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Marmoset Baby Talk
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up, overturning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Predator & Prey Pupils
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Differences in animals’ pupil shapes distinguish predators from prey.

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Trouble with R
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Ricture Alphabet of Birds, 1874, Credit: Public Domain, via flickr
The letter “R” is one of the hardest sounds we learn to pronounce; now scientists think they’ve identified what makes it so tricky.

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Human-Induced Earthquakes
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: This house in central Oklahoma was damaged in 2011 by an earthquake caused by injection disposal wells deep below the ground., Credit: Brian Sherrod/USGS/Creative Commons License 2.0, via flickr
What’s behind the sudden surge in earthquakes in the middle of the United States?

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wi-Fi Power
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New microelectronic devices may get their energy through Wi-Fi signals.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alarm Call Mimics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A pied currawoong., Credit: Steve Igic
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Infidelity & Breadwinning
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
People who are financially dependent on their spouse June be more likely to cheat on them.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Organic Farming Economics
From: Susanne Bard
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A meta-analysis of organic farming profits indicates the practice makes economic sense.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fatherless Fish
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A juvenile smalltooth sawfish., Credit: (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
A critically endangered fish may be making up for to a lack of mates by reproducing without sex.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Coffee, Tea & Climate Change
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Coffee, tea, and cocoa are just some of the crops that could be affected by rising carbon dioxide levels and temperatures brought on by climate cha...

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  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Smart Bird Feeding
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New research reveals that careless bird feeding can harm native species.

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  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Learning with Age
From: Susanne Bard
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Both younger and older people can readily learn new information, but older people have a harder time filtering out irrelevant and distracting infor...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Playful Fish
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A cichlid fish strikes a bottom-weighted thermometer that would immediately right itself. , Credit: (Ann Hawthorne)
Some fish appear to play with objects in their tanks.

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Monarch Butterfly Genetics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Monarchs in flight., Credit: Sonia Altizer
Scientists have identified the genetic underpinnings of monarch butterfly migration.

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
2014-15 Flu Shot
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Healthy people need the flu shot every year, especially to help protect those who are more vulnerable to complications from the virus.

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spreading Viruses
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Viruses spread from room to room much more quickly than you might think.

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Brain Chip
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Improving computers by making them think more like humans.

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jumpstarting Memories
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists turn memories on and off in rats.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Saving Hawaiian Crows
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Hawaiian Crow, Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Hawaiian crow is recovering from a devastating population crash, with help from us.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Wind Temperature
From: Susanne Bard
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Moving air feels colder than still air, but what does the thermometer say?

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Arctic Pioneers
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Toolik Lake, in Alaska's Arctic wilderness., Credit: Copyright John C. Wingfield
Like the pioneers of the American West, the birds that are now settling the Arctic frontier in response to climate change aren’t necessarily the bi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Bees Tell Elephants "No Loitering"
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: the bees!

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1