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Caption: A Moment of Science
Trees Know When Something Is Eating Them

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Importance of Snow and Winter, for Humans and Ecosystems

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
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  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
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  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
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  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
Whollydooleya Tomnpatrichorum: Newly Identified Flesh-Eating Marsupial

  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Did you know that industrial agricultural practices, such as the use of antibiotics and arsenic in poultry production, pose health risks to workers...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
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Did you know that J. Edgar Hoover expressed concerns over the Black Panthers’ empowering community food programs? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
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Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
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A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up, overturning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Differences in animals’ pupil shapes distinguish predators from prey.

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Caption: This house in central Oklahoma was damaged in 2011 by an earthquake caused by injection disposal wells deep below the ground., Credit: Brian Sherrod/USGS/Creative Commons License 2.0, via flickr
What’s behind the sudden surge in earthquakes in the middle of the United States?

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Caption: A pied currawoong., Credit: Steve Igic
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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A meta-analysis of organic farming profits indicates the practice makes economic sense.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Caption: A juvenile smalltooth sawfish., Credit: (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
A critically endangered fish may be making up for to a lack of mates by reproducing without sex.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Coffee, tea, and cocoa are just some of the crops that could be affected by rising carbon dioxide levels and temperatures brought on by climate cha...

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  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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New research reveals that careless bird feeding can harm native species.

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  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
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Want to shed unwanted pounds without going on a diet? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: A cichlid fish strikes a bottom-weighted thermometer that would immediately right itself. , Credit: (Ann Hawthorne)
Some fish appear to play with objects in their tanks.

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Caption: Monarchs in flight., Credit: Sonia Altizer
Scientists have identified the genetic underpinnings of monarch butterfly migration.

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Antibiotics are given to animals living in concentrated feeding operations for two reasons: disease prevention and growth promotion/feed efficiency...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1