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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Alaska leads the way to a more independent and renewable energy supply.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The byproducts of Greek yogurt could be turned into jet fuel.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A college education can leave some students with a health debt.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The right ear listens and comprehends slightly better than the left.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The holidays may pose a surprising danger for your pet.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Understanding the genes behind mosquitoes’ biting behavior.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Learning about how the human body moves from anatomically accurate humanoid robots.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Some rodents have an impaired ability to sense the cold, allowing them to hibernate in winter.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Scientists develop a device that can purify genetic material from any organism right in the field.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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These mysterious single-tusked denizens of the Arctic have a paradoxical response to danger.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Orangutans living in captivity are much more curious than their wild counterparts.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Time of day, along with our internal body clock, could affect how fast our wounds heal.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Africanized “killer” honeybees in central and south America are known for their bellicose nature. But not in Puerto Rico.

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Sheep can recognize human faces.

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Geese are holing up in the big city during the winter to avoid hunters.

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Mammoths that left remains in Siberia were overwhelmingly male. Scientists want to know why.

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The genetic origins of dark and light skin.

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Birds, like humans infants, learn about the world around them through play.

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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A small amount of weekly exercise may help prevent depression.

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Why don’t poison frogs poison themselves?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4