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Resilient Salamanders
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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New research shows that salamanders are more adaptable to warming temperatures than was thought.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cancer vs. Cancer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Turning cancer cells into cancer-fighting machines.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
477-Hannes's Discoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my newest Catalina Sky Survey Teammate, Hannes Groeller, had an excellent training night, working with Greg Leonard, on our 60 inch teles...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Orangutan Resilience
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: An orangutan mother and infant in heavily disturbed landscape dominated by oil palm plantations in the Lower Kinabatangan floodplain, Malaysia Borneo. , Credit: (HUTAN KOCP Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme)
Orangutans may be more resilient to human disturbance than once thought.

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Small Town Archaeology
From: Science Update
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A town square offers a trove of archaeological discoveries.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Songbird Culture
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Swamp Sparrow, Credit: Robert Lachlan
How a small songbird’s cultural traditions persist for more than a thousand years.

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Anteater Diet
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Giant Anteater, Credit: (Projeto Tamanduá/www.tamandua.org)
How giant anteaters get enough food into their tiny mouths to survive.

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Daily Tweet Cycle
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Human Lifespan Limits
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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When it comes to lifespan, do humans have a fixed finish line?

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Crops and Climate Change
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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High levels of CO2 may reduce levels of crop nutrients.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Green-Blooded Lizards
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some lizards thrive despite a toxic pigment that turns their blood green.

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chimpanzee Nest Microbes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Are ape beds cleaner than ours?

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Snail Memory Transfer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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What if you could have someone else’s memories?

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  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tracking Pain in the Brain
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers make a map of the brain cells that transmit pain.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Whale Skull Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

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

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Butterfly-Inspired Surgery Camera
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

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

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Plastic to Energy
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Technology for turning plastic trash into energy could keep the garbage out of the ocean.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Venomous Mammal
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Scientists decode the genome of a rare, primitive mammal with a venomous bite.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ghost Fishing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers use sonar to locate lost fishing gear that harms sealife.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Infant Logic
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Infants use an early form of deductive reasoning.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Clean Fish Learn Better
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: A wrasse "cleans" a larger fish. , Credit: Simon Gingins
Reef fish make better decisions when smaller fish keep them clean.

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Spreading False News
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why false news spreads faster than the truth on social media.

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rock Water
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Earth's bedrock helps many forests survive drought.

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4