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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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Climate change is making insects eat more crops

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2024/07/17

Scientists are saying that as the climate warms and temperatures rise, we might lose more crops to insects.

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Brick by magnetic brick

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2024/07/16

Did you know that ancient bricks are magnetic?

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Pandas always know what's for dinner

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2024/07/15

These days, pandas have bamboo for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But that wasn't always the case.

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Emotion differentiation makes you less angry

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2024/07/12

Although we all get angry at times, for some people anger turns to aggression, while for others it doesn’t. The reasons for this have to do with how we regulate our emotions.

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An amphibian mother feeds her offspring with 'milk'

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2024/07/11

Human mothers secrete milk to feed their babies. So do other mammals. Biologists now know that many other kinds of animal mothers also secrete milk-like nutritious substances to feed their offspring.

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Cultured fruit flies

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2024/07/10

Fruit flies might not have manners when they invade your home, but they do have culture.

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The ocean's fish need more clean water

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2024/07/09

Making their way through polluted water, fish become disoriented, as sights, smells, and sounds crowd the waters. Chemical and noise pollution, and reduced water clarity, interfere with the senses, as well as the fishes’ natural instincts.

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Putting science on display at the Great Exhibition of...

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2024/07/08

These days, you can hear about self-driving cars when you turn on the news, or you can browse store shelves for high-tech gadgets. But in the mid-nineteenth century, there was one go-to place for the public to view scientific achievement: the Great Exhibition.

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Optics and glue

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2024/07/05

A simple exercise to do at home with A Moment of Science

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Would you drink this?

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2024/07/04

Would you drink a mixture of acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, acetone, acetic acid, and a few of the compounds known as hexenals, which give fresh-cut grass is characteristic odor?

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Schools of fish are silent swimmers

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2024/07/03

Swimming in a school has a lot of benefits for fish, from social opportunities to avoiding predators to finding more food.

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Orangutans talk about the past

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2024/07/02

Researchers have heard orangutans make the noise after the danger has passed—a sign that they’re communicating about the past, and the first evidence that primates other than humans have that ability.

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Making an egg-cellent cake

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2024/07/01

Craving dessert? Today’s episode considers some particularly sweet science: the importance of eggs for baking a cake.

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It's not just the heat, it's the humidity

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2024/06/27

If the air temperature gets close to our body temperature, something more is needed to keep the skin cooler than the inner body. We sweat.

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Coprophagy keeps birds healthy

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2024/06/26

By human standards, some animals’ eating habits are strange, and even disgusting. One example is coprophagy—eating poop.

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How to see what soap does to water

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2024/06/25

Water molecules attract each other. The molecules at the surface of a body of water make a film under tension. That film is strong enough to support a needle or a small insect like a water strider.

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Your friendly Amazonian slingshot spider

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2024/06/24

Researchers reported that they discovered a tiny spider in the Peruvian Amazon rain forest that has a behavior that’s surprisingly similar to the web-slinging superhero.

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Reflecting on how others see you

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2024/06/21

One mirror is not enough to see yourself as others see you. When you look at a bathroom mirror you see an image of yourself with left and right reversed.

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The fault that runs through Scotland

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2024/06/20

If you look at a map of Scotland, you may notice a line cutting straight through the country. This line, called the Great Glen Fault, is the result of a long geological history that has in turn impacted the history of Scotland itself.

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Why does cotton wrinkle?

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2024/06/19

A cool, dry cotton fiber springs back after being bent. A warm, damp cotton fiber doesn't. Moisture and temperature make the difference.

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