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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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Murphy's breakfast never goes to plan

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2024/01/22

If you're eating toast, and you accidentally bump it to the floor, it seems more likely to land buttered side down.

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Bacteria feel full, too

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2024/01/19

We've been hearing a lot about the importance of gut bacteria. Now it seems that bacteria also have a say in how and when we eat.

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How the motor cortex treats words

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2024/01/18

The instant you decide to move your foot, the part of your brain's motor cortex responsible for sending commands to the foot goes into action. So what does this mean?

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What a steel!

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2024/01/17

Have you ever prepared a meal that required lots of garlic and found that after all of that chopping your hands reek of garlic for the rest of the night?

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Cafeteria plate dispensers reveal facts about atoms

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2024/01/16

You take a plate off the top of one stack. The other plates in the stack rise from below just far enough to present the next plate at the same height as the one you just took!

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Is it ok to swallow watermelon seeds?

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2024/01/15

A few seeds from fruits such as watermelons or apples passing through your digestive tract won't hurt you. But they won't help you much either.

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What exactly was Little Miss Muffet eating?

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2024/01/12

Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. But what even is that?

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Vampire bats are good at sharing

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2024/01/11

It may surprise you to learn that vampire bats are one of the most well-known examples of sharing in the animal kingdom.

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Testing your reaction time

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2024/01/10

How fast are your reflexes? Test them out with a falling dollar.

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Why don't elephants get cancer?

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2024/01/09

Since elephants are so big, they have way more cells than most animals. Which means more opportunities for elephant cells to go crazy and become cancerous. So why don't they get cancer?

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What events actually make us happy?

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2024/01/08

Major events often make people happy, but does this last very long?

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Desert ants navigate with the magnetic field

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2024/01/05

When ants first leave their nest to begin their jobs as foragers, they first have to make sure they can find their way home.

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Life thrives in the seabed of hydrothermal vents

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2024/01/04

From stories of giant monsters to little green Martians, we humans can imagine some pretty strange creatures. Life, however, offers plenty of surprises here on Earth.

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Moths are evolving to avoid city lights

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2024/01/03

Moths are a lot less attracted to artificial light than they used to be. Learn more about what that means with today's A Moment of Science!

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Recognizing different relatives

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2024/01/02

Other animals besides humans learn to recognize their relatives

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Jellyfish thrive in cold water, too

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2024/01/01

Jellyfish, delicate and soft as they may be, thrive even in places you might not go swimming—including the Arctic.

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Mona Lisa's smile: now you see it, now you don't

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2023/12/29

Any list of the world's top ten most famous paintings will surely include da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." Part of the painting's appeal is its mystery.

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Rethinking dopamine

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2023/12/28

Scientists are now considering the role that dopamine plays in our bodies’ response to other stimuli, such as surprising, new, or negative events.

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The sensitivity of dog noses

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2023/12/27

Did you know that dog’s noses can be tens of thousands of times more sensitive than ours?

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The curious case of microbial invasion

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2023/12/26

‘Biological invasion’ is a phenomenon that occurs when a foreign organism establishes within a community of organisms that it otherwise wouldn’t be associated with.

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