WFIU-FM: A Moment of Science: Audio Podcast
Summary: You have questions and A Moment of Science has answers. These two-minute audio podcasts provide the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries. There's no need to be blinded by science. Explore it, have fun with it, but most of all learn from it. A Moment of Science is a production of WFIU Public Media from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Podcasts:
A Moment Of Science takes a scientific look at an old myth.
You may have seen a cat fall from a tree or high rooftop; ever wonder how felines can survie such great falls? Find out on this Moment of Science.
When losing is winning in the complicated social world of baboons.
We've all heard about someone who's torn an ACL, but do we really know what that means?
Ever wonder why your stomach makes all that noise when you're hungry?
According to new research, stress can profoundly affect the way our brains interpret olfactory signals.
While science still has a long ways to go, new research gives us hope that we may be able to make a real lightsaber someday.
Iron is necessary to maintaining a healthy body, but did you know too much can actually be dangerous?
Scientists have recently added a species of lemur to the list of animals that are capable of interspecies communication.
There are a million space rocks nearby. Astronomers have only mapped about 9,700 of them.
When it comes to saving the Earth from threatening astroids, Bruce Willis can only do so much.
In order to reach Mars, our astronauts may have to stop by a lassoed astroid first.
There are emergency exits, emergency slides, emergency air masks and emergency flotation devices. Why not parachutes too?
Lizards don't really breathe and walk at the same time. Does this mean that dinosaurs couldn't either?
Today we throw them away, but tomorrow rice husks may be how we power our cars.
