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Elephants can discriminate between human voices that pose a threat to their safety and those that do not.
- Added: Mar 15, 2014
- Length: 01:01
Different cultures have different expectations and preferences when it comes to robot design.
- Added: Mar 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00
If metal isn’t supposed to go in microwave ovens, why do some of them have metal racks?
Bought by KREV-LP
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Grapefruit can interact in potentially dangerous ways with a variety of prescription medications.
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Holy algae, batfish, we need you to clean up that reef! When researchers wanted to know what fish on Australia's Great Barrier Reef was best at rem...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Apparently, China's pandas could use some help. It seems that some of the males have lost their moves, their mojo, their get down and boogy...well ...
Bought by KOSU and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Oct 28, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
"Pygmy possum" and "giant rat." They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in th...
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- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you're doing scientific research!
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- Added: Aug 20, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Domestic tranquility has its place, but we all need a little walk on the wild side from time to time. And, apparently, the same goes for bees...
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- Added: Aug 20, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Now here's a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated...
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- Added: Jul 25, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The kraken is a fictitious Scandinavian sea monster...But this fiction is borrowed from fact. There really is a giant squid called the Humboldt.
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
i-Pods powered by Kool-Aid? They might be just around the corner.
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
You know, I'd like to meet the person who cut down the last palm tree on Easter Island. What were they thinking?
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:29
Cougars are important predators in many ecosystems. But the magnificent cats are elusive by nature, making it tough for conservationists to track t...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Who's the longest-lived human on record? Jeanne Calment of France -- 122 years!
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Farmers are turning to "companion planting," an agricultural trick that Native Americans came up with centuries ago.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Tracking whale sharks is a tricky business. But conservationists have come up with a hi-tech solution, an ingenious new device that allows research...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Today, you can recharge many gadgets with solar power.
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
It's an invasive little mollusk that's costing the U.S. billions. Its name? The Zebra mussel.
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- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Wind is the world's fastest-growing energy source, with an average annual growth rate of 29 percent over the last 10 years. Wind-driven turbines co...
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- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Toilet bowl cleaner, cough medicine, and rubber duckies have something in common: they're all made with chemicals. In fact, most of today?s product...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Here's a story that?ll stick with you! We're talking about sticky stuff - glue - and the mussels that make it.
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- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Here's a "rain dance" worth following. It's called cloud seeding, and it's been around for decades. Millions of dollars are spent each year on clou...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A technology that's used for offshore drilling is benefiting marine biologists worldwide.
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
"Rain gardens" are one way you can help limit stormwater drainage. They collect storm water and allow it to soak into the soil.
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
