Podcasts – A Moment of Science
Summary: You have questions and A Moment of Science has answers. Short science videos and audio science 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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- Artist: A Moment of Science (amomentofscience.org)
- Copyright: 2017
Podcasts:
Magnesite is a carbonate mineral, which means it captures CO2 when it's formed.
The shape of hair follicles determines whether human hair is curly or straight.
Fathers play a large role in influencing their children's attitudes toward the dentist.
Crabgrass releases chemicals that reduce the amount of carbon in the surrounding soil in order to eliminate competing plants.
AI robots can develop prejudices independent of human error.
Recent research suggests that math is not a language.
New research shows how fireflies use their flashing bodies to avoid bats.
A recent study indicates that reading fiction helps improve the brain's capacity for creativity.
The Goblin, 2015 TG387, is a dwarf planet at the edge of our solar system.
The discovery of a strange virus living in a hot, acidic lake may hold the answer to the evolution of DNA as today's most common genetic molecule.
Modern human beings, Homo sapiens, and our closest relatives are called hominins.
I've heard a lot about how antioxidants can help prevent disease. Does that mean that I should eat as much antioxidant rich foods as possible?
In 2018, a team of American and Italian scientists published an important new discovery about the function of the lymphatic vessels around the brain.
Meet the rainbow weevil.
An arctic plant of the late Pleistocene age, over 31,000 years old, is growing again after a long frozen sleep.
