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790-Vivian’s Debut
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M
My new Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Vivian Carjaval was scheduled for three 13h long winter nights for her first solo observing run on our Schmidt ...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Under COVID-19, Nursing Students Learn to Treat Patients Online
From: Lucas Woods
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Some New York City nursing students learning with virtual, simulated patients under the pandemic have concerns they will miss out on vital skills.

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 02:56
586-Northern PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was observing in the constellation of Ursae Major with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona wh...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
582-Stealthy Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroids which approach Earth from inside of our orbit about the Sun are often difficult to discover and may represent a unique threat to our home...

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
576-Loneliest Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A recently discovered asteroid spends most of its time high above the plane of the solar system far from our Sun. Unknown asteroids on such a path...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
574-Record Year
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 2019, asteroid hunters set a new record by discovering 2,433 Earth approaching objects including 85 which could potentially become a threat to p...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
547-Impact Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A given piece of ground on Mars receives several times more space rock impacts than a similar sized area on Earth. Perhaps, in the future the Marti...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
510-Fourth Closest
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Ten hours and 46 minutes after my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard discovered a Toyota RAV4 sized space rock, now named 2018 UA, streaking...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
509-Close
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Until recently the discovery of very close approaching asteroids was rare, however, due to improvements in telescopes, cameras, and computers aster...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Giraffe Spot Inheritance
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Scientists discover that giraffes inherit their spots.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
1918 Flu Pandemic Lessons
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The 1918 influenza pandemic killed 50 million people., Credit: US Army
Scientists are learning from history’s most deadly pandemic.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Wild Bird Song Learning
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A new study shows that birds can learn from recordings in the wild.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
The 2017 Bee-Clipse
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The 2017 total eclipse on August 21, 2017, Credit: Susanne Bard
The 2017 total solar eclipse captured the public imagination and taught kids about bees.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dog Vocabulary
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Do dogs understand our words?, Credit: Susanne Bard
How much human language does your dog really understand?

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 10
Virtual Reality & Empathy
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Virtual reality experiences could boost empathy.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
505-What A Night
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To give you an idea of the celestial traffic in our neighborhood, on a recent clear night, using our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, my C...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Skunk vs. Skunk
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A listener wants to know if skunks are repelled by their own smell.

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Altruistic Toddlers
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The most helpful toddlers show empathy when they’re infants.

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Gender & STEM Achievement
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Girls get slightly higher grades in science and math worldwide than boys, but fewer enter STEM professions.

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Fish-Eating Praying Mantises
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A giant insect gobbles up guppies – and other small animals.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Early Spring
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Spring is arriving early to North American wildlife refuges because of climate change.

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Noise-Canceling Brain Circuit
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Two areas of our brain communicate to filter out the noise caused by our own movements.

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cooling Wetlands
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Marshes could help cool off of increasingly hot summer conditions.

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Solar & Wind Power for the Sahara Desert
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Merzouga, Morocco Sahara desert camel trek, Credit: Evaldas Liutkus/Flickr/CCO
Solar and wind farms would provide abundant electricity to the Sahara desert, and result in increased rainfall and vegetation as well.

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Queen Bees
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: What sets a worker apart from a queen bee?, Credit: maggiedurch/Pixabay
The diet of baby bees activates genes that turn some into workers and others into queens.

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6