WFIU-FM: A Moment of Science: Audio Podcast
Summary: You have questions and A Moment of Science has answers. These two-minute audio podcasts provide the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries. There's no need to be blinded by science. Explore it, have fun with it, but most of all learn from it. A Moment of Science is a production of WFIU Public Media from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Podcasts:
Is the ocean really turning to acid? Will it burn our skin off? What do scientists mean when they talk about "ocean acidification"?
Studies have shown synthetic estrogen can produce fish with drastically reduced reproductive capability, and thereby cause the collapse of entire populations.
Everyone has dealt with cleaning the messy lint filter after several wash cycles, but not all the lint gets trapped.
The calypso orchid is one of the most eye catching little flowers you'll see on forest floors across the Northern United States, Canada, and Europe.
The counting system of native Greenlanders not only uses all ten fingers, but all ten toes as well!
When you open a container of yogurt, you'll often see liquid collected on top. What is it, and where does it come from?
Today's Moment of Science looks at the development of the even safer cowpox vaccination.
Ten percent of the population in 17th century London died gruesomely of smallpox, a virus spread easily by airborne particles or contaminated clothing.
Did you know that roaches are not only speedy but have ninja like powers of stealthiness?
French researchers recently found that a certain type of snacking is harder on your waistline.
Guests are coming for dinner, and you're trying to prepare ahead. You drizzle dressing on the salad and refrigerate it, with plenty of time before the guests arrive. A couple hours later when you go to serve the sprightly greens, you find that they've transformed into a soggy, discolored mess. What happened? Why does dressing make lettuce wilt so quickly? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
I keep hearing about studies suggesting that parents are less happy than childless couples and single people without children. How sound is this science?
Scientists have found fossilized remains of dragonflies with wingspans several feet in diameter.
Does eating at "bad hours" affect weight?
Some researchers are now considering the hypothesis that human speech evolved not from primate sounds but more from monkey facial gestures.
