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A Moment of Science

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A Moment of Science is a daily audio podcast, public radio program and video series providing the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries.

1212 - Why do square waves happen?

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1212 - Why do square waves happen?
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 02min
1211 - Humans have been hanging out with cats for almost 10,000 years
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 02min
1210 - Prehistoric air conditioning
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 02min
1209 - Genetic mutation and pain
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 02min
1208 - Walking uphill is hard work
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 - 02min
1207 - Why do giraffes need such long necks?
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 02min
1206 - How mosquitoes will be impacted by global warming
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 02min
1205 - The unique species of the tufted deer
Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 02min
1204 - Virtual reality and yawning
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 02min
1203 - Not all antioxidants are the same
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 02min
1202 - Moths use acoustic camouflage
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 02min
1201 - Why do humans like coffee?
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 02min
1200 - What makes swatting a fly so hard?
Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 02min
1199 - The mysteries of Oumuamua
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 02min
1198 - Red cone, green cone
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 - 02min
1197 - Tsunamis in the oceans of Mars
Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 02min
1196 - Fighting back against root rot
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 02min
1195 - In the atmosphere, microbes are walking on air
Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 02min
1194 - The ant with moves like a cheetah
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 02min
1193 - Background noise and sleep quality
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 02min
1192 - Different rates of sea level rise
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 02min
1191 - Ant doctors
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 02min
1190 - How your attitude affects your body
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 02min
1189 - Can animals tell time?
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 02min
1188 - Could The Gulf Stream collapse?
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 02min
1187 - Ice age plant survived the big chill
Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 02min
1186 - Every time you eat a fig, remember a fig wasp lost its wings
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 02min
1185 - Study links air pollution and a decline in cognitive function
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 02min
1184 - The jellyfish that never grows old
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 02min
1183 - The great cilantro debate
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 02min
1182 - Elephant grandmothers means more elephant calves
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 02min
1181 - Looks delicious! The connection between appearance and taste
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 02min
1180 - Escaping alive from a frog's stomach
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 02min
1179 - Copy your neighbors, but only when they're successful
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 02min
1178 - Why are operating rooms so cold?
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 02min
1177 - Starfish are all heads, no tails
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 02min
1176 - Skeptics think about vaccines differently
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 02min
1175 - Walked or swam? An index can answer
Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 02min
1174 - Play and the brain
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 02min
1173 - What we can learn from ancient climate records
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 02min
1172 - Tetrataenite as a solution to the rare earth crisis
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 02min
1171 - The effects of bismuth in Pepto Bismol
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 02min
1170 - King Tut's dagger from space
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 02min
1169 - Where does bitterness come from? Ask the sharks
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 02min
1168 - Remembering the past, as a baby
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 02min
1167 - Why are sunrises faster than sunsets?
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 02min
1166 - The temperature of ice on a hot day
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 02min
1165 - Do brains differ with biology?
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 02min
1164 - Mauveine: The first synthetic dye
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 02min
1163 - Can plants hear?
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 - 02min
1162 - Patient HM: Henry Molaison and the neuroscience of memory
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 02min
1161 - Monkeys can be petty, too
Tue, 13 Feb 2024 - 02min
1160 - Snowshoes and physics
Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 02min
1159 - Dogs can recognize their own species
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 02min
1158 - Being able to stomach bugs
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 02min
1157 - Are eyes evolving?
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 02min
1156 - The proteins in dinosaur feathers
Tue, 06 Feb 2024 - 02min
1155 - UFO attack or meteor fragments?
Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 02min
1154 - Beans get their flavor from yeast
Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 02min
1153 - Solving a new problem with an old remedy
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 - 02min
1152 - Think like a penguin: Finding your niche
Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 02min
1151 - Going for a spin and getting dizzy
Tue, 30 Jan 2024 - 02min
1150 - The risk astronauts take with the Sun
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 02min
1149 - Are you a tick magnet?
Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 02min
1148 - What are contrails?
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 - 02min
1147 - How does carbon dioxide impact our ability to think?
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 02min
1146 - Dinosaurs may have had malaria
Tue, 23 Jan 2024 - 02min
1145 - Murphy's breakfast never goes to plan
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 02min
1144 - Bacteria feel full, too
Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 02min
1143 - How the motor cortex treats words
Thu, 18 Jan 2024 - 02min
1142 - What a steel!
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 - 02min
1141 - Cafeteria plate dispensers reveal facts about atoms
Tue, 16 Jan 2024 - 02min
1140 - Is it ok to swallow watermelon seeds?
Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 02min
1139 - What exactly was Little Miss Muffet eating?
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 02min
1138 - Vampire bats are good at sharing
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 02min
1137 - Testing your reaction time
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 02min
1136 - Why don't elephants get cancer?
Tue, 09 Jan 2024 - 02min
1135 - What events actually make us happy?
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 02min
1134 - Desert ants navigate with the magnetic field
Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 02min
1133 - Life thrives in the seabed of hydrothermal vents
Thu, 04 Jan 2024 - 02min
1132 - Moths are evolving to avoid city lights
Wed, 03 Jan 2024 - 02min
1131 - Recognizing different relatives
Tue, 02 Jan 2024 - 02min
1130 - Jellyfish thrive in cold water, too
Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 02min
1129 - Mona Lisa's smile: now you see it, now you don't
Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 02min
1128 - Rethinking dopamine
Thu, 28 Dec 2023 - 02min
1127 - The sensitivity of dog noses
Wed, 27 Dec 2023 - 02min
1126 - The curious case of microbial invasion
Tue, 26 Dec 2023 - 02min
1125 - What's the difference between hair and fur?
Mon, 25 Dec 2023 - 02min
1124 - Bees have figured out some sweet, sweet math
Fri, 22 Dec 2023 - 02min
1123 - Making a new mouth for every meal
Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 02min
1122 - DNA and RNA in a genetic museum
Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 02min
1121 - How cockroaches get away
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 02min
1120 - Seeing color out of the corner of your eye
Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 01min
1119 - Tardigrades are even stranger than they appear
Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 01min
1118 - The mermaid, the witch, and climate change?
Thu, 14 Dec 2023 - 02min
1117 - MRI, CT, and PET scans, oh my!
Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 02min
1116 - You are what you eat, even for extinct Caribbean rodents
Tue, 12 Dec 2023 - 02min
1115 - Firefly flashes are mating signals
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 02min
1114 - The ocean is changing color
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 - 02min
1113 - What makes fluorescent colors so bright?
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 - 01min

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