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Under the Microscope
7:01 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Rethinking crop insurance

Credit Adam Allington / St. Louis Public Radio
A parched corn field in Cass County, Illinois.

This week, we'll hear a report about taxpayer subsidized crop insurance, and find out how a guano harvest could help some penguins.

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Science, Health and Technology
6:35 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Harvesting guano to help Peruvian penguins: Saint Louis Zoo digs in

Credit wwarby / Flickr
Humboldt penguins can swim at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. There are only about 40,000 left in the wild.

Unlike their cold-weather relatives, Humboldt penguins live only in South America, along the rocky Pacific coast of Chile and Peru. The Saint Louis Zoo’s Michael Macek has been monitoring the penguins there, tracking their health and numbers.

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