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Working In Antarctica: “I Am My Weirdest Self!”

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

Today on Audacious... What kind of person works in Antarctica? Meet a chef, a supply technician, a physician, and a man who has worked on the conti...

Science unscripted (Spectrum) 11/14/23

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: The future of weather forecasting — and our listeners had some really interesting things to say about tattoos.

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media

Science unscripted (Spectrum) 10/31/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: Three people. Ever. That's how many have been cured of HIV. We visited one of them to learn about the extraordinarily rare (...

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media

Science unscripted - Birdsong and sexual harrassment

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

On this week's show, why are birds and the noise they make so good for us? Also, we learn why the response to sexual harrassment is so much differe...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB

Science unscripted 05/02/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Weekly roundup – Food for thoughts

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Science unscripted (DW) 04/11/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: Science unscripted from Bonn/Germany.

Science unscripted 03/28/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Weekly roundup — The sound of grass (not) growing

Science unscripted 03/07/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Drunk yourself dizzy? Have a shot of liver hormone

Science unscripted 02/28/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Weekly roundup — For couples, 'we-talk' is how to get the harmony going

Animals Being Jerks

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

They’re cute and cuddly. But they can also be obnoxious. Science writer Mary Roach has numerous tales about how our animal friends don’t always bow...

Bought by WRGY, WMUU-LP, KZUM, KTXK, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more

The King of Klutter

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

At my age I should being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I like to tell our daughters Katy and Sarah that some da...

227: Whatever...Mom

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Why won't your teenager listen to you? Their brain. For real. Insert teenage eye roll here.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WRFA-LP

225: Bees vs Mirrors

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Fresh off the research presses in early 2022, a new study on how honey bees navigate the world while they fly. Turns out still water and mirrors ar...

Bought by WRFA-LP

221: Harriet the Tortoise

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Harriet lived from around 1835 to 2006! She is believed to be one of the Earth's longest lived creatures ever recorded.

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216: Parachuting Beavers

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to ...

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214: Sky Puppies

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

While baby Egyptian fruit bats start life getting carried around, once they get too heavy, their mothers leave them in a cave while they forage. It...

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Small Goddess of Wisdom

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

The riparian woodland Ms. Mesquitey and I were hiking in is at around 6,000 ft. in elevation. I think that may be the upper limits of the elf owls'...

Esperanza

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Tecoma stans angustata is in the Bignonia family Bignoniaceae and there are a bunch of species of Tecoma starting here in the borderlands with our ...

Penny Cress Saves the Day

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Our one flowering wildflower on this wonderful day was the very pretty perennial called penny cress or candy tufts. It is the former Thlaspi fendl...

Occupied, Not Vacant

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

There are 2 species of walnuts here in the borderlands of southern Arizona; the Arizona walnut (Juglans major) that I talked about and a species ca...

201: Ancient Prosthetic Eye

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In 2007, a woman's 5,000 year old skeleton was found in Burnt City, Iran. She was at least six feet tall and had what researchers think may be the ...

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206 part two: Skeet Shooting Fish

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Sure, Archerfish can use a squirt of water to knock prey into the water to be eaten. But researchers wanted to know, could they count?

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202: Honeypot Ants

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Imagine you're an ant living in an arid climate. There's no grocery stores! How do you keep enough food on hand for when things are scarce? You won...

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197: Singing Gorillas

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Give a captive gorilla tasty food, they often vocalize in ways that sound a lot like singing. It's so charming! But scientists thought this "singin...

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193: Navy Seals

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

Bought by WRFA-LP

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