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Laugh and then think: What it's like to win the Ig Nobel Prize

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

On this episode of Audacious, meet three Ig Nobel Prize winners! Their achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

S5 EP2: Encounter on Aisle 9

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine

Emergency medicine and helicopter flight physician Mike Abernethy recounts an unexpected run-in at his local Walmart that made him feel as if he’d ...

01-16: We're All Chimps: Or Are Animals People Too?, 3/1/2023

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

In Western civilization, human beings are considered the exceptional species and uniquely intelligent. Yet science is consistently revealing our in...

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.

Bought by WRFA-LP

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 ...

Bought by WRFA-LP

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...

Bought by WRFA-LP

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...

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?

Bought by WRFA-LP

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...

Bought by WRFA-LP

S4 EP1: Burn the Map

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine

An improv workshop transforms the way psychiatrist David Elkin approaches a patient on the psych consult service, and catalyzes a philosophical shi...

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...

Bought by WRFA-LP

194: Iris Sphincters

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

You might think you're special because you can flex your nostrils or flap your ears--but it turns out that there's a person out there who can volun...

Bought by WRFA-LP

190: Beard Power

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Those of you with a thick beard, that hair does more than make you look suave or rugged. Turns out, a beard might be protecting your face. There's ...

Bought by WRFA-LP

National Writers Series: Mary Roach

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three

Kendra Carr of Interlochen Public Radio talks with science writer Mary Roach.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR

179: Spontaneous Combustion

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

This episode is marked explicit because we go into details that might lead to a person catching on fire. It's interesting science and we don't get ...

Bought by WRFA-LP

176: Math Pain

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

If you're like Trace, the thought of math makes you want to run and hide; that anxiety, that tightness in your chest, the weird shooting pains (wai...

Bought by WRFA-LP

162: penguin Guano & Giggle Gas

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

There's a strange connection between King penguins, one of their favorite islands, and Nitrous Oxide gas.

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio

160: Fab Female Frog Lungs

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Imagine if you could block out loud noises at a party by taking a really deep breath. That's how the female American Green Tree Frog manages to fil...

Bought by WRFA-LP

159: Wanna Cuttle?

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Can a cuttlefish master a test that very young children often struggle to pass? Instead of using marshmallows like we do with people, scientists us...

Bought by WRFA-LP

140: Beehive Fence

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

There are only approximately 400,000 elephants left in the world. Frustrated and saddened by this stark statistic, Dr. Lucy King set out to find a ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

127: Emergency Clams

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

No joke, the best and last line of defense to protect the drinking water for an entire city in Poland is eight clams. Let's chat about bivalve scie...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio