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Orangutan Resilience
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: An orangutan mother and infant in heavily disturbed landscape dominated by oil palm plantations in the Lower Kinabatangan floodplain, Malaysia Borneo. , Credit: (HUTAN KOCP Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme)
Orangutans may be more resilient to human disturbance than once thought.

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Daily Tweet Cycle
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Human Lifespan Limits
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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When it comes to lifespan, do humans have a fixed finish line?

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Crops and Climate Change
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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High levels of CO2 may reduce levels of crop nutrients.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Biohybrid Robot
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Merging living muscle with synthetic bones.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Green-Blooded Lizards
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some lizards thrive despite a toxic pigment that turns their blood green.

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chimpanzee Nest Microbes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Are ape beds cleaner than ours?

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Snail Memory Transfer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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What if you could have someone else’s memories?

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  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Prehistoric Sloth Hunting
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Footprints reveal an encounter between human hunters and the now extinct giant ground sloth.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tracking Pain in the Brain
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers make a map of the brain cells that transmit pain.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Whale Skull Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Baseball on the Moon
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The Moon., Credit: Susanne Bard
Could a well-thrown baseball sail from the moon’s surface into orbit?

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Butterfly-Inspired Surgery Camera
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bowhead Whale Songs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Bowhead whale and calf., Credit: (NOAA/National Ocean Service)
The songs of Arctic bowhead whales are constantly changing.

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Ocean Plastic to Energy
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Technology for turning plastic trash into energy could keep the garbage out of the ocean.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Ocean Microfibers
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Tiny fibers from our washing machines could harm marine life.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Race Car Conflict
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers learn about aggression and conflict by watching Formula One races.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Venomous Mammal
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Scientists decode the genome of a rare, primitive mammal with a venomous bite.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ghost Fishing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers use sonar to locate lost fishing gear that harms sealife.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Trash Hotspots
From: Science Update
Caption: Laysan albatross eye plastic lighters picked up during a beach cleanup, Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument in the Hawaiian Islands., Credit: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Scientists tally up the burden of plastic trash on U.S. coastlines.

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Infant Logic
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Infants use an early form of deductive reasoning.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Clean Fish Learn Better
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: A wrasse "cleans" a larger fish. , Credit: Simon Gingins
Reef fish make better decisions when smaller fish keep them clean.

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Spreading False News
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why false news spreads faster than the truth on social media.

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Alaska's Springtime Solar
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Alaska’s peak solar producing months are in the spring, rather than the summer.

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Dino Tracks
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A slab of rock reveals what appears to be traces of a dinosaur dance party.

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4