Science Update

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Science Update is a daily, 60-second feature covering the latest science news in a fun, accessible style. This multi-award winning show has been on the air nationally since January of 1988.

Science Update is a 60-second news feature that provides your listeners with their minimum daily requirement of science every weekday. Science Update covers science, engineering, medicine-- everything from aardarks to zygotes and, on rare occasions, aardvark zygotes. We post the five shows for each week on the Thursday afternoon of the week before so you can get them in your system, ready to go. Every package, including a short tease, is exactly 60 seconds, so you can wrap it around a 30 second station id or funder blurb and have it fit nicely into your clock. In addition to news, we also answer listeners' questions, phoned into our toll-free line 1-800-WHY-ISIT (4748) or emailed to us from our website, www.scienceupdate.com


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Chimpanzee Nest Microbes
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Are ape beds cleaner than ours?

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

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  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Prehistoric Sloth Hunting
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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
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Tracking Pain in the Brain
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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
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Whale Skull Hearing
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Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Baseball on the Moon
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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
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Butterfly-Inspired Surgery Camera
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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
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Bowhead Whale Songs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ghost Fishing
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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
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Infant Logic
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Infants use an early form of deductive reasoning.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Clean Fish Learn Better
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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
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Spreading False News
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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
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Alaska's Springtime Solar
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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
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Dino Tracks
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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
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Rock Water
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Earth's bedrock helps many forests survive drought.

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
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Star Wars Robots
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How realistic are Star Wars’ lovable droids?

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