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No Bite Mosquitoes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Understanding the genes behind mosquitoes’ biting behavior.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Hibernation Adaptation
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some rodents have an impaired ability to sense the cold, allowing them to hibernate in winter.

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Nucleic Acid Dipstick
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Scientists develop a device that can purify genetic material from any organism right in the field.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Narwhal Great Escape
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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These mysterious single-tusked denizens of the Arctic have a paradoxical response to danger.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sheep Face Recognition
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Sheep can recognize human faces.

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Male Mammoths
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Mammoths that left remains in Siberia were overwhelmingly male. Scientists want to know why.

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Skin Tone Genes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The genetic origins of dark and light skin.

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bird Play & Tools
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Birds, like humans infants, learn about the world around them through play.

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Poison Frogs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why don’t poison frogs poison themselves?

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  • 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.

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Our Disposable Society: From Plastics to Prisons
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daphna Nissenbaum
Plastic and prisons: two of America’s most toxic habits. Happily there are people working to create alternatives. This week on Sea Change Radio we ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
Sizing Up Extinction
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Being the “right-size” helps protect species from extinction.

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Grass carp eggs discovered in Lake Erie tributary
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Grass carp, Credit: Shutterstock/Vladimir Wrangel
Researchers recently announced the discovery of over 7,000 grass carp eggs in a Lake Erie tributary. The good news? This isn’t the Asian carp spec...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2017
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 7
Guide Dog Success
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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What predicts a puppy’s later success as a guide dog?

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Orange County: Wastewater Reuse Leader
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mike Markus
What would you say to the idea of drinking a tall, cool glass of wastewater? On the face of it, it sounds, well, yucky. But it turns out you've pro...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
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.

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

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Water Bear DNA
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Studying tardigrades’ DNA to learn what makes them so tough.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bored Animals
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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An animal welfare researcher calls the study of the biological basis of boredom in animals.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Drumming Cockatoos
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers discover that cockatoos use sticks and seed pods to drum out rhythms on tree limbs.

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Measure For Measure: Aclima's Davida Herzl
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Davida Herzl
Galileo said we should, “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.” This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a look at two ways...

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  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Invasion of the Lionfish Snatchers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Erika Angle
Perhaps it’s cold comfort but it turns out that we human beings are not the only species on earth hell-bent on destroying our own habitat. We share...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Eating Microbes Make Fish Food
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Merc Martinelli and Brian Sefton, owners of Oak Bio, discuss their company's plans to use carbon from the atmosphere to create products like fish f...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Birdsong Warm-Ups
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Songbirds, like people, may need to warm up their voices before they sing.

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7