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181: Goo From the Sky

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Apologies--we had sound quality issues. We did not record from the bottom of a metal trash can while hiding from mystery blobs falling from the sky...

Bought by WRFA-LP

148: Algae Farming Fish

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

We catch you up with an update on fluorescing animals and then jump right into new research on Long Fin Damsel fish that use Mysid shrimp to farm a...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

145: Can't Find the Beat

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

When music comes on, can you clap along or do you struggle to find the beat? If you have a hard time keeping up with the rhythm, there's a reason a...

122: Good George Dantzig!

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will is a janitor at MIT--he solves some impossible math problems and shocks the professors. That origin story is t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

The Science of Fire

From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio

In these episodes, Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the many purposes and origins of Fire.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio

Sci-Fi and Science

From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio

Dr. Rhett Allain and Todd Delaney discuss the biggest science fiction movies of the past and the weight they have in real science.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio

Spectrum 01/14/2020

From: DW - Deutsche Welle

This week on the show: You just gotta want it? Is there anything you'd like to change about the way you're living life? If we're honest with ours...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

74: Giant Sea Spiders

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Absorbing oxygen through their "skin" and pumping blood with their guts, the Giant Sea Spider isn't a true spider, but it's close. Too close for Tr...

Season 2, Episode 11

From: Wendy Love Edge
Series: The Wendy Love Edge Show with Topher Kogen

Guests include The Trashcan Bandits, Christie Daniels and Jennifer Calvert ND

62: Troxler Effect

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In 1804 Dr. Troxler discovered he could make pastel dots on paper disappear if he stared at them for long enough. Blink, and they would reappear. T...

61: Science Ferrets

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Need to string some wire through your house or clean a particle accelerator? You might need a science ferret.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

58: Cuteness Aggression

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains co...

29: Social Conventions

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Why do we do the things we do while in public? Simple actions like using the restroom or riding the bus get a lot more complicated when thinking ab...

Spectrum 10/16/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest!!! Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million l...

Spectrum 07/03/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Spectrum: Marijuana, sex, soccer and sleep - On this week's show: If Marijuana can make old mice brains younger, does that work with humans too?...

Bought by KRZA

Making Love to Siri: The Seductiveness of Robots

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Tonight’s show “Making Love to Siri,” seeks to understand what is seductive to us about robots. Which question should we ask: Can we make love to S...

10: Rhythm Discovery (Standard Length)

From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)

Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

Two Guys on Your Head: Why We Go Out

From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head

Human beings are a social species. Part of our natural programming, which has evolved as we’ve evolved with the rest of the planet into our current...