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NASA Announces Historic Cat Video Transmission

December 23, 2024

In what is undoubtedly a first in the history of space exploration, a NASA spacecraft 19 million …

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Does Skunk Smell Repel Skunks?

December 12, 2024

When a curious caller from Baltimore asked us whether skunks were repelled by the smell of other …

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Eight Steps to Save Bugs

December 9, 2024

Insect populations are declining worldwide, and insect species are becoming extinct at an …

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Are Avocado Pits Edible?

December 6, 2024

  What is it about fruit pits? Science Update listeners called and emailed about them …

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Glowing Wounds

September 26, 2024

Sometimes, strange-sounding legends can have some truth in them, and can even lead to important …

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A Solstice Story

December 12, 2023

Once upon a time, about 4.5 billion years ago, back when Earth was just a baby planet, our young …

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Mayan Bee Rescue

January 31, 2022

The Maya Riviera is a 40-mile strip of coast on the Yucatan Peninsula, from Puerto Morelos to Tulum. …

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Bob Hirshon’s Science Year in Review: 2021

January 1, 2022

The year 2021 was definitely better than 2020, in the sense that getting beaten senseless with a …

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E.O. Wilson: World Champion

December 27, 2021

World-famous evolutionary biologist and entomologist E.O. Wilson died on Sunday, leaving behind a …

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Love Bugs?

October 29, 2021

If you love bugs, there’s a lot to love: Insects and other small terrestrial arthropods (aka, …

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Two Very Important Things You Need to Know About Bees

October 26, 2021

Bees the world over would rejoice if everyone knew just two things about them: what they …

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Cicada Brood X is Gone (But They’ll Be Back)

October 20, 2021

A Fond Farewell to the Brood X Invasion. In the spring of 2021, everyone lucky/cursed enough to live …

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