Have you ever heard worms arguing? Deep-sea scientists use hydrophones to eavesdrop on...
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Podcasts de Biology
Skeptic Check: Shroom with a View
Magic mushrooms – or psilocybin - may be associated with tripping hippies and Woodstock, but they...
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Birds have it going on. Many of these winged dinosaurs delight us with their song and brilliant...
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Skeptic Check: Rational Lampoon (rebroadcast)
Two heads may be better than one. But what about three or more? A new study shows that...
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Standing on your own two feet isn’t easy. While many animals can momentarily balance on their...
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Skeptic Check: Busting Myths with Adam Savage
ENCORE Can an opera singer’s voice really shatter glass? Can you give your car a...
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ENCORE It’s elementary, Watson. Things are in flux – from the elements in the air you breathe...
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Skeptic Check: Aliens - The Evidence
ENCORE Once again the aliens have landed … in theaters. It’s no spoiler to say that the latest...
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Astronauts are made of the “right stuff,” but what about their spacesuits? NASA’s pressurized...
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ENCORE The military is a dangerous calling. But technology can help out, so researchers are...
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ENCORE Birds do it, bees do it, but humans may not do it for much longer. At least not for...
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ENCORE We all get defensive sometimes. For some animals, evolution has provided a highly...
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The biotech tool CRISPR lets us do more than shuffle genes. Researchers have embedded an...
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We’re hearing about harassment of, and barriers to, women seeking careers in politics and...
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Whether you yawn, gasp, sniff, snore, or sigh, you’re availing yourself of our very special...
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ENCORE You are not alone. You can’t see ‘em, but your face is a festival of face mites. They’ve...
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Lost your sense of direction? Blame your GPS. Scientists say that our reliance on dashboard...
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ENCORE Got aches and pains? Critters in the Cretaceous would have been sympathetic. A new...
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ENCORE The record of the rocks is not just the history of Earth; it’s your history too....
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Why did the chicken take antibiotics? To fatten it up and prevent bacterial infection. As a...
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