Podcasts – A Moment of Science

Ants To The Rescue

In 2019 ethologists published evidence that a species of harvester ants will rescue their nest...

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Super Rabbit

Five million year old rabbit fossils found on the island of Minorca were six times the size of...

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The Genetic Benefits Of Sleep

Humans spend about a third of their lives asleep. Sleep seems essential for all animals that have...

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The Science Of Cricket Fights

Scientists tested male field crickets in competitions where they paired males with similar body...

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Was The Lorax Really A Monkey?

A new study argues that the Dr. Seuss character The Lorax could have been inspired by a real monkey.

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The Slimy Mental Networks Of Bacteria

The human brain contains about 86 billion nerve cells, or neurons. They signal to one another...

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The Health Effects Of Coffee And Tea

Coffee has so much more caffeine than tea that the body can absorb a lot of it quickly. Tea, on...

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The Slingshot Spider

In 2019, researchers discovered a tiny spider in the Peruvian Amazon rain forest that has a...

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The Twin Benefits of Eating Less Meat

Research shows that health models and emissions models join up if people were to consume less...

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Crow Thievery

Crows are always on the lookout for others to rob, and they alter their tactics depending upon...

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The Crafty Octopus

Scientists have known for some time that octopuses make use of shells and other objects they find...

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Human Hunters Are Unique In Nature

Technology puts humans outside the constraints nature imposes on other predators and makes us...

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The Danger Of Spitting Cobras

The scariest thing about cobras is that some species don’t even have to bite you to injure you....

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Painless Genetics

Doctors in Scotland recently came across a woman who has a gene mutation that makes everything...

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The History of Continental Drift

North and South America were arranged in nearly the same positions as they are today as far back...

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Monkeys That Chew Their Cud

Proboscis monkeys from Borneo and cows have something in common: they both chew their cuds.

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The Physics Of Setting Grapes On Fire

If you cut a grape in half and put the two halves in the microwave so that they’re touching each...

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Asian Jumping Worms

Asian jumping worms are, as their name suggests, an invasive species. They were first reported in...

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Traveling Whale Barnacles

Scientists are still trying to figure out just how long whales have been making annual trips...

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Dyslexia’s Differences Across Cultures

The brains of people with dyslexia respond differently to reading alphabets than they do to...

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