fastest growing forms of food production. Unfortunately, mos...
Season 5: WonderPlants
In this episode of Science In Your Shopping Cart we take a tour of some super human plants that we use in our everyday lives to help feed and protect us.Connect with u...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 7: Soybeans
Learn about this amazing wonderplant and some of the ways we use this plant in our everyday lives.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchSer...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 6: From Shells to Cells
ARS scientists are coming up with new ways to produce clean energy by developing a large filter-type application out of discarded almond shells that could capture and ...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 5: Did You Know - Insect Repellants
Did you know that some wonderplants can be used to control and even kill annoying flies and mosquitoes?Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResear...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 4: Super Cotton
ARS scientists are turning nano fibers from cotton plants into mask filters, wound dressings, and other medical applications.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFaceboo...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 3: Taking the Guayule Plant for a Test Drive
Learn about the amazing Guayule plant and how this desert loving plant is used in making tires, including a 100% Guayule tire!Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebo...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 2: One Time Use Containers
ARS scientists are turning plant fibers in to single-use containers to one day replace non-biodegradable plastic containers.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook...
Season 5: WonderPlants | Episode 1: National Arboretum
Check out some amazing wonderplants at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, DC.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn:...
Season 4: Berries
In this episode of Science In Your Shopping Cart we pull back the curtains to reveal how ARS scientists create new berry cultivars and work with the food industry to h...
Season 4: Berries | Episode 4: Strawberries
Check out our newest strawberry, and hear how new strawberry cultivars are created.Connect with us: Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @...
