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A Moment of Science

Indiana Public Media

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.

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Dad called Dibs: First Pick for Feasting

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2024/10/07

Dad called Dibs: First Pick for Feasting

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Blue Lobsters

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2024/10/03

Blue Lobsters

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Pine Processionary Caterpillars

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2024/10/02

Pine Processionary Caterpillars

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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2024/10/01

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Cats Who Flex

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2024/09/30

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Cows have their own personal preferences

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2024/09/27

Cows, like people, have preferences, and those preferences impact behavior, especially when it comes to grazing.

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Are you recollecting or reconstructing?

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2024/09/26

We all assume that we remember things that have happened to us with great accuracy--after all, we were there!

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Camouflage isn't perfect

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2024/09/25

There are a few camouflage survival strategies, but there's no perfect solution to blend into the background.

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A trip to the beach with Earth's largest marine reptile

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2024/09/24

In 2020 amateur fossil hunter Justin Reynolds and his eleven year old daughter Ruby were walking along a beach near their home in Somerset, England when Ruby spotted something interesting.

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Our brains and confirmation bias

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2024/09/23

Learn about confirmation bias with a simple experiment

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You've gotta have hearts

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2024/09/20

Octopuses have three hearts, each one crucial to maintaining the robust blood pressure that allows them to be active hunters and powerful swimmers.

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Take a look at that: The eyes of the Opiliones

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2024/09/19

Spiders have eight eyes, horseshoe crabs have ten, and, daddy longlegs only have two. Or do they?

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What not to do with your microwave

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2024/09/18

Microwave ovens are wonderful, revolutionary cooking devices. But there are some things that you cannot, or should not, do with microwaves.

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Eggcellent equipment, eggcellent results

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2024/09/17

Egg whites are often touted as a health food, filled with more proteins than fat-rich yolks. Surprisingly, though, those proteins are also the secret to some of the most decadent creations like pillowy meringues, airy soufflés, and all manner of delicate cakes.

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What are anacondas really like?

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2024/09/16

Hollywood's version of the snake in the movie "Anaconda" was pure fantasy--a 100 foot long giant with an appetite for B-movie actors

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Working memory and math anxiety

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2024/09/13

Does doing math make you anxious? A Moment of Science has more on why that might be.

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Are dragon myths based in reality?

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2024/09/12

There are stories and myths about dragons from everywhere--from Europe to China to Australia to the Americas. Couldn't there be some reality behind the myth?

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'Cause I eats me spinach

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2024/09/11

If you want to get strong, you're supposed to eat spinach like Popeye. But how powerful is that leafy green really?

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Hyenas once stalked the Arctic

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2024/09/10

We know from ancient skeletal remains that around one million years ago, hyenas of the Chasmaporthetes genus prowled the US and Mexico. But they also stalked the tundra—a fact we’ve learned from just two fossilized molars.

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Anecdotes vs statistics: Who do you believe?

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2024/09/09

Let's say that ninety percent of the people who take a certain drug report that it works like a charm, but you know one person who says it didn't work. Would you try that drug?

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