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Hawaii’s birds face multiple threats, but one small thrush on the island of Kaua’i is a success story – so far.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: (A) Overview of a nest. Individual brood cells are separated by thin walls of soil material. (B) The nest is closed by a vestibular cell filled with dead ants. (C) Contents of a vestibular cell. (D) Female bone-house wasp. , Credit: Merten Ehmig (A, B), Michael Staab (C, D).
Bone house wasps place dead ants in their nests to ward off predators and parasites.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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In May 1975, Popular Mechanics published an article called “Cities In The Sky”, about plans for space colonies by 1995. Flash forward forty years a...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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We're getting closer and closer to making fusion power a reality - limitless energy created by fusing hydrogen into helium, the same process that p...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Olive oil may help protect the cardiovascular system against the ill-effects of air pollution in cities.

  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Smilodon fatalis, Credit: Sergiodlarosa/Wikipedia
New research sheds light on physical adaptations that allowed saber-tooth cats to hunt prey.

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Like skydivers, some animals don’t need wings to maneuver in the air. , Credit: Douglas S. Smith/Wikipedia
Some animals took to the skies long before the advent of wings.

  • Added: May 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Beaked whales set the record for the deepest and longest dives of any marine mammals.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Satellites and unmanned aircraft could help shed light on the lives of one of the world’s most elusive eagles.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Sea turtle, Credit: Copyright Caroline Rogers
A global perspective is needed to cut down on the unintentional casualties of commercial fishing.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Elephants respond to Maasai male playback., Credit: courtesy of Graeme Shannon
Elephants can discriminate between human voices that pose a threat to their safety and those that do not.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:01
Caption: The Tsaobis Baboon Project in Namibia., Credit: Alecia Carter/Tsaobis Baboon Porject, CC-BY
Shy baboons are less likely to put what they learn from watching others to use.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Young satellite tagged loggerhead turtle released off the southeast Florida coast., Credit: Jim Abernethy/NMFS Permit 1551
Scientists are using satellites to track the mysterious migrations of young sea turtles.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Grey Seal., Credit: (Mateusz Wlodarczyk/Wikipedia)
Melting sea ice allows marine mammal species that were once isolated to intermingle – and share diseases.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Drone aircraft could help teach endangered California condors where to find food.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:02
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Crows form mobs to antagonize, intimidate and scare larger birds away.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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Aaron Wenger is a retired educator. He is an engineer that became an educator. He is Northern Community Radio's staff physicist, and a poet. The Be...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:31
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Carolyn Williams-Noren's poems have appeared in Spoon River Poetry Review, Water-Stone Review, and in other journals. She lives in Minneapolis with...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
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Gary Lee Joyner is a musician, visual artist, and poet from the Twin Cities. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Mi...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
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Yahya Fredrickson got his undergraduate degree from Moorehead State University, his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, and his...

  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 04:21
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Charmaine Donovan makes her living as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the Brainerd area. She's a member of numerous regional and national writer...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing director. She is widely published. Linda Back McKay is also a long time volunteer and ...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien. It involves using insec...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:30