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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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Contagious Cognitive Vulnerability

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2025/12/18

When you're in a stressful situation, do you react positively or negatively? The answer may depend in part on whom you're around.

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When Experiments Fail to Replicate

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2025/12/17

The results of any scientific study should be reproducible, right? So, what happens when the results of a study don’t replicate?

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Pirate Perch

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2025/12/16

These predatory fish are as ruthless as any pirate sailing the seven seas. They were even abandoned by the aquarium market when they were found to eat all their tank mates.

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Imagining and Seeing

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2025/12/15

Neuroscientists have made important discoveries about imagination as an unexpected bonus from studying the parts of the cerebral cortex involved in vision.

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Electrical Near death Experience

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2025/12/12

Near death experiences often involve things like seeing a bright white light, or floating out of your body. Is there a scientific explanation for these phenomena?

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Saccadic Suppression

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2025/12/11

Have you ever noticed that you can’t see your own eye movements?

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Macrauchenia

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2025/12/10

Charles Darwin said it was one of the strangest animals ever discovered.

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Depressing Night Work

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2025/12/09

For the night shift worker, sleep happens during the day. How does this affect overall health?

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Venutian Volcanoes

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2025/12/08

Did scientists discover evidence of a volcanic eruption on Venus?

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Why the Brain Has So Many Folds

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2025/12/05

The human brain is an incredible thing, but honestly, it's not much to look at. Just a big, gray, foldy lump. Why does the brain look a lot like a scrunched-up piece of paper?

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Mistletoe's Missing Genes

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2025/12/04

Scientists at Indiana University discovered the first plant or animal that lacks several genes involved in energy production in cells.

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"Never" Events

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2025/12/03

Doctors have a term for mistakes. They call them "never" events, as in things that should never, ever happen

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Fish on Drugs

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2025/12/02

Wastewater often contains trace amounts of drug products. Fish living in such drug laced rivers end up paying a price.

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Facebook and Loneliness

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2025/12/01

Is it detrimental to your health to constantly update your Facebook status?

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A Remedy for the Runs

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2025/11/28

Here's the "scoop": Doctors have been having remarkable success with a rather unconventional type of treatment: fecal transplantation.

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The Rest is Gravy

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2025/11/27

Time to make turkey gravy! You can use flour or cornstarch as the thickening agent. Does it make a difference which you choose? How do thickeners thicken, anyway?

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Birds of a Feather Flock Together

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2025/11/26

Isn't it interesting how some people's personalities are extremely constant while others change based on the situation? Animals are no different!

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Liquid Sunshine

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2025/11/25

Radium was a popular health additive at the time of its discovery. What were they thinking?

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Wanted: Yellowstone Beavers

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2025/11/24

In the late 90's wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park to help cull the elk population. But there was still one problem: beavers.

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Lights, Music, Calories

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2025/11/21

How does restaurant ambiance affect how much we eat?

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