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AMOS 18.167: The Great Opal Gemstones of Coober Pedy, 8/21/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Great Opal Gemstones of Coober Pedy

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.160: Germs on Planes, 8/10/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Germs on Planes

  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.154: Long-lived Sea Species, 8/2/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Long-lived Sea Species

  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Small Town Archaeology
From: Science Update
Piece image
A town square offers a trove of archaeological discoveries.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Songbird Culture
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Swamp Sparrow, Credit: Robert Lachlan
How a small songbird’s cultural traditions persist for more than a thousand years.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
466-Dangerous Impactors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Asteroid hunters have discovered more than 90% of the Earth approaching asteroids whose impact could cause global climate change. It was thus unus...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Crops and Climate Change
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
High levels of CO2 may reduce levels of crop nutrients.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTIP, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • 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.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • 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.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • 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?

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


  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
464-Big Atira
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The recent discovery of an asteroid, whose orbit lies completely within that of the Earth, reminds asteroid hunters to continue to search near the ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KENW, WTIP, KRWG, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
463-Exiled Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
An asteroid is exiled to the outer regions of the solar system during Jupiter's rampaging tack away from the Sun long ago. During that process eno...

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


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Sea Snail Memory Transfer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
What if you could have someone else’s memories?

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


  • 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.

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


  • 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.

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


  • 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.

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


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
456-Dangerous Trio
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
In the space of only four days, my Catalina Sky Survey teammates, Brian Africano, Alex Gibbs, and Greg Leonard, discovered three Potentially Hazard...

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


  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10