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- Added: May 03, 2024
- Length: 02:00
Stuttering has long been the butt of many jokes. People who stutter are working to change that.
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 58:23
With enough pressure and heat, just about anything with enough carbon in it could become a diamond. And thankfully for us, when a scientist was ask...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Apr 08, 2022
- Length: 04:56
- Purchases: 1
In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Mar 31, 2022
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Sure, Archerfish can use a squirt of water to knock prey into the water to be eaten. But researchers wanted to know, could they count?
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Mar 11, 2022
- Length: 04:53
- Purchases: 1
Imagine you're an ant living in an arid climate. There's no grocery stores! How do you keep enough food on hand for when things are scarce? You won...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 04:48
- Purchases: 1
Give a captive gorilla tasty food, they often vocalize in ways that sound a lot like singing. It's so charming! But scientists thought this "singin...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jan 10, 2022
- Length: 05:08
- Purchases: 1
In an unexpected turn of events, two predators with very different hunting styles work cooperatively. During the summer months, badgers and coyotes...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 1
The scientific name of the band-tailed pigeon is no longer Columba fasciata, but is Patagioenas fasciata. That’s too bad because I was hoping to st...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:59
I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:21
Here are some morning glory photos. Above is Ipomoea ternifolia var. leptotoma and the photo below is of some floral chaos featuring the red flower...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:04
The sheer number of recreationists in southern Utah has brought the subject of human waste in the backcountry to a head. The Southeast Utah Health...
Bought by KDXI - Radio St George and KRZA
- Added: Jul 28, 2021
- Length: 19:00
- Purchases: 2
There's a long tradition of Japanese folklore around the possible relationship between large mushroom harvests and lightning. Researchers decided t...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 14, 2021
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 2
When out on a walk, Tiffanie Fisher spotted a giant ring of worms and snapped a picture. She posted the photo in the hopes that someone could expla...
Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 2
In a pitched battle against voracious tomato fruit worms, (aka. corn earworms or cotton bollworm) tomato plants have one sneaky defense...a wasp. I...
Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 2
Researcher Sridhar Ravi of UNSW Canberra looks to the humble bumblebee to answer questions about how to program a more nimble drone. The way he and...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the dynamic of invisibility
- Added: May 13, 2021
- Length: 12:58
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the implication and requirements of popular Science Fiction shows, movies, and media
- Added: May 13, 2021
- Length: 15:07
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss physic's many uses in the world
- Added: May 13, 2021
- Length: 13:27
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez talk about the real-world implications of superpowers.
- Added: May 13, 2021
- Length: 12:19
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the history of April Fools'
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:08
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the billionaire Chief Designer of Space X and CEO of Tesla
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 14:30
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez talk about NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:06
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the importance and the origin of Pi: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078...
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:11
Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez converse on the topic of Mars and the factors that are unique to the planet.
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:38
