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AMOS 17.258: Goldfish Make Alcohol to Live without Oxygen, 12/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Goldfish Make Alcohol to Live without Oxygen

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Poison Frogs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Why don’t poison frogs poison themselves?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pumpkin Toadlet Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Tiny orange frogs called pumpkin toadlets can’t hear their own calls.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
AMOS 17.239: The End of the World, 11/30/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The End of the World

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.234: Why Cannibalism Is Sometimes a Good Thing, 11/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Cannibalism Is Sometimes a Good Thing

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.233: Taste and Touch vs. Sight and Sound, 11/22/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Taste and Touch vs. Sight and Sound

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.215: Appetite Increases When Eating in Front of a Mirror, 10/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Appetite Increases When Eating in Front of a Mirror

  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.214: Human Activity Affects Space Weather, 10/26/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Human Activity Affects Space Weather

  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
387-Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Florence is the largest asteroid in more than 100 years to approach the Earth.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KPIP-LP, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
384-Flying By
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid tests planetary defenses.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KRWG, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Guide Dog Success
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
What predicts a puppy’s later success as a guide dog?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
380-Southern Colleagues
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
In this age in which science is being advanced by large teams of scientists with budgets in the millions to billions of dollars, it is gratifying t...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Whale Genes & Diet
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A genetic difference between the two types of whales that could partially explain why some became so gigantic.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Social Mouse Aggression
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
A social upbringing can offset the activity of a mouse’s attack circuit.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bored Animals
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
An animal welfare researcher calls the study of the biological basis of boredom in animals.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
376-Active Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Some asteroids become comets giving rise to beautiful meteor showers.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KRWG, KENW, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
375-Chelyabinsk Sized
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Small Earth approaching asteroids are part of our environment.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KRWG, KENW, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Drumming Cockatoos
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Researchers discover that cockatoos use sticks and seed pods to drum out rhythms on tree limbs.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
367-Future Impactor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A 33 foot diameter asteroid has about a 1% chance of impacting the Earth in the distant future.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KRWG, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
355-2 Suns
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
It is possible for a habitable planet to exist in a solar system with two suns.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KTRT RADIO INC and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
353-Backwards
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A 2 mile diameter object bucks the solar system traffic by traveling in a direction backwards to all of the planets.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, WOUB and more


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
351-Another Close One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
In the span of 32 days asteroid hunters discovered two small space rocks which passed between the Earth's surface and the communications satellities.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
350-Asteroid Defense
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Earth approaching asteroids are part of our environment.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KRWG, KUPR low power FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
349-Big and Fast
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Large dangerous asteroids can still appear out of nowhere.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KRWG, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
344-Gnats
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Small asteroids swarm about the Earth in its orbit around the Sun like gnats around an outdoor light in the summer time.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4