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Anteater Diet
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Giant Anteater, Credit: (Projeto Tamanduá/www.tamandua.org)
How giant anteaters get enough food into their tiny mouths to survive.

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


  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 18.150: Bird-Song Apps: Do the Confuse the Real Birds?, 7/27/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Bird-Song Apps: Do the Confuse the Real Birds?

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.147: Hurricane Damage That Lasts, 7/24/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Hurricane Damage That Lasts

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.146: Antarctic Microbes Eat Air, 7/23/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Antarctic Microbes Eat Air

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.142: A Lost Strain of Rice Is Found Again, 7/17/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
A Lost Strain of Rice Is Found Again

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.141: Cooking with Wine, 7/16/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cooking with Wine

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.140: Alcohol in Pie...and Fried Fish?, 7/13/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Alcohol in Pie...and Fried Fish?

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.138: Discovering a New Organ: The Interstitium, 7/11/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Discovering a New Organ: The Interstitium

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Crops and Climate Change
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
High levels of CO2 may reduce levels of crop nutrients.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Biohybrid Robot
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Merging living muscle with synthetic bones.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Green-Blooded Lizards
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Some lizards thrive despite a toxic pigment that turns their blood green.

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chimpanzee Nest Microbes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Are ape beds cleaner than ours?

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Snail Memory Transfer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
What if you could have someone else’s memories?

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  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Prehistoric Sloth Hunting
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Footprints reveal an encounter between human hunters and the now extinct giant ground sloth.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tracking Pain in the Brain
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Researchers make a map of the brain cells that transmit pain.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Whale Skull Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Baseball on the Moon
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The Moon., Credit: Susanne Bard
Could a well-thrown baseball sail from the moon’s surface into orbit?

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Butterfly-Inspired Surgery Camera
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bowhead Whale Songs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Bowhead whale and calf., Credit: (NOAA/National Ocean Service)
The songs of Arctic bowhead whales are constantly changing.

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Plastic to Energy
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Technology for turning plastic trash into energy could keep the garbage out of the ocean.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Venomous Mammal
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Scientists decode the genome of a rare, primitive mammal with a venomous bite.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ghost Fishing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Researchers use sonar to locate lost fishing gear that harms sealife.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Clean Fish Learn Better
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: A wrasse "cleans" a larger fish. , Credit: Simon Gingins
Reef fish make better decisions when smaller fish keep them clean.

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Dino Tracks
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
A slab of rock reveals what appears to be traces of a dinosaur dance party.

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rock Water
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Earth's bedrock helps many forests survive drought.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4