Science Update

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Science Update is the daily, one-minute radio feature of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS0. Broadcast nationally since 1988, Science Update covers research in all areas of science, from aardvarks to zygotes and even, on rare occasions, aardvark zygotes. We also answer listener questions phoned into our toll-free line 1-800-WHY-ISIT (4748) or emailed from our website, www.scienceupdate.com. Stories come from major scientific journals including Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physics Review Letters and Science magazine, as well as major scientific conferences and the results of our reporters snooping around labs.

Series

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117 Pieces

Science Update is a daily, 60-second feature covering the latest science news in a fun, accessible style. This multi-award winning show has been on the air nationally since January of 1988.


Pieces

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Merging living muscle with synthetic bones.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Some lizards thrive despite a toxic pigment that turns their blood green.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Are ape beds cleaner than ours?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WLPR , WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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What if you could have someone else’s memories?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, WLPR and more


  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Footprints reveal an encounter between human hunters and the now extinct giant ground sloth.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Researchers make a map of the brain cells that transmit pain.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: The Moon., Credit: Susanne Bard
Could a well-thrown baseball sail from the moon’s surface into orbit?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Radio Catskill, WTIP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
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A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Bowhead whale and calf., Credit: (NOAA/National Ocean Service)
The songs of Arctic bowhead whales are constantly changing.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5