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Sonic Boom: Chocolate Pounds

February 13, 2026

Unless you’re a competitive eater, you probably don’t have to worry about gaining pounds of fat in a …

February 10, 2026

Collisions with birds are a serious threat to both military and civilian airplanes. And, yes, the …

December 17, 2025

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

December 23, 2024

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

December 12, 2024

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

December 9, 2024

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

December 6, 2024

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

September 26, 2024

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

January 31, 2022

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

January 1, 2022

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

December 27, 2021

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

October 29, 2021

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