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Greater wax moths have evolved the ability to hear sounds at frequencies even their predators can't detect.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Fluoride protects teeth in surprising ways.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Seabirds and their eggs help scientists track global pollution.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Our eyes’ ability to detect color deteriorates with age, but our brains compensate.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Dr. Rivas is a researcher and teacher of environmental economy at the University of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 13:33
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 03:43
Unborn baby sharks gobble up their brothers and sisters in the womb.
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 01:00
We continue our coverage of Boats & Bluegrass 2012 with a phenomenal fiddler. This musician transforms himself into a one man band by utilizing a u...
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 47:01
Electrical stimulation to the brain can improve math performance.
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Too many titles to choose from, so let's just go with them all.
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- Added: May 14, 2013
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 7
Vervet monkeys usually adopt the food preferences of whatever social group they join.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Humans were polluting the air with lead as far back as 3,900 years ago.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Radio Curious visits with filmmaker Kristine Samuelson, co-creator of the documentary, “Tokyo Waka: A City Poem” about the 20,000 crows that inhabi...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 29:01
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Host Brian Balough explores the meaning of "wartime" with Mary Dudziak, an historian at Emory University's School of Law. Well after V-J Day, Dudz...
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- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 10:50
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Host Peter Onuf talks with Amy Greenberg, an historian at Pennsylvania State University, on the rogue diplomat that ended the Mexican-American War ...
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- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 11:01
- Purchases: 1
Researchers are using extremely cold temperatures to treat pain and cancer.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
“Nanosponges” in the bloodstream could mop up toxins from bacteria, bees, or snakes.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Author Chad Lewis talks with Heidi Holtan and Michael Small about his new book "The Minnesota Guide To Gangster Hot Spots," in this Real Good Words...
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- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 10:32
- Purchases: 1
Playing soundwaves synchronized with a person's own deep sleep rhythms may improve short-term memory.
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 02:00
Olympic-level athletes have some enhanced cognitive abilities.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Each carnivorous pitcher plant contains a unique food web, depending on what falls in.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
New research suggests that young children understand the concept of fairness, but desire gets in the way of sharing.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Using frozen DNA, researchers have created early-stage embryos of an extinct frog.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Researchers have developed an implantable blood testing sensor that can monitor blood glucose levels and chemotherapy drugs, among other things.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Mummies from a variety of different cultures show signs of heart disease.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
