Podcast Episodes

Teach Science Process over Findings

Seismologist and policy advisor Lucy Jones says science education needs to teach how science works more than just what it finds out.

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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Human Diet Drugs Kill Mosquitoes' Appetite, Too

When researchers fed mosquitoes a drug used to treat people for obesity, the insects were less interested in hunting for their next human meal ticket. Karen Hopkin reports.

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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Grazing Deer Alter Forest Acoustics

Deer populations have exploded in North American woodlands, changing forest ecology—and how sounds, like birdsong, travel through the trees. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Elephant Weight Cycles with New Teeth

Elephants have six sets of teeth over their lives, sometimes two sets at once. At those times, they can extract more nutrition from food and put on weight.

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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Finally Over for Mars Rover

The rover Opportunity has called it quits after working for more than 14 years on Mars.

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Our Brains Really Remember Some Pop Music

Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Biologists Track Tweets to Monitor Birds

Conservation biologists can track the whereabouts of endangered species by the sounds they make, avoiding cumbersome trackers and tags. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Desalination Could Cause Ecological Sea Change

An environmental assessment of the nation's largest desalination plant finds mixed results. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Different Humpback Whale Groups Meet to Jam

Humpback populations from the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet up south of Africa and trade song stylings.

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago

Rocking Helps Adults Sleep Too

Adult humans, as well as mice, slept better when gently rocked.

Published on 6 years, 10 months ago