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90 Second Naturalist – September 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX, WRIR, WOUB, and WLRN


  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 4
Spectrum 08/27/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Intercourse and the art of communication - People who are good with emojis have more sex, but hold your emoji horses befo...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
71: Ants on Stilts
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Ants hunt for food, but how do they know how to get back? Content warning: Science is messy. Some ants were harmed and we talk about it. Not in gre...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 08:50
70: Galloping Crocodiles
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Like a scaly cheetah, galloping crocs were a terror both on land and in the water. Good thing they lived 100 million years ago.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 07/30/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Hands and feet - You know what's better than five fingers? Six. We look at this strange new research and talk to a "po...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - August 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX, WRIR, and WLRN


  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 3
90 Second Naturalist - July 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WRIR, WLRN, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 3
Spectrum 06/11/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Goodnight, stars - A viral video from the Netherlands shows how satellite constellations may end up ruining the night s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
62: Troxler Effect
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1804 Dr. Troxler discovered he could make pastel dots on paper disappear if he stared at them for long enough. Blink, and they would reappear. T...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
90 Second Naturalist - June 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, WLRN, and KCBX


  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
61: Science Ferrets
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Need to string some wire through your house or clean a particle accelerator? You might need a science ferret.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
58: Cuteness Aggression
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains co...

  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
90 Second Naturalist - May 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, WRIR, and KCBX


  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 4
90 Second Naturalist - April 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 4
52: Long Lives of Lobsters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The internet claims lobsters are immortal. Amy pulls a Dana Scully and debunks the heck out of that idea.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
51: Backpack vs Parachute
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Jumping out of an airplane without a parachute?! We explore a study that explains how sometimes, if you look at the data in just the right way, bac...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:40
metaprogramming
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Programming programs to program their own programs. This is Episode 74 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
90 Second Naturalist - February 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Spectrum 01/29/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: In the heart of winter (at least in the northern hemisphere), we take a look this week at what the cold does to our bodies....

Bought by WNMU-FM and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
43: Dog Love and an MRI
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Neuroscientists have found that dogs might actually love their people.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:40
29: Social Conventions
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Why do we do the things we do while in public? Simple actions like using the restroom or riding the bus get a lot more complicated when thinking ab...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:19
90 Second Naturalist - January 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, KCBX, and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 4
90 Second Naturalist - December 2018 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 4
90 Second Naturalist - November 2018 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Ben Goldfarb - 388
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ben Goldfarb shares his enthusiasm for the largest rodent in North America via a discussion about his book, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Lives of ...

Bought by 'The Sea', Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3