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Fresh off the research presses in early 2022, a new study on how honey bees navigate the world while they fly. Turns out still water and mirrors ar...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
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While baby Egyptian fruit bats start life getting carried around, once they get too heavy, their mothers leave them in a cave while they forage. It...

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  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Those of you with a thick beard, that hair does more than make you look suave or rugged. Turns out, a beard might be protecting your face. There's ...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
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There's a strange connection between King penguins, one of their favorite islands, and Nitrous Oxide gas.

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Imagine if you could block out loud noises at a party by taking a really deep breath. That's how the female American Green Tree Frog manages to fil...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Arachnophobes BEWARE! Imagine a spider that uses special silk to lift something that's 50 times bigger than itself. There is a video! You must wat...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:59
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What is that weird smell? It's called trimethylamine (TMA) and for most of us it stinks like rotten fish. For a small percentage of people it smell...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:04
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What happens when you cross a intestinal invading fungus or bacteria with carbohydrates? You get very very drunk. Trace explores the weird world of...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Episode 3 - 2/23/13 - What would happen if someone stole the One True Kilogram? How would the world go about replacing – or displacing – it? Today,...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 12:52
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Episode 1 - 10/16/12 - The latest headlines in academia, a bake sale for planetary science, and The Thesis Defense: A game show where the questions...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 15:41