Episode 78326 of the Remix series.
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 59:00
(For release week of 27 May 2019) Coming straight from the United States' grunge capital itself, 60 Watts is Public Radio's weekly underground and ...
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Do vultures detect carrion by sight or by smell? The lightbulb moment came to ornithologist Kenneth Stager when a Union Oil employee told him of vu...
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- Length: 01:45
One of the most musical and complex bird songs in the US is that of the Brewer's Sparrow. It's a veritable aria, ringing forth from the sagebrush o...
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- Length: 01:45
Northern Gannets, fish-eating seabirds, dive headfirst into the ocean at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour, pursuing their prey. Sometimes, they get...
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- Length: 01:45
In early June, millions of birds arrive on the Arctic Coastal Plain in Alaska, from all over the world. They're there to attract a mate and raise t...
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- Length: 01:45
Great Black-backed Gulls have a reputation as serious predators of other birds. During the nesting season, they’ll prey on eggs and nestlings of ot...
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- Length: 01:45
Hummingbirds have a symbiotic relationship with flowers: They buzz in close to drink the sweet nectar that the flowers make. While the hummer has i...
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- Length: 01:45
When he was just 22 years old, a young man named Samuel Clemens (who would go on to become the writer Mark Twain) signed on to train as a pilot on ...
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- Length: 01:45
More than 20 years ago, Professor Ed Rubel of the University of Washington discovered that chickens could repair their own damaged hearing. The bir...
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The Cuban Giant Owl, now extinct, was 3½ feet tall and weighed 20 pounds — the largest of all known owls. It had very small wings, running after it...
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- Length: 01:45
The Mississippi Flyway is one of North America’s four major corridors for migrating birds. Billions of birds make their way north from Central and ...
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 01:45
This week on the show: Life and Death -
We're talking about the environmental impacts of being born, as well as dying. What strain does our cur...
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- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 30:00
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To hear a Common Loon in the wild during summer, you’ll need to find a northern, freshwater lake where a pair is nesting. But to find that same Com...
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- Length: 01:45
A bird’s crest is made up of a slender array of feathers on top of its head. These feathers are a bit longer and can be spiked up or slicked back, ...
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- Length: 01:45
In June 1853, Thoreau wrote of an enchanting encounter with the Wood Thrush: "This is the only bird whose note affects me like music. It lifts and ...
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- Length: 01:45
Each year, the plaintive song of the Eastern Wood-Pewee carries through the forests of eastern North America. For the past 25 years, the number of ...
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- Length: 01:45
The male hummingbird leaves the female to build the nest and raise the young alone, but other father birds are more involved. A Peregrine Falcon fa...
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Many birds look for islands when they want to find a great nesting site, because islands are often protected from mammalian predators. Some of the ...
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- Length: 01:45
This week on the show: Secret video footage brings down Austria's government . Is Istanbul's mayoral election re-run a blow to Turkey's democrac...
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- Length: 59:00
Asking Reddit STEM questions
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- Length: 13:17
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In the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, June days offer almost continuous daylight to breeding birds, including this Black-bellied Plover. At this ...
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Episode 78325 of the Remix series.
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 59:02
In a dramatic and sometimes deadly aerial ballet, a Peregrine Falcon dives on a flock of Dunlins. Seeking escape, the shorebirds flash white and da...
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 01:45
Honey and maple syrup might be better for you than sugar. They might be better for the environment. But even better, and sweet as anything, is how ...
- Added: May 23, 2019
- Length: 12:45