A Moment of Science: Audio

“If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” But what if there were a way to make kitchens less hot?

Put this in your pipe and smoke it, with today's A Moment of Science.

When you burst out crying, you expect the bleary red eyes and the rivers of tears that stream down your cheeks. But on top of all that, your nose starts to run like a faucet. Why does this happen?

Climate scientists need models to help study the impacts of climate change. Feedback loops play an essential role in these models.

How do books and audiobooks differ in your brain?

Unlike social bees like the bumblebee, solitary bees don't have queens or worker bees, and they don't reside together in colonies.

There have been many advancements in online education in recent years, but our youngest students will still face some difficulties.

Rare earths are vital to green technologies, like wind turbines and electric cars, that will allow us to quit burning fossil fuels and solve the crisis of global climate change. They are vital for promising new technologies like quantum computers.

Have you ever seen a cartoon of a sleeping opossum hanging upside down by its tail? Well, you may be surprised to learn that 'possums don't actually sleep that way.

Having a thick skin is good if you don't want teasing to affect you. But what does it mean for our bodies?

In 2017, astronomers observed one of the most important and mysterious cosmic events: an explosion known as a kilonova.

Animals with stripes really stand out when you look at them. How could this pattern possible help them hide from predators?

There have always been anecdotes about stress causing hair to turn grey, but is there any scientific evidence to back these claims?

We have our circadian rhythm, but how does time impact other animals?

The huge ice sheet covering Greenland is pivotal to the threat of rising sea levels, but it presents some difficulties for scientists.