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A daily Science, Technology and Education podcast featuring Don Glass
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A Moment of Science: Audio

A Moment of Science (amomentofscience.org)

A Moment of Science: Audio

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A Moment of Science: Audio

A Moment of Science (amomentofscience.org)

A Moment of Science: Audio

A daily Science, Technology and Education podcast featuring Don Glass
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Situs inversus totalis means that all the organs, blood vessels, and nerves in the chest and abdomen are flipped to the opposite side.
Normally you’d just see waves coming in parallel to the shore. But what if there were also waves moving perpendicular to the shore?
A grave in Cyprus from 7500 BC shows a furry feline and human owner buried together. It’s the oldest known site of a tame cat.
How did dinosaurs keep themselves cool?
Did you know it’s possible to have a gene mutation that really does make bumping into furniture or even getting surgery totally painless?
What makes walking uphill so much harder?
Have you ever wondered why giraffes have such long necks?
Scientists think that as many as a billion people around the world could be newly exposed to the diseases spread by mosquitoes within the next fifty years as global temperatures rise.
This small species lives throughout southern China, from high eastern Tibetan mountains to low coastal mountains, preferring forests and shrubby habitats. And its most interesting feature is its tusks.
There’s a big gap between how we act in virtual reality and how we act in real life, as scientists who did an experiment focused on yawning found out.
We've heard a lot about how antioxidants can help prevent disease. Does that mean we should eat as many antioxidant-rich foods as possible?
Most moth species are active at night. It must be really dangerous to be a moth. Luckily, they've developed a few ways to protect themselves.
Scientists think that animals evolved the ability to detect bitter tastes in order to avoid things that are harmful or even poisonous. So why do we like coffee?
Where most of us are concerned, the question is not whether we would hurt a fly but whether we could.
In October, 2017 astronomers at Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii discovered something strange. It was an object, moving through the solar system too fast to have been captured by the sun’s gravitational pull.
Did you know that compared to creatures such as dogs and cats, humans can distinguish millions more shades of color?
There's evidence that the northern lowlands of Mars are the basin of a huge ocean that existed more than 3 billion years ago, and covered about a third of the planet's surface.
Root rot is a condition of indoor and outdoor plants. Root rot may be caused by poorly drained or overwatered soil, or soil-borne pathogens and nematodes.
Microbes are everywhere, from the deepest ocean to the highest mountaintop. They're also in the air all around, riding the breeze up, up, up into sky.
But a cheetah isn’t the fastest animal in the world, even though a lot of people think it is. The animal that can move the fastest is actually a lot smaller: the Dracula ant.
Background white noise can help some peoples’ sleep quality by minimizing the length of time it takes them to get to sleep. So, what exactly is white noise?
Mid-Atlantic states such as North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland have been hit particularly hard by rising sea levels
Do other species have healthcare?
Our attitudes might affect us more than our genes do.
Does your pet give you the evil eye when they get fed a few minutes late? Its like they know...but do they?
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