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Thinkin stinkin: Why we smell
You may have noticed some strong smells coming from your feet, your friend's breath, or your brother's armpit. Where do these body odors come from? W…
6 years, 9 months ago
Forever echo: Can a sound wave go on forever?
Today we shout out our love for the ECHO! (echo echo) Discover how these curious callbacks happen and why we hear them in some places but not others.…
6 years, 10 months ago
The hows and whys of hair
The hair on our heads is on our minds. We have fun with follicles and learn about how they make hair. Our experts help us decipher what makes hair bl…
6 years, 10 months ago
Mystery Sound Extravaganza 2019
This episode is an ear-tickler! Guess your way through eleven mystery sounds — one from a scientist, and ten from listeners like you! Plus, another m…
6 years, 10 months ago
Carnivores: Plants and animals that bite back
Most plants get the energy and nutrients they need from water, sunlight, air and soil. But carnivorous plants get key nutrients from a different sour…
6 years, 10 months ago
Black Holes, Wormholes and Donut Holes
Black holes happen when you have a super huge, mega-giant amount of stuff --- crammed into a super-tiny, infinitely-small amount of space. AND THEY A…
6 years, 11 months ago
Walking on walls: How ants and spiders do it
Ants and spiders are able to defy gravity -- but how do they do it? We'll learn about how awesome their feet are and how one predator takes advantage…
6 years, 11 months ago
My air came from where?! How oxygen gets around
Oxygen is quite the savvy traveler. We explore how this gas travels all around the world and ends up pretty much everywhere for us to breathe. Plus w…
6 years, 11 months ago
How do airplanes fly?
How do planes stay in the air? And how did humans figure out that it wasn’t enough to just strap wings to our arms and flap them like birds?
We’ll fin…
7 years ago
Memory and deja vu
In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane. We visit a campus full of hippos to learn how memories are stored, and drop in on a badger trainer …
7 years ago