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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
Jumping out of an airplane without a parachute?! We explore a study that explains how sometimes, if you look at the data in just the right way, bac...
- Added: Mar 19, 2019
- Length: 02:40
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
This chemical is no joke. Amy talks about how 1930's scientists discovered the explosive and insanely dangerous compound while trying to find a mor...
- Added: Feb 19, 2019
- Length: 04:25
African Wild Dogs appear to vote on pack activities by sneezing.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Feb 05, 2019
- Length: 02:54
- Purchases: 1
It's there and it's square. And now we know why.
- Added: Jan 14, 2019
- Length: 02:47
Amy Barton has an eye for dangerous and innovative doctors and Dr. Robert Liston is no exception. FYI This episode has some up-close discussions of...
- Added: Jan 10, 2019
- Length: 03:09
Cougars are beautiful and stealthy solitary hunters. Until they want to mate. Then they sound like a person being run through a garbage compactor. ...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 10, 2019
- Length: 02:06
- Purchases: 2
Where we talk about Dr. Nathalie Stroeymeyt and her foraging, black garden ants. Infected ants seem to stay away from other ants. Find out why.
- Added: Jan 09, 2019
- Length: 02:49
Engineers Sadhan and Pius continue an ongoing series of discussions on the fundamentals of mechanical engineering. Today they talk about what they ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 41:26
Science writer Mary Roach talks with author and actor Benjamin Busch.
Bought by WKAR, WCMU Michigan, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio
- Added: Sep 21, 2018
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 4
If you’ve been following the news on the Cape and islands, you know that this Ground Zero for ticks and the diseases that come with them. In fact, ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 12, 2018
- Length: 07:22
- Purchases: 1
Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is very common around out little homestead. There are thickets of it all along the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. It ...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 11:28
Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:16
Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:10
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
I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:42
Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go. The current and correct name for ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:13
The Cuyuna Rock, Gem & Mineral Society will host the 16th annual Agate and Mineral Show this Saturday and Sunday (May 5-6) at the Crow Wing County ...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 14:58
- Purchases: 1
“Bearded Ladies”
A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Paleobotanist Ellen Currano noticed a lack of other women in her field. So she...
Bought by KSTK
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 1