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Before they even hatch, Yellow Legged Gull chicks seem to be communication to their nest mates. Amy dives into the how and why.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 1
When the US and Canadian governments decided the border between our two countries, a few places got left on the "wrong" side of the line. Those pla...
- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 08:03
Turn up the Skrillex to ward off some pesky bloodsucking insects. And possibly your neighbors.
- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 10:50
Like a scaly cheetah, galloping crocs were a terror both on land and in the water. Good thing they lived 100 million years ago.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSFR
- Added: Aug 06, 2019
- Length: 04:15
- Purchases: 2
Big word for a genetic mutation where an animal is split with one side being entirely female and the other male. This can happen in some species of...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jul 04, 2019
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
I sure talk about a lot different flora and fauna. From three species of quail, to canyon wrens, to Yarrows spiny lizards, to bristlehead (Carphoch...
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 05:30
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...
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 03:50
Meet C. explodens; worker ants who rupture their own abdomens--filled with toxic goo--to protect the colony from predators.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Apr 09, 2019
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
I like my definitions to be CRISPR and clearer. This is Episode 76 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or fu...
- Added: Apr 02, 2019
- Length: 04:26
The internet claims lobsters are immortal. Amy pulls a Dana Scully and debunks the heck out of that idea.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Mar 26, 2019
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 1
Messing with this gas of a word isn't ideal. This is Episode 75 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...
- Added: Mar 15, 2019
- Length: 04:55
Weekly two hour rock and roll radio program
- Added: Mar 11, 2019
- Length: 54:40
Educator Rachel and engineer Pius introduce Season 4 and brainstorm about what interests us in K-12 engineering education today. We talk about scho...
- Added: Feb 19, 2019
- Length: 31:25
- Added: Feb 05, 2019
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 1
Stop everything! We've hit a breakpoint, and things are gonna get dicey. This is Episode 65 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fav...
Bought by Enchantment Radio
- Added: May 28, 2018
- Length: 04:04
- Purchases: 1
Engineers who study this know how to rub you the right way. This is Episode 60 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascin...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 04:18
Grow, make, and eat your own dogfood -- I mean products. Episode 47 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...
Bought by WETD
- Added: Nov 28, 2017
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
This podcast is aiming to avoid being aural dross. This is episode 42 of the Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating...
Bought by WETD
- Added: Oct 24, 2017
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 18, 2017
- Length: 05:05
- Purchases: 1
It's not a power ballad by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and it's not a burrito chain. What is it? The question floods me with curiosity.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Oct 08, 2017
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 30, 2017
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 02:46
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 04:11
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- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 03:24
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- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 1
