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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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Genetic mutation and pain

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2024/04/19

Did you know it’s possible to have a gene mutation that really does make bumping into furniture or even getting surgery totally painless?

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Walking uphill is hard work

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2024/04/18

What makes walking uphill so much harder?

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Why do giraffes need such long necks?

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2024/04/17

Have you ever wondered why giraffes have such long necks?

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How mosquitoes will be impacted by global warming

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2024/04/16

Scientists think that as many as a billion people around the world could be newly exposed to the diseases spread by mosquitoes within the next fifty years as global temperatures rise.

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The unique species of the tufted deer

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2024/04/15

This small species lives throughout southern China, from high eastern Tibetan mountains to low coastal mountains, preferring forests and shrubby habitats. And its most interesting feature is its tusks.

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The mysteries of Oumuamua

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2024/04/05

In October, 2017 astronomers at Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii discovered something strange. It was an object, moving through the solar system too fast to have been captured by the sun’s gravitational pull.

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Red cone, green cone

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2024/04/04

Did you know that compared to creatures such as dogs and cats, humans can distinguish millions more shades of color?

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Tsunamis in the oceans of Mars

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2024/04/03

There's evidence that the northern lowlands of Mars are the basin of a huge ocean that existed more than 3 billion years ago, and covered about a third of the planet's surface.

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Fighting back against root rot

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2024/04/02

Root rot is a condition of indoor and outdoor plants. Root rot may be caused by poorly drained or overwatered soil, or soil-borne pathogens and nematodes.

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In the atmosphere, microbes are walking on air

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2024/04/01

Microbes are everywhere, from the deepest ocean to the highest mountaintop. They're also in the air all around, riding the breeze up, up, up into sky.

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The ant with moves like a cheetah

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2024/03/29

But a cheetah isn’t the fastest animal in the world, even though a lot of people think it is. The animal that can move the fastest is actually a lot smaller: the Dracula ant.

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Background noise and sleep quality

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2024/03/29

Background white noise can help some peoples’ sleep quality by minimizing the length of time it takes them to get to sleep. So, what exactly is white noise?

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Different rates of sea level rise

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2024/03/29

Mid-Atlantic states such as North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland have been hit particularly hard by rising sea levels

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Ant doctors

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2024/03/29

Do other species have healthcare?

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How your attitude affects your body

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2024/03/29

Our attitudes might affect us more than our genes do.

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Can animals tell time?

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2024/03/22

Does your pet give you the evil eye when they get fed a few minutes late? Its like they know...but do they?

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Could The Gulf Stream collapse?

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2024/03/21

The Gulf Stream is a current of warm water in the North Atlantic Ocean that travels up the Eastern coast of North America. Media reports have raised concerns that it may collapse as the climate warms due to human activities like burning fossil fuels.

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Ice age plant survived the big chill

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2024/03/20

Like a science fiction time traveler, an arctic plant of the late Pleistocene age, over 31,000 years old, was resurrected after a long frozen sleep.

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Every time you eat a fig, remember a fig wasp lost...

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2024/03/19

Figs have their thousands of individual flowers folded up inside them, so they can't rely on bees or wind to pollinate them with a male fig's pollen. That's where the fig wasp comes in.

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Study links air pollution and a decline in cognitive...

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2024/03/18

Has your brain been feeling foggy lately? Or maybe, smoggy? If you live somewhere affected by air pollution, there might be a connection.

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