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:
Have you ever wondered how the pain from a stubbed toe makes it's way from your foot to your brain so you can say "ouch!?" Learn more on this Moment of Science.
Lab mice are kept in cold labs which can be a huge problem.
When you boil potatoes on the stove top, it can take half an hour to cook them 'til tender. However, when you boil them in a pressure cooker, presto, they're ready in about five minutes. What's the difference? What makes pressure cookers cook so quickly? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
Did you know it seems we're discovering a new exoplanet every week?
Solar tornadoes are solar gases swirling in monstrous formations deep within the sun's atmosphere, measuring the width of several Earths.
Scientists studying zebra finch brains have identified about 2000 vocalization genes in a brain region known as Area X.
What do you know about Count Rumford? He was an 18th century munitions supervisor in Munich. While he was boring cannon barrels, he discovered something about heat. Learn more on this Moment of Science.
Your body uses three senses to keep you balanced--to tell you what's up and down.
Have you ever wondered what species of shark is the absolute largest? Most people would probably guess the great white, which averages about 12 to 16 feet long. However, the great white is not the largest living species of shark. Learn more on this Moment of Science.
Which species of shark is the meanest? What would your guess be, maybe a great white? Well, there's really no such thing as a "mean" shark. Learn more on this Moment of Science.
There's almost no difference between one person's vocal cords and another's, except that men generally have larger vocal cords than women.
Fira is a typical Greek city overlooking the Aegean Sea but 35 hundred years ago, it was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in historic times.
Here's a simple question: what makes tape sticky? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
Have you ever stopped to wonder why sex and violence so often go hand in hand? How come nobody complains about violence and gardening, say, or sex and bowling? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
According a recent study, there's only really one proven way to help kids lose weight, and that's by parents losing weight themselves.
