No Time to Surf the Web for Science News? Download It to Your IPod

Catching up on the latest science news is a pain if you have to click to a dozen different websites. Now iTunes has over 40 free science podcasts that you can download and listen to on your commute to work. Most of the major science news organizations have podcasts listed there, including Science, Nature, New Scientist, and Discovery. NASA produces its own podcasts such as one on the Spitzer Space Telescope, which presents newscasts on recent science discoveries, alien asteroid belts, star formation, and more. Smaller science groups you may have never heard of are there too like The Naked Scientists, a weekly live radio show by Dr. Chris Smith from Cambridge University, who just happens to be an expert on ... herpes! Just download the latest podcasts every morning, and you'll be the smartest kid in the room by the time you get to work. Don't have iTunes? Download it here.