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Sea Snail Memory Transfer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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What if you could have someone else’s memories?

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  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Paul Ehrlich on Jaws
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
Did you know that 300 years ago people had larger jaws? Why would this be the case and why is it important? Paul Ehrlich, the founding father of mo...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Tracking Pain in the Brain
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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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
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Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Crypto-Carbon: Nori's Paul Gambill
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Gambill
If you ask most people what they think of blockchain applications or cryptocurrency, the response is usually a blank stare of utter bafflement. Wel...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
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
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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
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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
Ocean Microfibers
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Tiny fibers from our washing machines could harm marine life.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Venomous Mammal
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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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
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Researchers use sonar to locate lost fishing gear that harms sealife.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Spectrum 03/20/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: It's electric! (& almost autonomous) Someone gives you €25 million. In exchange, you have to build an autonomous car – basically from...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Trash Hotspots
From: Science Update
Caption: Laysan albatross eye plastic lighters picked up during a beach cleanup, Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument in the Hawaiian Islands., Credit: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Scientists tally up the burden of plastic trash on U.S. coastlines.

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Alaska's Springtime Solar
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Alaska’s peak solar producing months are in the spring, rather than the summer.

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

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Tomorrow Never Knows: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
How far into the future should we be planning when it comes to the environment? 20 years? 100 years? These are vital questions with which scientist...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Age Defying Bats
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Age-defying bats are providing clues into the prevention of diseases of old age.

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Neanderthal Art
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Sophisticated cave art in Spain may be the work of Neanderthals.

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sea Urchin Hideaways
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Purple sea urchins grow to fit perfectly inside cavities that they create themselves. , Credit: Mike Russell (CC BY)
Sea urchins carve out their own homes in the rock with their teeth.

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pigeon Bioindicators
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Pigeons serve as indicators of lead levels in city neighborhoods.

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Coral Reef Plastic
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Plastic garbage triggers disease in coral reefs.

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Wisdom Teeth
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why do we get wisdom teeth if they often don’t even fit in our jaws?

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bacterial Sonar
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Using ultrasound to see deep within with the mammalian gut with genetically engineered bacteria.

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5