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Jim Metzner
Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
Do birds hear any differently than we do? The answer will likely surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discovering maps of sound with the mind's ear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meet sound artist and field recordist Doug Quin, as we embark on an audio journey to the Antarctic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you find an injured or orphaned bird, who're you going to call? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For the past twenty years, wildlife bird rehabilitator Annie Mardiney has rescued thousands of birds. "They're hungry all the time!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with Hutke Fields, the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. "You have to listen to everything, including Mother Earth" A taste of the Natchez Language, the no-holds-barred game of Stickball, and what it feels like to be chosen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"We have certain ways we follow.." A conversation with the Principal Chief of the Natchez Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There is a subtle interaction - a kind of feedback loop - between birds and their environment.
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Do birds hear differently than we do? The answer will surprise you.
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A deep dive into the rainforest soundscape with field recordist Doug Quin.
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Meet sound artist and field recordist Douglas Quin, as we embark on an audio journey to the Antarctic.
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Launching our new expanded format with one of my favorite recordings, dawn at Grampians National Park in Australia. Headphones on -- this is a beautiful soundscape!! The park, located west of Melbourne, is managed by First Nation Australians. Their traditional name for the area is Brambuk. This episode includes an excerpt from an interview with Alan Burns, who when this recording was made in 2006, was the park's Cultural Heritage Protection Officer. We welcome your questions and insights at pulse@igc.org or via the contact link at pulseplanet.com.
A look back at 34 years of Pulse of the Planet as we celebrate our final radio broadcast.
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Everything you notice in the natural world can point you toward another change happening at the same time of year. Think of it as keeping your appointments with nature. John Hawkins recorded the bird sound as part of this interview.
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A morning walk in the rolling hills of northern Georgia takes place amid an ever-changing soundscape.
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It's the height of fly fishing season in New York's Catskill Mountains, home to some of the finest trout streams in the world.
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The goal of fly fishing is to attract fish with an artificial fly that looks like a real insect. These flies can be bought, but serious anglers tie their own.
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If you can cast a weightless fly to a very precise location, you've mastered one of the many skills of fly fishing.
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Fly fishing is now popular at all levels of society, but the sport started 500 years ago as a pastime for wealthy aristocrats.
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It's branding time on a New Mexico cattle ranch, but when you're raising and selling thousands of head of cattle, there's work to be done all year long.
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The life of a New Mexico cattle rancher is a constant cycle of breeding, branding and mending fences. Carlos Cornay wouldn't have it any other way.
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May is a busy month at a cattle ranch in New Mexico. It's branding time, and all the friends and family lend a hand.
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Scientists suspect that amphibian populations are on the decline worldwide.
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Monitoring amphibian populations by listening to them.
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Listeners are invited to share their favorite sounds on AmericanSoundscapes.com.
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How are Garter Snakes able to survive 8 months of hibernation with only minor weight loss?
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When it comes to Garter Snakes' spring mating rites, males compete and females chose.
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Thousands of male garter snakes are out of hibernation and ready to woo females with romantic chin rubbing and other slithery tricks.
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How does a breed of Scottish Highland cattle fare in Westchester county, New York?
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It's lambing season for Shetland Sheep.
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How infant farm animals respond to the presence of humans will affect them for the rest of their lives.
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On an New York farm, rare breeds of livestock represent a kind of insurance policy for the future.
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The natural world comes alive in a way that only music can express.
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Even in the most ordinary ponds you can hear an amazing world of sound.
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Meet an interspecies musician.
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May Day is an ancient celebration of fertility and rebirth.
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The May Day custom of dancing around a May Pole dates back to pre-Christian days.
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Where's the beaver? This week, chances are he's out working on his dam.
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Meet the bird with the fastest wings in the world.
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It's the nesting season of our national symbol, the bald eagle.
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It's mating season for sperm whales in the Indian Ocean.
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If you're in New Jersey this week, look to the skies!
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This week, Greeks around the world celebrate one of their most important holidays of the year - Orthodox Easter.
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Beautiful hymns mark the celebration of Easter at the first Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas.
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Their population has slowly been rising over last decade, but now they're facing a new threat to their survival.
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They have no enemies - except for people in boats.
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What's got the face of a walrus, the tail of a beaver, and a body that resembles an enormous potato?
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Why did the toad cross the road? Turns out he had a very compelling reason.
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What do a dinosaur skeleton and a cable car have in common?
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It's the hottest time of the year in Thailand, and the traditional Thai New Year's celebration offers a proven remedy for the heat.
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If they're napping, they can come to the surface and breathe without waking up, just by loosening the muscles that expands the air in their lungs.
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The over-pumping of Florida's aquifers may endanger the manatee's future.
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The power plants along the Florida shore have changed the manatee's migration pattern, both helping these endangered animals and hindering them.
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Geologists reconstruct the climates of yore by looking at the types of clay minerals that are preserved.
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In memory of famed conservationist Richard Leakey... In a 1989 interview with Jim, Leakey predicts there will fences around wildlife parks.
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Remembering conservationist Richard Leakey: If you farm near a wildlife park, what's to prevent a buffalo from trampling your crops?
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Remembering the late Richard Leakey, famed anthropologist and conservationist. In a 1989 interview with Jim, he unveiled his strategy to protect Kenya's elephants.
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A dawn chorus of amphibians - headphones on!
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Wherever you may be right now, odds are you're not far from clay in one form or another.
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From porcelain to plastic --
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They can dive continuously to depths of up to one mile!
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What's 16 feet long, weighs up to two tons and monopolizes the sands of Ano Nuevo every year?
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With the help of nanotechnology, one day we all may be able to communicate with our houseplants.
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The future of large scale agriculture may depend upon the use of very small scale nanoparticles.
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Currently only a fraction of the nutrients and pesticides applied to crops are actually benefiting the plants.
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India turns a rainbow hue as people lay aside their differences in celebration of Holi.
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Headphones on! Picture being under a palm tree next to a burbling brook in the middle of California's Anza-Borrego desert.
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Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently.
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Keeping rare birds home on the range.
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Up close with one of the rarest bird populations in Nort
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The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders. In memory of E.O. Wilson.
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What would happen if all the ants on earth disappeared? In Memory of E.O. Wilson.
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We're not the only species that practices animal husbandry. In Memory of E.O. Wilson.
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Individuals members of an ant colony are like cells in a body - each performing a specialized task. In memory of E.O. Wilson.
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When the weather's been cold and the Hudson River freezes over, that's when ice boats may be sailing on the river.
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In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem.
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Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song.
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In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.
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"Forget about your job, your worries, your bills.."
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The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.
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Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us.
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Ants fight, raid their enemies' colonies, and even use chemical weapons.
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The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders.
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A variety of chemical exchanges enable ants to navigate their world and coordinate their activities.
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Advanced scientific discoveries in the 21st century are addressing philosophical questions of centuries past.
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Chemical secretions bring a new meaning to the science of insect communication.
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A riddle poses a serious question about the future of life on earth.
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Science is rooted in discovery, deepening our knowledge of the physical world, and enriching the human experience.
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Australia is home to about one tenth of the world's living bird species. Here's a sampling of a few of them - headphones on!
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Headphones on for a sound portrait of a cloud forest.
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It's sugaring time in the northeast woods of the US.
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For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity.
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Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation.
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Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs.
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Harikuyo is a memorial service for the broken sewing needles of the past year, celebrated across Japan.
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Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana?
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Through trickery and ingenuity, ravens are surviving the winter in Alaska
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The precise role of the humpback whale's song is unknown.
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They might be the source of many ocean myths.
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The wail of the Indri lemur signals the mating season of these primates that some tribes consider the ancestors of humans.
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The Common Loon is anything but common, and they're on their way South!
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Even the "chief of all animals" must struggle to survive the winter.
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The voices of mating elephant seals on Ano Nuevo island.
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The Up Helly Aa festival gives the people of the Shetland Islands a chance to torch a replica of a Viking galley.
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Sex, violence, and two ton marine mammals
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Poetry and Sounds of the Anza Borego Desert
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How does a tea kettle make its whistling sound? The answer isn't as simple as it may seem.
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A new water-purifying technology may provide a way to remove nanoparticles from our waterways.
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Is it possible to both clean up contaminated water and reclaim useful elements from the waste?
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A new invention could revolutionize the way we treat contaminated water.
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One of nature's most destructive forces has inspired a new technology.
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The power of a tornado offers a possible solution to clean polluted waterways.
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Hatsumode is the ritual first visit of the year to a Japanese Shinto or Buddhist temple.
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Haitian Vodou is a source of strength and solace to its followers, in the face of widespread poverty and despair.
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The ritual of Coupez Gateau is one of the ways the celebration of Epiphany has been incorporated into Haitian Vodou.
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In Haiti, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in both Catholic and Vodou traditions.
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Three Kings Day is a festival for the palate.
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It's said that at midnight on Twelfth Night, farm animals start talking.
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The flamboyance of the Mummers' Parade arose from the masquerade balls of Philadelphia society.
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Revered in Philadelphia since 1902.
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"Be careful with fire!" is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year.
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This month, Weddell seals are giving birth to their young and starting to give swimming lessons.
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Elk have to race against time for food between their mating season and the onset of winter.
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In the winter, caribou paw the ground to get at their favorite dish.
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This week, millions of people around the world celebrate Kwanzaa, a relatively new holiday with roots in the ancient harvest festivals of Africa.
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Along the banks of the Mississippi River, a line of Bonfires lights the way for Papa Noel.
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An ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition called "Wassail" lives on in Pennsylvania, where a group of friends celebrate this week by drinking to the health of apple trees.
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How to understand Quantum Computers? Think waves.
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Could Dark Energy be used as a power source?
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Why should things have substance? Quantum Physics now has the answer.
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Rethinking what that gift you're giving comes in.
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If you want to design effective packaging, you'd better know how it'll stand up to being transported.
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Is there a universal language of alarm calls?
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Birds "mobbing calls" make it easy for all the animals in a locale to know when a predator is nearby.
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Jonkonnu revelers sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money.
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Take "The Force" from Stars Wars and add a little molasses.
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What's the battery of future going to be like? Well perhaps – a cookie!
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In Mexico, a successful project brings together volunteers and local beekeepers.
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Lessons learned from the people of Tijuana.
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It's an important economic and cultural resource in many countries.
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Turning a museum into a Scavenger Hunt.
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Home of the largest pendulum on the planet.
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OK, who put that bus on top of the library building?
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Comrade, we get a whole lot of Levis this way!
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You don't want coal ash to end up in a water supply.
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To avoid predators, piping plovers have adopted a theatrical strategy.
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What does it take to handle a four-story high balloon?
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The sounds of a New York holiday tradition.
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All the trappings of a traditional Native American meal.
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How to understand Quantum Computers? Think waves.
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A new way of controlling Poison Ivy?
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In times of drought, cloudforests, which support the same incredible diversity as rainforests, thrive almost entirely on thick blankets of fog.
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Black sea bass are now thriving in the waters of Delaware Bay thanks to the collaboration of marine biologists and the New York Transit System.
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Your heart sounds good, let's hear what your cells have to say.
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What is the sound of one cell singing?
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Yes, even the building blocks of life have gotten into the act.
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Elk have to race against time for food between their mating season and the onset of winter.
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Along the banks of the Mississippi River, a line of Bonfires lights the way for Papa Noel.
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New medical treatments are being developed from the venom of this feisty arachnid.
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What makes a scorpion glow in the dark?
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They walked the earth before the dinosaurs.
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Divine statues are bathed with milk, honey, and other symbolic offerings during the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
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They can unscrew the lid of a peanut butter jar!
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Octopus only reproduce once in their lifetimes-- and once the mating is finished, so are they.
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Among the graveyards of New Orleans, Holt Cemetery is exceptional. Here, the dead are actually buried in the ground.
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A gospel song and a graveyard party: the unique sounds of New Orleans on the Day of the Dead.
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They've played an important role, ecologically, economically and historically.
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Should you ever decide to wrestle an alligator (bad idea!), here are a few tips.
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"A huge alligator rushed out of the reeds and with a tremendous roar, came up with open jaws..."
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Is the alligator's fierce reputation a case of mistaken identity?
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Veterinarians are developing new techniques of using a horse's STEM cells to heal its injuries.
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How to tell where a horse is injured? Listen to its gait!
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When you're injured, they leap into action.
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They're like having a bench in a sports team.
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In the high cliffs of the Himalayas, colonies of bees produce prized honey - helping to sustain local ecosystems.
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Hindukush beekeepers benefit from the knowledge of an international bee farming project.
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Indigenous people of the Himalayan Hindukush region offer valuable knowledge to scientists studying bees.
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Analyzing the workings of the human brain is difficult enough when everything works as it should. Unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't.
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Science Diarist John Beggs gives us a peek (and a listen) into our brains.
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A new model shows promise in helping Science Diarist John Beggs understand data collected from neurons.
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How does a crowd of sports enthusiasts function like a brain?
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When foraging for wild mushrooms, it helps to know your tree species.
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The fall, well-known as a time of animal migrations, is also a time of human pilgrimage.
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In Magdalena, Mexico, a statue of St. Francis Xavier draws thousands of worshippers on pilgrimage.
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Every October, there's a sixty mile pilgrimage to the Mexican village of Magdalena in honor of St. Francis.
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Octopus only reproduce once in their lifetimes-- and once the mating is finished, so are they.
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In Alaska's autumn, stellar sea lions are preparing for the winter.
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Sights and sounds at an annual festival in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
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In the rituals performed by the Coptic Church, a Christian denomination with roots in Egypt, little has changed in eighteen hundred years.
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In the Brazilian state of Bahia, St. Lazarus day is a celebration that blends European and African heritages.
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Witness a genuine E Ticket ride - into space!
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They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.
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Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!
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Amongst the Gabra people of northeastern Africa, the dry season provides an opportunity for a ritual gathering of work and song.
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Dikhirs are spiritual chants intended to maintain harmony in world of the Gabra people.
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For the men of the Gabra, nomadic life demands separation from their families but it also affords an opportunity for friendship and freedom from social pressures.
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In the traditions of the nomadic Gabra people, order is kept through strict attention to ritual observances.
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Songs sung by these nomadic herders reflect a joy shared in togetherness amidst a harsh environment that demands separation.
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In the east African Desert, women of a nomadic tribe fill the evening air with song.
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The highlight of the 2-day Kuarup festival is a much anticipated but surprisingly non-competitive wrestling match.
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For residents of the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon, the souls of the dead are at the center of an annual ceremony of dance and song.
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The Kuarup ceremony is cause for reunion among the nine villages which inhabit the upper Xingu region of the Brazilian Amazon.
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This ancient Jewish New Year's tradition is an exercise in shedding the spiritual debris of the past year.
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The call of the shofar marks the start of the Jewish New Year and reminds observers to look inward.
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The week following Rosh Hashanah is when Jews repent for their transgressions of the previous year.
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Catching bullfrogs is no longer child's play.
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A festival imported to America from Ghana is a way of remembering the past, while contributing to the future.
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The Ga people of Ghana remember the pain of famine and the celebration of harvest.
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A veteran auctioneer explains the intricacies of his craft.
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Throughout the Southeastern states, August is the season for tobacco auctions.
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An eight-second ride can seem like forever.
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There are lots of flashier rodeos, but this one's the real deal.
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A sound defense against bats!
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Tiger moths woo their partners with a series of clicking sounds.
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They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite?
The surprising truth about why mosquitoes need your blood.
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Making male mosquitos with the "Nix Gene".
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Great Gull Island is one of the few remaining places where terns can nest and raise their young in safety.
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What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
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Who says elephants can't fly?
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An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird.
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Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think.
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On the trail of the world's most sought-after mushroom.
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In any forest, there's a complex interdependent web of life underground.
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A mushroom is the visible part of a much larger organism.
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Bears at Alaska's McNeil River have come to rely on an annual fish feast.
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Over a hundred brown bears in Alaska have learned that every July, the McNeil River is THE place to catch fish.
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This summer, an endangered seabird will find one of its last remaining safe havens on the salt marshes off the coast of New Jersey.
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Fledgling seabirds must the trick of catching fish beneath the surface of the water.
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Millions of Muslim pilgrims gather this week in Mecca, in a gathering which transcends the barriers of caste, color, race and gender.
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At least once in their lives, all Muslims who are physically and financially able are enjoined to make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Yet another reason to have electric cars!
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Why are moths attracted to light bulbs?
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There's a lot to learn from the big blob left on your windshield by an unfortunate horse fly.
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Here's a new way to pass the time on a long car ride.
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It's clamming season in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Fierce windstorms in the Gobi Desert force scientists working there to think fast and run even faster.
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These three-ton animals may communicate using sounds below the range of human hearing.
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Analyzing butter to detect pollutants worldwide.
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A cheap and effective pollution monitoring tool?
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Fireworks, marching bands, and words from some famous Americans.
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A bullfrog's croak promises warm nights to come.
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What's behind the summer's most famous flying light show?
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For ancient Egyptians, the appearance of the constellation Sirius in the dawn sky marked the beginning of an important annual event.
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If you want Bluebirds in your nesting boxes, it likely means evicting Sparrows and Starlings.
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They're good for the environment, but what's the best way to find native plants?
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Some remarkable music is a highlight at the annual Tun Payram festival.
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Black Venezuelans have introduced an African icon into a festival honoring St. John.
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An icon is said to hold the power to grant promises.
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A Venezuelan festival honoring a Catholic saint has taken on a decidedly African flavor.
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There's something we all can do to help protect local animals and plants.
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The food millions of people spread on their toast every morning has inspired legends in many cultures.
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Learn how to churn your own butter at home.
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When it comes to making butter, older methods may be better.
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It's a tough life for male paper wasps.
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Young girls reach for the clouds during this Korean coming of age ceremony.
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Usurpers, foundresses, abandoned nests - welcome to the world of the paper wasp.
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Forget lures, lines and bait. How about a trained bird that catches fish for you?
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In Africa's Serengetti Park, more than a million animals are making their annual trip north, driven by the rains and guided by their own instincts.
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An old English folk dance thrives on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Does an increase in mercury levels affect the behavior of young loons?
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The Holy Grail of bird watching is finding and identifying warblers, and the best month to go on this quest is May.
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An accomplished avian artist continually refines his craft.
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Migrating birds find Central Park an oasis amidst the metropolitan landscape.
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Correctly identifying bird sounds is like earning a second language.
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The Waila music of the Tohono O'odham Native Americans in southern Arizona sounds surprisingly like polkas, and there's a good reason why.
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When the Tohono O'odham Native Americans dance to Waila, their traditional social music, the party lasts all night.
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The Tohono O'odham Native Americans of southern Arizona believe that everything in the desert - humans, animals and plants - must be treated with reverence.
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Some tips on finding birds from the famous author/illustrator.
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According to Native American lore, the cry of a loon is the sound of a warrior, denied passage into heaven.
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This season, young loons depart for their first annual fall migration. In three years, they'll be back.
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On St. Constantine's Day, worshippers walk across hot coals. How do they do it?
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Reindeer are faced with the disappearance of their traditional migration routes.
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Courting a female lyrebird with a repertoire of purloined calls.
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For African slaves in the Hudson Valley, the colonial Pinkster celebration offered a rare opportunity for reuniting with family and friends.
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During the week-long Pinskter celebration in colonial times, Angolan King Charles assumed his royal status.
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Banned from playing drums, African slaves found other ways of performing traditional rhythms.
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What was once a Dutch celebration of Pentecost passed into the hands of African slaves.
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Can we grow brain cells that can be trained to see?
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Finding ways to defeat the Zika virus.
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Growing human brains in a laboratory used to be the stuff of science fiction, until now.
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There are times when it's difficult to distinguish between what's alive and what isn't.
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It's a question we humans have carried for a long time.
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It's a day to celebrate birds' remarkable singing and listening abilities.
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Springtime brings the culinary delight of wild ramps to this Appalachian community.
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For Greeks throughout the world, Easter Sunday is the most important holiday of the year.
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In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday.
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If the rotten egg smell doesn't get to you, then maybe the bats, spiders, or dripping sulfuric acid will.
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Every Spring in Mexico's Cueva de Villa Luz, descendants of Zoque and Mayan Indians hold a rather remarkable ceremony.
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What you consider food has a lot to do with where you come from.
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A group of women in Botswana offer a lesson in termite cuisine.
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In Cambodia, this month is high season for weaver ants and crickets.
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Denis Hayes, chairman of Earth Day 1990, believes that it's time for people to integrate environmental values throughout their whole lives. An archival program.
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The founder of Earth Day outlines participatory events around the world. An archival program
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Celebrating Boston's historic role during the early days of the Revolutionary War.
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A company of British Regulars is squaring off against a small but determined group of colonial minutemen.
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Remembering one of the driving forces behind the Boston Marathon.
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This year's Marathon will take place in October, but its legacy lies on Patriot's Day. "It's a long way from Hopkinton to the Pru!"
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Springtime brings the culinary delight of wild ramps to this Appalachian community.
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In Myanmar, will the new year bring a temporary reprieve from societal taboos?
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Silkworm pupae, fried and served with onions, is a popular snack in some parts of China.
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Insects are an important source of protein for many societies around the world.
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In rural Appalachia, if you need to get to the drug store for something ailing you, the remedy might be found growing outside your door.
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Can turtles help us live longer?
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They make fine pets, but keeping a companion turtle may not be such a great idea.
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Today's Japanese Cherry Blossom festival sounds somewhat different than it used to.
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In the US, the annual Cherry Blossom festival has come to include both traditional and modern Japanese art forms.
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In Japanese culture, the blossoming of the Cherry Tree represents an ancient code of honor.
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Both help and harm can come from unexpected places.
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Rare and protected species are poached and smuggled to Asia.
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Part of the ritual of witnessing the mating rites of prairie chickens is waking up before sunrise and finding the right location - in total darkness.
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In India, Holi heralds the coming of spring with color, mayhem and a sense of cultural solidarity.
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Environmental ideas sometimes come from unexpected places.
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It's mating season for a uniquely American bird that's been brought back from the brink of extinction.
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The strange sounds of the male Sage Grouse are matched only by their equally unusual reproductive behavior.
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Northern Bulgaria's traditional fertility festival heralds the coming of spring.
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Noruz means "new day" and it's celebrated with new clothes, gift-giving and bonfires.
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For apple tree growers, there's a brief period of time between winter and spring upon which their whole future crop depends.
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How would you referee a match between two warring teams of other-worldly beings?
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You never know what might happen late at night near a fairy fort.
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For some farmers, it's the best way to ensure that their favorite crops come back year after year.
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Long before biotechnology, farmers have sought ways to bring predictability to their ever-changing crops.
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At the conclusion of the Omizutori Festival in Japan, showers of glowing embers rain down on spectators.
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An accidental discovery leads to a new way of recovering reefs
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How to construct an artificial reef?
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Do sunscreens have an impact on the health of coral reefs?
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What's causing reefs around the world to bleach and die?
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A classic example of symbiosis.
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Even in winter, you can find springtails!
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Get it on a sling, haul it out of the water, and call it in!
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Migrating sea turtles get caught in the arm of the Cape.
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Istanbul's most famous mosque is a delight for the eyes and ears. Headphone listening recommended!
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Red Squirrels may be nature's original harvesters of Maple sugar.
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Sap is flowing in sugar maple trees, if we only knew why. A program from our archives!
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Tracking the behavior of someone who looks a lot like you.
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It's like playing "Where's Waldo", with Waldo being a few hundred million years old.
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In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem.
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Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song.
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In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.
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"Forget about your job, your worries, your bills.."
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The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.
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A time for new clothes, gifts, and no sweeping!
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You could easily be driving by a bed of fossils on your way to work.
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The secret of finding fossils is knowing where to look.
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Hearkening back 400 million years.
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Harikuyo, a memorial service for broken sewing needles, is a measure of the esteem that the Japanese have for everyday objects.
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Step inside the Jasmine Club to hear some beautiful Turkish music.
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The soundscape of a world famous palace. Headphone listening recommended!
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Two of Istanbul's signature soundscapes - one above ground, one below! Headphone listening recommended.
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In Kumkapi, Istanbul, the streets are lined with restaurants and roving bands of gypsy musicians.
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The soundscape of one of Istanbul's covered marketplaces - earphone listening recommended!
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Three of Santiago's signature sounds.
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Unusual instrumentation and a remarkable vocalist highlight this group from Santiago, Cuba, recorded in 2001.
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Music from one of Cuba's most renowned folkloric groups
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A musical invocation to Afro-Cuban gods.
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Maria tells a favorite story about her brother Eliades, one of the stars of the "Buena Vista Social Club".
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It was like sitting in on my own mini-version of the Buena Vista Social Club in the open air.
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This week, at an annual festival in upstate New York, they cut blocks of ice out of a frozen lake to make homemade ice cream in June.
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The surprising backstory of Martin Luther King's most famous speech.
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Every year at this time, folks in Tully, New York, harvest ice out of a frozen lake with horsepower and antique tools.
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From the moment they hatch, penguin chicks must protect themselves from a hostile world.
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Giant bells, elaborate costumes, and beautiful yodels: it's New Year's Eve in Urnäsch, Switzerland.
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In order to thrive in the icy waters off Antarctica, penguins have had to make a few sacrifices, including the ability to fly.
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Back in the day, how did they store and move enough blocks of ice to service an entire city?
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In the days before refrigeration, ice was cut from ponds and stored in ice houses.
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A blending of traditions from Russia's past.
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Mid-winter was the season for ice harvesting.
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It's said that at midnight on Twelfth Night, farm animals start talking.
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According to Scottish legend, visitors to your door on the night of Hogamanay, will determine your luck for the New Year.
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In rural Alaska, carolers wend their way from house to house, sharing in communal gifts.
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Russian traders left the legacy of their traditions in Anchorage Alaska, including the Christmas-time practice of Starring.
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Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation.
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There was a time when the singing of Christmas carols could land you in jail.
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Ever wonder where "Xmas" came from?
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Some of our most enduring Christmas traditions date back to the pre-Christian era.
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In "the most famous small town in the world", how will Santa arrive this year?
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The Polish Christmas tradition of Wigilia!
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200 million presents is a big load for any sleigh.
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Celebrating Christmas eve with a 20 foot pyre of wood and wire.
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Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style!
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What if Santa Claus got the flu and an ordinary mortal had to cover for him?
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Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem.
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Dipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden.
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Young Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual.
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Rituals of light in the darkness of winter.
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With a little help from quantum physics, Santa could have all the time he needs to make Christmas deliveries.
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Switzerland's Klausjagen blends a Catholic holiday with a much older celebration.
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Whips, bells and a giant paper bishop's hat.
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Change Santa Claus's team of reindeer into a single white horse, replace his costume with a bishop's robes, and you'll begin to get a picture of Sinterklaas.
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Ravens' natural curiosity may be the trait which allows them to survive in nearly every part of the planet.
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When certain hunters give a whistle, they're not calling their dog, they're summoning a trained falcon.
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A handful of hunters still practice the ancient sport of kings and they're meeting this week.
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The sounds of the mating behavior, or 'rut', signal the start of Red Stag hunting season in Hungary.
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This time of year, the Gabra of Northeast Africa celebrate a holiday which commemorates human dependence on seasonal cycles.
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During Nigeria's Kalabari Masquerade, male dancers risk public humiliation for a chance at prestige.
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Thanksgiving unites individuals and families in the spirit of gratitude and sharing.
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All the trappings of a traditional Native American meal.
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Listen to the words of a water spirit, communicated through the rhythms of drums.
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The dry winter months are masquerade season for the Kalabari people of Nigeria.
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For Syrian Jews, the Sabbath is both a time for rest and for song.
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The words of a marriage song reflect a rich and dynamic musical tradition.
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For a group of Jews with roots in Syria, Pizmon music carries memories of the past as it marks the celebrations of the present.
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When whales surface, they leave a smooth section of water known as a footprint.
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California Gray whales find safety in numbers on their long journey south.
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Welcome to Diwali - a luminous celebration of enlightenment.
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Using kayaks and "a gentle angle of approach,” a researcher pays a visit to migrating Gray whales.
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How do ravens sense danger in their environment?
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One of the season's last glimpses of hawks, kestrels and other birds of prey as they soar above the cliffs of New Jersey.
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For ravens, winter is a season which calls for strategy and some occasional bickering.
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An annual harvest of wild persimmons has been a lifelong tradition.
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Older Britons have adopted conkers, a children's game, and turned it into a competitive spectator sport.
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Winter in Britain means it's time to find the perfect chestnut for a game of conkers.
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Party down with those with your ancestors.
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In early November, many Mexicans visit their departed loved ones, and celebrate the Day of the Dead.
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On Halloween eve, it's an essential part of any witch's sorcery kit.
Following this episode - a preview of Sacred Mounds, Jim Metzner's new audiobook!!
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Join in the hunt as researchers track down koalas!
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The koalas of Australia's St. Bee's Island have an unlikely adversary - goats.
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Even on an island full of koalas, finding one is much more difficult than it might seem!
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You'll never think of koalas as placid, leaf-chewing marsupials again after hearing the racket they make during breeding season!
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For Weddell seals, every sound tells a story.
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The mating game - Antarctic style.
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A 1970's Jam session at Boston's Berklee College of Music with th e late Ray Santisi and Makoto Ozone.
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The land beneath powerlines is a prime spot for native bees to thrive.
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Beetles need a place to live, too
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How does a crowd of sports enthusiasts function like a brain?
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Their eerie sounds echo through the forests of Central and South America.
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Science Diarist John Beggs explains what makes neuroscience like the Wild West.
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When foraging for wild mushrooms, it helps to know your tree species.
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A lot more than water flows into our rivers during a storm.
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The un-seeen effects of storms on the ecosystem.
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Can fish just ride out a flood?
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Correctly identifying Indonesian bats can be tricky, even for those in the know.
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Telling the temperature by sound.
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Crickets and katydids sing for their mates, each species calling for love with a different tune.
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There's more to a cricket chirp than you might realize!
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An entomologist gives us a tour of singing insects.
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Scientists learn something new about crickets and katydids by listening.
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Lessons learned from golf course greens can improve a home lawn.
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In the process of developing alternative fuel souces, you may have to split a few molecules along the way.
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Casting off the year's cares during Tashlicht.
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A symbolic practice on the first day of the Jewish New Year.
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Why is the manufacturing of electric thin films like an amusement park ride?
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The technology behind your computer screen is, in effect, a layered electronic "sandwich".
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Never heard of thin film technology? You're probably carrying it with you right now,
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65,000 feet in the air, alone, staring down the eye of a hurricane ? It's all in a day's work for ER-2 research pilots.
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High-altitude planes use a variety of onboard research instruments to study both earth and space.
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Research pilots fly high above the tumult of a hurricane, capturing data from sea level on up.
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Following the seasonal rhythms of the shoreline conveys the impression that it is a dynamic entity, constantly responding to the forces of nature.
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Picture an amphibious buggy riding atop a 35 foot tripod.
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Beaches erode, but over time they can also replenish and grow. Surprisingly, sometimes the engine of growth can be a storm.
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With the constant interplay of waves, wind and erosion, the coastline is a crucible of ever-changing forces.
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Studying the shoreline is like playing three dimensional chess with the forces of natures.
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The celebration of the Cretan cherry harvest continues until dawn, for men singing ancient local songs called rezydika.
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Love is in the air and so is a wealth of Cretan music.
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Bread bakers in Hungary take to the road to enrich and broaden their culinary knowledge and craft.
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Individuals members of an ant colony are like cells in a body - each performing a specialized task.
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Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us.
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Ants fight, raid their enemies' colonies, and even use chemical weapons.
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The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders.
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Legends of a Chinese Wildman go back 2500 years in eastern literature.
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Laboratory tests of hair samples indicate they come from a hitherto unknown primate.
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Is a large, ape-like creature hiding in the remote forests of China?
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Big Horn Sheep spend the first several months of their lamb's life high up on rock canyon ledges before finally coming down for water.
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Field biologist Janene Colby tracks Big Horn Sheep in the sweltering heat of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
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If a desert Big Horn Sheep feels threatened, it's all uphill from there.
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Desert big horn sheep come equipped with a variable internal "thermostat" which allows them to survive in triple-digit temperatures.
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Big Horn Sheep have adapted to withstand extreme dehydration with ease.
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It's difficult to produce a pesticide that doesn't have effects on beneficial microorganisms.
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A honeybee's best friends just might be the microbiota living in its digestive tract.
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Scientists are trying to better understand the risks of using pesticides on bee colonies.
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When bees lose their queen, the hive makes a distinctive sound.
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A celestial treat: the annual rain of space dust entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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Honeybees play a crucial role in agriculture.
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Predatory insect mites are infecting honeybee hives, but pesticides used to control the mites just might be making things worse!
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With thousands of bees to feed, a hive needs a good store of honey to get through the winter.
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Dedicated to the memory of Barry Farber. The pioneering radio talk jock recalls an unforgettable interview with Alfred Hitchcock.
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Can chemistry keep some of the world's oldest organs from turning to dust?
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More than half the people on the planet live in cities.
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Every day of the week, you can get a taste of Santiago Cuba's folk tradition at the Casa de la Trova
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Headphone listening recommended - early morning at a ranch in Brazil's Pantanal region.
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Prior to Holy Week in South America, red-footed tortoises best make themselves scarce
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A turtle's long life span is turning out to be a disadvantage for its survival.
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Painted ponies and pipe organ music from paper scrolls have delighted carousel enthusiasts since the 1800's.
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Reminiscing on the Golden Days of Boxing in San Francisco.
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A four ton 72 foot tower is carried and danced through the streets of Williamsburg Brooklyn by one hundred men.
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Developed by sound recordist Alan Lomax in the 1950s, Cantometrics is a measure of music in relation to the culture from which it stems.
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The simplest way to protect yourself from mosquitos at home?
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Guess who is their prime target?
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Net fisherman's chant in Kerala, India.
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Headphones on for the songs of Brazilian Cowboys.
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Glowing spirits visit the Bayaka's nighttime ceremonies.
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Before embarking on a hunt, the Bayaka must first convene with the Boyobi
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The Bayaka, hunter-gatherers living in the rainforest of Central Africa, prepare for a community hunt.
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African spiritism blends with Catholic ritual on a saint's day in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.
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Music of the Birds and the Bees - headphones on!
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Celebrating significant unheralded lives.
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The stories of everyday people form an important and overlooked part of our history.
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Tracking the sources of acid rain involved some low-tech highly creative methods.
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Meet Rex the Starling and Hoover the Harbor seal.
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It's Sci-Fi heaven - a trip back in time to the 1980 World Con, with a few words from Isaac Asimov and George R.R. Martin.
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In a Guatemalan school, teachers strive to educate children of their Kaqchikel heritage.
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Sound and sweet excretions are ingredients for harmonious behavior between ants and caterpillars.
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A sound portrait of a nesting site for terns, surrounded - and sometimes attached by - thousands of breeding birds.
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The summer solstice lightens the hearts of Swedish Americans.
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Drum circles and chant are part of the great tradition of Native American pow-wows.
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In the high cliffs of the Himalayas, colonies of bees produce prized honey - helping to sustain local ecosystems.
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Indigenous people of the Himalayan Hindukush region offer valuable knowledge to scientists studying bees.
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364 days of the year, the pottery village of Onta, Japan is filled with a remarkable sound.
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Nighttime in the world's largest wetland; earphone listening recommended.
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How acid rain was discovered.
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What happens when nanoparticles find their way into the environment?
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Headphones on for an amazing dawn chorus in Australia.
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In the process of copying their genome, viruses often make bad copies, which turns out to be a good thing for the virus.
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Why do we need to get a new flu vaccine every year when we only need one vaccination for polio?
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It once wiped out about a third of the world's population.
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How many viruses could fit onto the surface of a soccer ball?
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They've been around for millennia, but it's only very recently that humans have actually discovered their existence.
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They're not technically alive or dead, so just what is a virus, anyway?
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Understanding what evidence and data really mean.
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New technologies may be rejected for unexpected reasons.
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Should hand pumps be installed in remote African villages? Ask a statistician.
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If water isn't drinkable, that doesn't mean it's not usable.
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A large cumulous cloud weighs about the same as a 747.
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Approximately 4000 new chemicals are registered each day.
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A widely used category of chemical substances could have harmful side-effects.
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A chemical compound found in many home cleansing products could be doing more than just clean.
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If nanoparticles from consumer products end up in solid wastes, what effect could that have on the environment?
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Wastewater plants typically don't filter out pharmaceuticals from our water supply.
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According to the US Geological Survey, much of our fresh water is contaminated by caffeine.
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Here's a way you can help track and control poison ivy.
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Designing a drug that could help stroke patients maximize whatever bypass arteries they may have.
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After a stroke, a specialized network of blood vessels redirects the flow of blood in the brain.
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Why are some patients able to survive a stroke and others not?
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Saddled with a dicey moniker, Hellbenders are indicators of a healthy water ecosystem.
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North America's largest salamander can reach a length of two feet and weigh up to five pounds.
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Working together, engineers turn misunderstandings to their advantage.
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An owl's wing inspires a quiet turbine.
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An immersive glimpse of the intertidal zone, in binaural stereo.
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Long term studies can help explain why we're seeing so many Harmful Algae Blooms lately.
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Burrowing crabs turn up clues to what lies beneath.
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Designed for stealth flying, an owl's wing is still a bit of a mystery.
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Imagine a self-powered device that can clean up human waste.
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High-tech solutions for a low-tech environment.
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It's like attaching drill bits, but on a whole other scale.
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The trees we plant trees today are a product of drastic, dramatic climate change.
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Canopies of trees helps to moderate an urban climate.
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The greatest challenge for cityscape tree planters
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The challenge of translating behavior from one culture to another
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Is there a better way to improve service besides filling out surveys?
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There's one sure way to make a memorable impression.
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Catholicism and Voodoo blend in the vibrant Haitian ceremony called Rara.
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Don your headset for an immersive sound portrait.
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The largest antlered animal in the world is a lot speedier that you'd expect.
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Do mother snapping turtles pass toxic substances on to their young?
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Why would anyone want to cut the toenails of a snapping turtle?
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Snapping turtles are teaching us invaluable lessons about the effects of toxins on the environment.
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A first contact interaction with the elusive Korubo Indians of the Brazilian Amazon.
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An expedition established peaceful contact with a group of Amazonian Indians.
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Gribbles are an essential "cleanup crew" for our oceans and estuaries.
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These tiny wood-boring crustaceans have plagued man-made structures since the days of Columbus.
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Sea horses are not only unique visually, but also in their reproductive behavior.
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Why did the toad cross the road? Turns out he had a very compelling reason.
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They may not be as visible or as pretty as Robins, but American Toads produce some of the most melodious sounds of Spring.
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The Monarch butterfly's life cycle depends on a plant that's highly toxic to many animals.
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This month marks the start of the Monarch butterflies' migration to Mexico.
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The threat of logging looms over the wintering sites of Monarch butterflies.
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How do young Monarch butterflies find their way to their winter migration sites in the Mexican forest?
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Pika stay active all winter-- but doing what?
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Milking venom from rattlesnakes has yielded benefits for medical science, but roundups have their critics.
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"There was some tunes you couldn't play, because it belonged to someone else."
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"If you couldn't put on an American accent around here you couldn't sing."
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In Turkish cities, wedding celebrations may begin in a courtyard, but they'll soon spill out into the streets.
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Although prairie chicken males need to strut their stuff to attract mates, they run the risk of attracting some unwanted visitors.
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During mating season, male prairie chickens perform one of nature's most striking displays.
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India becomes a much more colorful place as people are lay aside their differences in celebration of Holi.
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It's mating season for a uniquely American bird that's been brought back from the brink of extinction.
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The strange sounds of the male sage grouse are matched only by their equally unusual reproductive behavior.
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Brown bears are emerging from hibernation around Europe, and many of them have to face the dangers of an increasingly hostile world.
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The yearly migration of Sand Hill Cranes brings half a million birds to roost in Nebraska's Platte River.
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Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are convening at the Platte River in Nebraska -- one of the largest bird migrations in the world.
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Giants in goat-hair costumes and a costumed masquerade troupe characterize this springtime fertility festival.
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A 150 pound house cat or a dangerous predator?
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A Mountain Lion's dilemma - deep forest or open meadow?
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When winter comes, Mountain Lions are on the move, in pursuit of their primary prey.
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Having a humidifier in your house may reduce the chances of getting the flu.
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This month, in northeastern South Africa, Nile Crocodiles are hatching their young.
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It's mating season for one of the world's most recognizable birds.
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This week in Finland, freshwater Saimaa seals are giving birth to their pups.
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Constantly refining their habitat, prairie dogs play a key role in their ecosystem.
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There's lots of yipping going on beneath the Great Plains of America.
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What happens when thousands of albatrosses meet on a South Pacific island?
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The power plants along the Florida shore have changed the manatee's migration pattern, both helping these endangered animals and hindering them.
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It's "the turning of the seasons in Japan,” a time of celebration, good luck, and beans!
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It's sugaring time in the northeast woods of the US.
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From CERN's collider to Darwin's wall.
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The places where engineered nanomaterials - like Fullerenes - are being manufactured have the potential for the highest exposure to people of toxic materials.
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Harikuyo is a memorial service for the broken sewing needles of the past year, celebrated across Japan.
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Geologists reconstruct the climates of yore by looking at the types of clay minerals that are preserved.
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Wherever you may be right now, odds are you're not far from clay in one form or another.
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Through trickery and ingenuity, ravens are surviving the winter in Alaska
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The precise role of the humpback whale's song is unknown.
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The Up Helly Aa festival gives the people of the Shetland Islands a chance to torch a replica of a Viking galley.
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They might be the source of many ocean myths.
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The wail of the Indri lemur signals the mating season of these primates that some tribes consider the ancestors of humans.
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The Common Loon, is anything but common, and they're on their way South.
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Even the "chief of all animals" must struggle to survive the winter.
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They can dive continuously to depths of up to one mile!
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What's 16 feet long, weighs up to two tons and monopolizes the sands of Ano Nuevo every year?
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The voices of mating elephant seals on Ano Nuevo island.
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Sex, violence, and the two ton marine mammals.
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With the help of nanotechnology, one day we all may be able to communicate with our houseplants.
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The future of large scale agriculture may depend upon the use of very small scale nanoparticles.
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Currently only a fraction of the nutrients and pesticides applied to crops are actually benefiting the plants.
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Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently.
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Hatsumode is the ritual first visit of the year to a Japanese Shinto or Buddhist temple.
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Haitian Vodou is a source of strength and solace to its followers, in the face of widespread poverty and despair.
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The ritual of Coupez Gateau is one of the ways the celebration of Epiphany has been incorporated into Haitian Vodou.
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In Haiti, the feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in both Catholic and Vodou traditions.
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Three Kings Day is a festival for the palate.
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The flamboyance of the Mummers' Parade arose from the masquerade balls of Philadelphia society.
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Revered in Philadelphia since 1902.
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"Be careful with fire!" is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year.
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What catalyzes the production of rain?
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Cloud water freezes at higher temperatures than pure water.
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Rain starts with an ice crystal.
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An ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition lives on in Pennsylvania, where a group of friends celebrate this week by drinking to the health of apple trees.
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Along the banks of the Mississippi River, a line of Bonfires lights the way for Papa Noel.
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This week, millions of people around the world celebrate Kwanzaa, a relatively new holiday with roots in the ancient harvest festivals of Africa.
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In Mexico, a successful project brings together volunteers and local beekeepers.
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Jonkonnu revelers sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money.
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The festival of Jonkonnu is celebrated with influences from West Africa, England and the Caribbean.
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A celebration designed to keep the fabric of society from tearing itself apart.
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Celebrating freedom from slavery.
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Rethinking what that gift you're giving comes in.
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If you want to design effective packaging, you'd better know how it'll stand up to being transported.
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Lessons learned from the people of Tijuana.
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It's an important economic and cultural resource in many countries.
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Is there a universal language of alarm calls?
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Birds "mobbing calls" make it easy for all the animals in a locale to know when a predator is nearby.
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Turning a museum into a Scavenger Hunt.
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Home of the largest pendulum on the planet.
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OK, who put that bus on top of the library building?
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Comrade, we get a whole lot of Levis this way!
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What's a bird to do when predators lurk nearby?
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What does it take to handle a four-story high balloon?
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The sounds of a New York holiday tradition.
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In Holland, it's the top celebration of the season.
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Reinventing a Dutch ritual in upstate New York.
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Around the world, people are being poisoned by naturally occurring toxins in drinking water.
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You don't want coal ash to end up in a water supply.
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A new way of controlling Poison Ivy?
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To avoid predators, piping plovers have adopted a theatrical strategy.
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Exciting new medical treatments are being developed from the venom of this feisty arachnid.
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In times of drought, cloudforests, which support the same incredible diversity as rainforests, thrive almost entirely on thick blankets of fog.
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Black sea bass are now thriving in the waters of Delaware Bay thanks to the collaboration of marine biologists and the New York Transit System.
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Subway cars are being recycled as artificial reefs!
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A seventeen ton metal box seems an unlikely place for for a marine habitat.
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Each year flocks of migrating Sandhill Cranes descend on Georgia's Okefenokee refuge and join their southern cousins.
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Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs.
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Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana?
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For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity.
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Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation.
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What makes a scorpion glow in the dark?
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They walked the earth before the dinosaurs.
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The Hindu goddess of good fortune is worshipped during a celebration of light.
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Divine statues are bathed with milk, honey, and other symbolic offerings during the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
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Your heart sounds good, let's hear what your cells have to say.
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What is the sound of one cell singing?
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Yes, even the building blocks of life have gotten into the act.
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Understanding the dynamics of a killer disease is a complex challenge, particularly in developing nations.
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Virtually everything we do to transform a landscape impacts the quality of our water.
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The wildlife of Botswana is giving scientists clues as to how to better control disease worldwide.
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Scientists are finding antibiotic-resistant microbes in the wildlife of Africa.
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Diseases are transmitted between humans and animals in unexpected ways.
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How dangerous is a sting from a scorpion?
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An enlivening cityscape = blue + green.
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A cityscape can affect our well-being in unexpected ways.
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The art and science of seeing but not being seen.
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A neuroscientist turns a stroll in the city into a meditative experience.
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The ongoing dance between people and places.
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The origin of the Berber marriage festival lies in a story of doomed romance.
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Courtship can happen anytime, but according to tradition, marriages among Moroccan Berbers often take place this week.
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This ancient Jewish New Year's tradition is an exercise in shedding the spiritual debris of the past year.
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The call of the Shofar marks the start of the Jewish New Year and reminds observers to look inward.
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The week following Rosh Hashanah is when Jews repent for their transgressions of the previous year.
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This month, hawks are starting their migrations south.
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Some tips on catching and keeping singing insects in a temporary home.
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The Japanese traditionally put great care into the care of insect pets.
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By opening our minds and ears to the rich world of insects, we may discover a new dimension of nature.
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The sound of the Bell Cricket has a special place in Japanese culture.
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Insect song has been an important part of Japanese culture for centuries.
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A brief history of apple nectar!
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What's it like to fly right into a hurricane?
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Scientists are starting to understand how to forecast hurricane activity -- even years in advance.
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Why do so many hurricanes happen at this time of year?
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In Alaska's autumn, stellar sea lions are preparing for the winter.
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Sights and sounds at an annual festival in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
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In the rituals performed by the Coptic Church, a Christian denomination with roots in Egypt, little has changed in eighteen hundred years.
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The harvest season provides a great source of material for composting.
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Apache girls reaching maturity are honored with the festival of the Sunrise Dance, in which they dance for hours a day to the rhythms and teachings of over 100 songs.
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A test of an Apache girl's fortitude and discipline, and a celebration of her womanhood.
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In the Brazilian state of Bahia, St. Lazarus day is a celebration that blends European and African heritages.
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Witness a genuine E Ticket ride - into space!
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They used to stand on the rooftops of the casinos and watch the mushroom clouds.
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Alice merits two statues in the park, and the caterpillar gets a make-over!
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Does an increase in mercury levels affect the behavior of young loons?
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According to Native American lore, the cry of a loon is the sound of a warrior, denied passage into heaven.
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This season, young loons depart for their first annual fall migration. In three years, they'll be back.
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A veteran auctioneer explains the intricacies of his craft.
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Throughout the Southeastern states, August is the season for tobacco auctions.
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Is the Earth in danger of being hit by a giant meteor?
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The surprising truth about why mosquitoes need your blood.
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A festival imported to America from Ghana is a way of remembering the past, while contributing to the future.
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The Ga people of Ghana remember the pain of famine and the celebration of harvest.
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An eight-second ride can seem like forever.
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There are lots of flashier rodeos, but this one's the real deal.
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Scientists are tracking meteor impacts by listening for them.
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A Celestial treat: the annual rain of space dust entering the Earth's atmosphere.
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They come in all shapes and sizes, but what are the chances of actually finding a meteorite?
An elaborate Indonesian death ritual takes its cues from the mating habits of the Hornbill bird.
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Celebrating rural American at of of our largest county fairs.
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New York's Erie County Fair evokes a sense of idyllic happiness.
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Sometimes animals remind us we have more in common with them than we think.
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August is a busy month for thoroughbred racing in Saratoga Springs, New York. Meet the folks who really know their way around the track -- the jockeys.
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A sound defense against bats!
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Tiger moths woo their partners with a series of clicking sounds.
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In southeast Asia, religious traditions have long saved animals from extinction.
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The revered Ganges River has become increasingly polluted.
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A peacock's call heralds the start of India's monsoon season.
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It's winter in Antarctica, where the land is ravaged by 100 knot winds.
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While it's history is a mystery, the English tradition of Morris Dancing has managed to survive for centuries.
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An old English folk form that is thriving on both sides of the Atlantic.
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These three-ton animals may communicate using sounds below the range of human hearing.
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It's clamming season in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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One of the world's most awesome sounds!
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Schirra was the only astronaut to fly on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.
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One of NASA's first astronauts takes us inside the space capsule.
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Trying to wrap your mind around the size of the universe is like trying to count the grains of sand on a beach.
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Fifty years ago when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, astronaut Michael Collins circled overhead.
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Yet another reason to have electric cars!
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Why moths are attracted to flames and artificial light.
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There's a lot to learn from the big blob left on your windshield by an unfortunate horse fly.
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Here's a new way to pass the time on a long car ride.
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They are responsible for more cross-pollination than honeybees!
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Small wonder there are no Bluebirds at your bird feeder.
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Fireworks, marching bands, and words from some famous Americans.
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If you want Bluebirds in your nesting boxes, it likely means evicting Sparrows and Starlings.
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They're good for the environment, but what's the best way to find native plants?
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There's something we all can do to help protect local animals and plants.
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This summer, an endangered seabird will find one of its last remaining safe havens on the salt marshes off the coast of New Jersey.
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Fledgling seabirds must the trick of catching fish beneath the surface of the water.
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Some remarkable music highlights the annual Tun Payram festival.
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Black Venezuelans have introduced an African icon into a festival honoring St. John.
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An icon is said to hold the power to grant promises.
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A Venezuelan festival honoring a Catholic saint has taken on a decidedly African flavor.
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Fierce windstorms in the Gobi Desert force scientists working there to think fast and run even faster.
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Great Gull Island is one of the few remaining places where terns can nest and raise their young in safety.
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What to do when an island bird refuge gets overgrown with plants?
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Who says (baby tern) elephants can't fly?
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In Africa's Serengetti Park, more than a million animals are making their annual trip north, driven by the rains and their own instincts.
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The health of African Wild Dogs provides important clues about the health of an entire ecosystem.
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This month, African Wild Dogs are giving birth to a new litter of pups.
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They've developed a special call to keep track of each other.
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For ancient Egyptians, the appearance of the constellation Sirius in the dawn sky marked the beginning of an important annual event.
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A month in the life of young wolf pups.
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Exploding a few myths about these creatures of the night.
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Twenty thousand bees find a new home.
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Most of their life is spent underground.
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Their croaks promise warm nights to come.
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A pair of Red Tailed hawks found rent free accommodation on a New York City high rise.
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Once an endangered species, Giant Canada geese have become unpopular urban neighbors.
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The carefully timed spring dating rituals of Canada Geese.
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Canada Geese provide their own vernal cacophony.
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Scientists suspect that amphibian populations are on the decline worldwide.
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Monitoring amphibian populations by listening to them.
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It's a tough life for male paper wasps.
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Usurpers, foundresses, abandoned nests - welcome to the world of the paper wasp.
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On St. Constantine's Day, worshippers walk across hot coals. How do they do it?
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Reindeer are faced with the disappearance of their traditional migration routes.
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In colonial times, fears of a slave revolt caused a popular celebration to be outlawed.
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For African slaves in the Hudson Valley, the colonial Pinkster celebration offered a rare opportunity for reuniting with family and friends.
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During the week-long Pinskter celebration in colonial times, Angolan King Charles assumed his royal status.
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Banned from playing drums, African slaves found other ways of performing traditional rhythms.
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What was once a Dutch celebration of Pentecost passed into the hands of African slaves.
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Courting a female lyrebird with a repertoire of purloined calls.
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Wildlife and urban life are colliding near Kenya's largest city.
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Forget lures, lines and bait. How about a trained bird that catches fish for you?
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The Waila music of the Tohono O'odham Native Americans in southern Arizona sounds surprisingly like polkas, and there's a good reason why.
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It's a day to celebrate birds' remarkable singing and listening abilities.
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When the Tohono O'odham Native Americans dance to Waila, their traditional social music, the party lasts all night.
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The Tohono O'odham Native Americans of southern Arizona believe that everything in the desert - humans, animals and plants - must be treated with reverence.
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Snot-tites and sulfur. Could this be a preview of what Mars is like?
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If the rotten egg smell doesn't get to you, then maybe the bats, spiders, or dripping sulfuric acid will.
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Every Spring in Mexico's Cueva de Villa Luz, descendants of Zoque and Mayan Indians hold a rather remarkable ceremony.
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For Greeks throughout the world, Easter Sunday is the most important holiday of the year.
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In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, this is Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday.
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Mt. Athos, in Greece, has been home to Greek Orthodox monks for thousands of years.
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Denis Hayes, chairman of Earth Day 1990, believes that it's time for people to integrate environmental values throughout their whole lives. An archival program.
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The founder of Earth Day outlines participatory events around the world. An archival program
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In celebration of the enduring spirit of one of the world's great places of worship.
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Where's the beaver? This week, chances are he's out working on his dam.
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Meet the bird with the fastest wings in the world.
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How did Moby Dick make babies? Check out the Indian Ocean this week to find out.
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In Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma, the new year brings a temporary reprieve from social taboos, and a lot of water.
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It's the hottest time of the year in Thailand, and the traditional Thai New Year's celebration offers a proven remedy for the heat.
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If you're in New Jersey this week, look to the skies!
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The season to watch out for tornadoes depends on what part of the country you live in.
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The air formations created in the wakes of heavy aircraft may tell us something about how tornados form.
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A tornado in a tank is providing a safe opportunity for scientists to learn more about these destructive natural phenomena.
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Scientists may soon be able to predict tornados from great distances by monitoring the sounds that they make.
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Today's Japanese Cherry Blossom festival sounds somewhat different than it used to.
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In the US, the annual Cherry Blossom festival has come to include both traditional and modern Japanese art forms.
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In Japanese culture, the blossoming of the Cherry Tree represents an ancient code of honor.
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Keeping endangered birds home on the range.
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Up close with one of the rarest bird populations in North America.
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Northern Bulgaria's traditional fertility festival heralds the coming of spring.
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It's the nesting season of our national symbol, the bald eagle.
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Red Squirrels may be nature's original harvesters of Maple sugar.
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Part of the ritual of witnessing the mating rites of prairie chickens is waking up before sunrise and finding the right location - in total darkness.
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In India, Holi heralds the coming of spring with color, mayhem and a sense of cultural solidarity.
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It's mating season for a uniquely American bird that's been brought back from the brink of extinction.
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Demons, bonfires and a day of playful anarchy. It all adds us to India's most colorful holiday.
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Noruz means "new day" and it's celebrated with new clothes, gift-giving and bonfires.
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The strange sounds of the male Sage Grouse are matched only by its equally odd reproductive behavior.
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For apple tree growers, there's a brief period of time between winter and spring upon which their whole future crop depends.
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For some farmers, it's the best way to ensure that their favorite crops come back year after year.
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Long before biotechnology, farmers have sought ways to bring predictability to their ever-changing crops.
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At the conclusion of the Omizutori Festival in Japan, showers of glowing embers rain down on spectators.
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From sugar to syrup to spirits, maple has a rich history in the Northeast.
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Sap is flowing in sugar maple trees, if we only knew why! A program from our archives.
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In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem.
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Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song.
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In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.
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"Forget about your job, your worries, your bills.."
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The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.
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In this archival program, efforts to save Trumpeter Swans by redistributing them.
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The raccoon has proved itself a clever and resourceful survivor.
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In this archival program, a glimpse of how scientists began to understand the unusual behavior of Killer Whales.
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Sound may play a significant role in the underwater world of the Killer Whale.
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One of the most unique and impressive animals of the Tibetan Plateau is the Wild Yak.
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What does a lion's roar communicate?
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Environmental ideas sometimes come from unexpected places.
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From the moment they hatch, penguin chicks must protect themselves from a hostile world.
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In order to thrive in the icy waters off Antarctica, penguins have had to make a few sacrifices, including the ability to fly.
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Finding a connection with an alien life form.
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Get it on a sling, haul it out of the water, and call it in!
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Migrating sea turtles get caught in the arm of the Cape.
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Can turtles help us live longer?
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They make fine pets, but keeping a companion turtle may not be such a great idea.
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Both help and harm can come from unexpected places.
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Harikuyo, a memorial service for broken sewing needles, is a measure of the esteem that the Japanese have for everyday objects.
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Don your headset for an immersive sound portrait.
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New clothes, gifts, and no sweeping!
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Rare and protected species are poached and smuggled to Asia.
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Remembering the days when ice was delivered door to door.
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This week, at an annual festival in upstate New York, they cut blocks of ice out of a frozen lake to make homemade ice cream in June. This archival program is part of our thirtieth anniversary celebration.
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Every year at this time, folks in Tully, New York, harvest ice out of a frozen lake with horsepower and antique tools.
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Back in the day, how did they store and move enough blocks of ice to service an entire city? This archival program is part of our thirtieth anniversary celebration.
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In the days before refrigeration, ice was cut from ponds and stored in ice houses. This archival program is part of our thirtieth anniversary celebration.
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Mid-winter was the season for ice harvesting. This archival program is part of our thirtieth anniversary celebration.
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Nanoparticles of gold are showing up in some unlikely places.
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Nano-spikes of silver impale invading bacteria!
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With the help of nanotechnology, you can transform a powdered donut into a truly enlightening experience.
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What do toothpaste, powdered donuts and sunscreen all have in common?
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The surprising backstory of Martin Luther King's most famous speech.
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The holiday of Thaipusam celebrates the victory of a Hindu god over a hyper-ambitious human devotee.
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In the Hindu festival of Thaipusam, worshippers may pierce their cheeks with the rounded blade known as the Vel.
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Proscribed burns have an impact on the amount of toxic particles released in the smoke of a wildfire.
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The effects of a wildfire can last long after the fires have burned.
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Giant bells, elaborate costumes, and beautiful yodels: it's New Year's Eve in Urnäsch, Switzerland.
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Sometimes there's a fine line between science and fiction.
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Inspired by the fine structure of cicada wings, nano-sized spikes actually impale bacteria.
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We're all carrying nanotechnology in our pockets; soon we'll be wearing it, too.
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The Christmas season in Puerto Rico lasts from Thanksgiving to January, and it's filled with traditional local music.
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A blending of traditions from Russia's past.
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It's said that at midnight on Twelfth Night, farm animals start talking.
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In rural Alaska, carolers wend their way from house to house, sharing in communal gifts.
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New Year's in Hawaii meant a feast of traditional Japanese foods.
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According to Scottish legend, visitors to your door on the night of Hogamanay, will determine your luck for the New Year.
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Russian traders left the legacy of their traditions in Anchorage Alaska, including the Christmas-time practice of Starring.
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There was a time when the singing of Christmas carols could land you in jail.
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Some of our most enduring Christmas traditions date back to the pre-Christian era.
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In "the most famous small town in the world", how will Santa arrive this year?
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Celebrating Christmas eve with a 20 foot pyre of wood and wire.
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Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem
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Ever wonder where "Xmas" came from?
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With a little help from quantum physics, Santa could have all the time he needs to make Christmas deliveries.
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200 million presents is a big load for any sleigh.
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What if Santa Claus got the flu and an ordinary mortal had to cover for him?
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Dipping into the Doop of ancestral Sweden.
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Young Swedish girls represent Saint Lucia in an early morning ritual.
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Rituals of light in the darkness of winter.
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Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style!
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The Polish Christmas tradition of Wigilia.
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Switzerland's Klausjagen blends a Christian holiday with a much older celebration.
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Change Santa Claus's team of reindeer to a single white horse, replace his costume with a bishop's robes, and you'll begin to get a picture of Sinterklaas.
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Whips, bells and a giant paper bishop's hat.
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A cross-cultural look at the relationship between humans and other animals.
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Should we use technology to solve global environmental problems?
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Clacking teeth, clicking tongue?
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In the field of oceanography, there's room for many talents and aspirations.
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Our survival depends upon them.
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All the trappings of a traditional Native American meal.
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What role do crocodiles play in their ecosystem?
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A small-scale glimpse of the many symbiotic relationships existing in a rainforest.
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For its own protection, one species of caterpillar produces a call for help.
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Underwater avant-garde percussion!
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The Bowhead Whale lives in an underwater jungle of sound.
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The Nile is being altered by both natural and man-made influences.
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An annual harvest of wild persimmons has been a lifelong tradition. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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A new way to count Bowhead whales.
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Old-growth forests in the US are disappearing, and with them a symbol of American wildlife.
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Searching for the near-extinct Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.
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Welcome to Diwali - a luminous celebration of enlightenment.
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Artificial calling devices make it possible to talk with animals.
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With a little know-how, voila!
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A whole range of turkey vocalizations can be mimicked with calling devices.
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Living comfortably in the rainforest sometimes means just staying out of harm's way.
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On Halloween eve, it's an essential part of any witch's sorcery kit.
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New insights into the relationship between predator and prey.
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Eliminating wolves from Yellowstone National Park has increased the populations of the animals they used to prey upon.
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For 2000 years, the Chinese have been able to keep one of the world's most destructive insect pests in check without the use of pesticides.
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As traditional lands are invaded by gold miners, the Yanomami's way of life is threatened.
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The Yanomami People of the Northwest Amazon are paying a heavy price for contact with the outside world.
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Why is the chimpanzee disappearing? This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
Our closest living relatives?
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Throughout her lifelong study of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall has made some amazing discoveries.
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To establish a relationship with the natural world, begin in your own backyard.
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Birds raised in captivity learn from their peers.
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Wild bird rescuers may do more harm than good.
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How long can we depend upon our planet for sustenance?
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An Onondaga chief offers a compelling image of our relationship with the earth.
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Instilling a respect for nature.
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Understanding the essence of where we live.
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One of the biggest challenges facing Antarctic scientists.
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Antarctic scientists turn an ear to the ground and an eye to the sky.
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One of the world's most unique living laboratories.
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The only continent where there are no indigenous people.
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The resourceful coyote lives up to its reputation.
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You may want to think twice before recruiting Geckos for roach patrol.
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The Baka use an ingenious method to harvest termites.
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The Baka use their knowledge of plants to help them catch fish.
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Distant relatives of both dolphins and whales, hippos may also use sound to echolocate.
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They produce sounds especially suited for transmission through air and water.
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Today we let the animals do the talking.
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The survival of indigenous people is linked to the survival of the natural world.
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Sharing the secret knowledge of plants and herbs.
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Understanding the spiritual life of a forest.
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Look to the clouds for hints about tomorrow's weather.
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Does animal behavior give us clues about the weather?
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Can timeworn proverbs help us forecast the weather?
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Lessons learned from golf course greens can improve a home lawn.
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Casting off the year's cares during Tashlicht.
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A symbolic practice on the first day of the Jewish New Year.
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One of Africa's most successful environmental movements started with planting seven trees.
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And the most overpopulated country in the world is..?
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Mandarese fishermen sing to their prey.
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What would happen if all the ants on earth disappeared?
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We're not the only species that practices animal husbandry.
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Individuals members of an ant colony are like cells in a body, each performing a specialized task.
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Where can you find a billion pounds of ants? All around us.
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Ants fight, raid their enemies' colonies, and even use chemical weapons.
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The world's foremost authority on ants reveals how they can be courteous towards relatives but merciless to outsiders.
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Legends of a Chinese Wildman go back 2500 years in eastern literature.
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Laboratory tests of hair samples indicate they come from a hitherto unknown primate.
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Is a large, ape-like creature hiding in the remote forests of China?
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"We are not Swedes, Norwegians, Finns or Russians."
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Neither bridges or dams can stop their annual migration.
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Richard Leakey predicts there will be fences. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
If you farm near a wildlife park, what's to prevent a buffalo from trampling your crops?
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Famed anthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey unveils his strategy to protect Kenya's elephants. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
The yearly migration of Sand Hill Cranes brings half a million birds to roost in Nebraska's Platte River.
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A montage of vocalizations from around the world - and their variety will surprise you.
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Are amphibians barometers of environmental change?
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Tracking avian populations on Block island.
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Unlocking a bird's life story.
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Meet the animal designed for long distance desert treks.
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"They're like the cowboys of the Chisholm trail."
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Life in slow-motion reveals its mysteries to the patient observer.
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All the humpback whales of the North Pacific sing the same, slowly changing song.
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Being huge and fearless has its disadvantages. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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A first sighting of a whale can take your breath away. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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What's a bird like you doing in a dump like this? This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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No Kayapo ceremony would be complete without the siren-like collective speech of the women, known as keening. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration. Anthropologist Terry Turner (1935-2015) was a strong proponent for the rights of indigenous peoples.
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How Roger Payne discovered that the long, complicated vocalizations of the humpback whales were actually songs. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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The Kayapo of Brazil proved that indigenous people can become a powerful voice in their own defense. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration. Anthropologist Terry Turner (1935-2015) was a strong proponent for the rights of indigenous peoples.
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A history of confrontation made the Kayapo formidable opponents to a government plan to flood their lands. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration. Anthropologist Terry Turner (1935-2015) was a strong proponent for the rights of indigenous people
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Decades after a government program removed them from their lands, some of Australia's indigenous peoples have returned to their traditional homes. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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The Pintobee people of Western Australia were forcibly removed from their ancestral land to create an atomic bomb test site. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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The Kayapo turned their corn ceremony into a confrontation with the Brazilian government. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration. Anthropologist Terry Turner (1935-2015) was a strong proponent for the rights of indigenous peoples.
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Harvesting culinary delights in the wilds of New York City parks. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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The balance of power between two species can shift when the sun goes down. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration. Anthropologist John Cavallo's (1939-2009) work spanned many disciplines. He was the Director of the Rutgers' Center for Public Archaeology.
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Prior to Holy Week in South America, red-footed tortoises best make themselves scarce. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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A turtle's long life span is turning out to be a disadvantage for its survival. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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Their homelands are rooted in myths of the past. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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Mangbetu women use snail shells as percussion instruments. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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An immersive visit with the Mangbetu people of Central Africa. This archival program is part of our 30th anniversary celebration.
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The simplest way to protect yourself from mosquitos at home?
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Guess who is their prime target?
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Do indigenous peoples benefit when western science "discovers" their herbal medicines? This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Richard Evans Schultes (1915 - 2001), "the father of modern ethnobotany", inspired the film "Embrace of the Serpent".
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Take only what you need. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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If your society forbids you to use musical instruments, play the river! This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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More than half the people on the planet live in cities.
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As water projects drain a Midwestern river, the resting places for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds are threatened. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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One of the classic studies of animal communication. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Dorothy Cheney is a professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Yekuana roundhouse is a living symbol of the cosmos. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. David Guss is a professor emeritus at Tufts University.
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The power of song can symbolically transform men into animals. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. David Guss is a professor emeritus at Tufts University.
Among the Yekuana People of southern Venezuela, every object is hand-made. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. David Guss is a professor emeritus at Tufts University.
In Africa, wildlife conservation areas are saving endangered species while denying indigenous peoples access to their traditional lands. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Moringe Parkipuny (1948 - 2013) was a parlimentarian, activist and indigenous spokesperson.
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For centuries, the Maasai have herded their cattle throughout East Africa, but their use of traditional grazing lands is being restricted. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Moringe Parkipuny (1948 - 2013) was a parlimentarian, activist and indigenous spokesperson.
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"We have little evidence that there is any ecosystem smaller than the surface of the earth." This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Famed biologist, theorist, educator and author Lynn Margulis (1938- 2011) co-developed the Gaia Hypothesis.
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The earth is a living system. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Famed biologist, theorist, educator and author Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) co-developed the Gaia Hypothesis.
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Of the hundreds of thousands of species of plants in the world, humanity depends on only about a dozen species for food. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Richard Evans Schultes (1915 - 2001) has been called the father of modern ethnobotany. His work inspired the film "Embrace of the Serpent".
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The words of Thoreau still evoke the timeless feeling of a remote mountain lake. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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A wide range of exotic plants have yielded drugs valuable to western medicine. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Richard Evans Schultes (1915 - 2001) has been called the father of modern ethnobotany. His work inspired the film "Embrace of the Serpent".
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A pioneering ethnobotanist worked with indigenous peoples around the world to discover useful plants. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Richard Evans Schultes (1915 - 2001) has been called the father of modern ethnobotany. His story inspired the film "Embrace of the Serpent".
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Singing with birds and waterfalls. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Steven Feld is currently Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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The sound flows down and mixes with your thoughts. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Steven Feld is currently Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Icebergs are forming and seas are rising. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Stanley S. Jacobs is currently a Special Research Scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth
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A roar and a tremendous splash herald the birth of a new iceberg. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Stanley S. Jacobs is currently a Special Research Scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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..You'd better be listening! This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Steven Feld is currently Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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An audio snapshot of the daily life of the Bosavi people of Papua New Guinea. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Steven Feld is currently Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
For the Bosavi people of Papua, New Guinea, sounds convey the pulse of the rainforest. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration. Steven Feld is currently Senior Scholar at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Thunder shakes the darkening skies as heavy showers refresh the rainforest. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Every year, an area about the size of the state of Massachusetts burns in the Brazilian Rainforest. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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A centuries-old farming method may actually help save portions of the rainforest. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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The Amazonian Rainforest s alive with sound. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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The Panda is still threatened with extinction by poaching. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Understanding the relationship between predators and prey. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Meet one of the first scientists to study gorillas in the wild. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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George Schaller cautions western environmentalists to consider local traditions. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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What's the value of saving plants and animals that are threatened by extinction? This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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A world-famous conservationist shares his experiences. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Can natural resources be protected, while allowing indigenous people to continue their traditional way of life? This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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In the Ituri forest of Zaire, the Efe people smoke bees out from their hives, sixty feet above the ground. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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A nest of marauding ants can number in the millions. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Whistles coordinate a honey hunt in Africa's Ituri Rainforest. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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In the midst of a damp tropical forest, carrying a fire is easier than starting one. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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In northern India, an unusual form of direct action saved a forest and launched an environmental movement. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Measuring Earth's atmosphere from the distant past. This archival program is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Thirty years ago, George Woodwell warned that If the Earth's temperature continues to rise, flooding would eventually displace millions around the world. Part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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Everything George Woodwell spoke about three decades ago has come to pass and his advice for the future is as relevant today as when we first broadcast these programs. Part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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A home for wolves that have been raised in captivity. This archival program (our first!) is part of Pulse of the Planet's 30th anniversary celebration.
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If it isn't drinkable, that doesn't mean it's not usable.
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In many areas, our water supply is being drained faster than it's replenished.
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A large cumulous cloud weighs about the same as a 747.
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Approximately 4000 new chemicals are registered each day.
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A widely used category of chemical substances could have harmful side-effects.
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A chemical compound found in many home cleansing products could be doing more than just clean.
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If nanoparticles from consumer products end up in solid wastes, what effect could that have on the environment?
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Wastewater plants typically don't filter out pharmaceuticals from our water supply.
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According to the US Geological Survey, much of our fresh water is contaminated by caffeine.
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Here's a way you can help track and control poison ivy.
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Designing a drug that could help stroke patients maximize whatever bypass arteries they may have.
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After a stroke, a specialized network of blood vessels redirects the flow of blood in the brain.
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Why is it that some patients are able to survive a stroke and others are not?
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Saddled with a dicey moniker, Hellbenders are indicators of a healthy water ecosystem.
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North America's largest salamander can reach a length of two feet and weigh up to five pounds.
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Engineers turn misunderstandings to their advantage.
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An owl's wing inspires the design of a quiet turbine.
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An immersive glimpse of intertidal zone research.
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Long term studies can help explain why we're seeing so many Harmful Algae Blooms lately.
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Burrowing crabs turn up clues to what lies beneath.
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Designed for stealth flying, an owl's wing is still a bit of a mystery.
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Solutions for a low-tech environment
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Imagine a self-powered device that can clean up human waste.
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They happen all over the world, giving scientists more questions than answers.
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Put on your headset and join us for an immersive sound portrait.
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It's like attaching drill bits, but on a whole other scale.
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The trees we plant trees today are a product of drastic, dramatic climate change.
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Canopies of trees helps to moderate an urban climate.
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The greatest challenge for cityscape tree planters
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The challenge of translating behavior from one culture to another
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Is there a better way to improve service besides filling out surveys?
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There's one sure way to make a memorable impression.
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Do mother snapping turtles pass toxic substances on to their young?
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Why would anyone want to cut the toenails of a snapping turtle?
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The largest antlered animal in the world is a lot speedier that you'd expect.
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Snapping turtles are teaching us invaluable lessons about the effects of toxins on the environment.
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Without wolves, there would be nothing to control the population of moose on Isle Royale.
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Farming practices in the midwest impact the Gulf of Mexico.
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Runoff from chemical fertilizers has a deadly consequence downstream.
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Off the Louisiana coast there's about 6000 square miles of ocean that's virtually devoid of life.
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Understanding what evidence and data really mean.
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New technologies may be rejected for unexpected reasons.
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Should hand pumps be installed in remote African villages? Ask a statistician.
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A bat can change the shape of its ear in about one-tenth of a second!
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The nose-leaf is like a little megaphone that surrounds a bat's nostrils.
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Smell the guano, site the bat trajectories!
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In a cave full of flying bats, why don't they get in each other's way?
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On city sidewalks we can walk without bumping into each other. Is that Swarming?
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Planning a walk in the woods? Some tips on avoiding ticks.
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Disease-carrying ticks can be active year-round.
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Since this report was initially filed, the CDC now estimates there are 300,000 cases of Lyme in the US each year.
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"If it smells bad, it is bad." Really?
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There's lots of ways to tune out sights and sounds, but not smells.
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Fertilizers and nanoparticles can lead to unpleasant consequences.
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It's like dropping a fresh water organism into the ocean.
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Wet salt sticks better to roads than dry - and other useful ideas.
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Rock salt from roads can enter into our soil, streams and groundwater.
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How many bacteria does it take to light up an Anglerfish?
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Meet one of evolution's spectacular solutions.
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A mutually beneficial relationship between a fish and bacteria.
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Contaminants can increase in their concentration as they move up the food chain.
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What will happen when acid rain falls on a system that is no longer able to deal with it?
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Understanding how the acidity from rain and snow effects our environment.
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We've developed lots of ways to cover our ears, but not so many ways to cover our noses.
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Reading strings of DNA like the beads on a necklace.
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In many countries around the world, people can walk into a pharmacy and purchase antibiotics without a prescription.
Every year, at least 23,000 people in the US die because of antibiotic resistant infections.
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Celebrating significant unheralded lives.
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The stories of everyday people form an important and overlooked part of our history.
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Tracking the sources of acid rain involved some low-tech highly creative methods.
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The surprising backstory of Martin Luther King's most famous speech.
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The nomadic herdsmen of Scandinavia have preserved their oral history in a unique form.
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The nomadic herdsmen of Scandinavia have preserved their oral history in a unique form.
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What happens when nanoparticles find their way into the environment?
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It was Plow-or-Treat in 18th century England.
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What to do with all those holiday boxes?
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Leave something for the camels!
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Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style!
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Three Kings Day is a taste fest!
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Celebrate Hogmanay with a bit of first-footing.
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An indigenous style of singing created by nomadic reindeer herdsman is kept alive in contemporary Scandinavia.
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In the world of package design, you have to think about what it's going to be resting upon.
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Jonkonnu revelers sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money.
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The festival of Jonkonnu is celebrated with influences from West Africa, England and the Caribbean.
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Some of our most enduring Christmas traditions may date back to the pre-Christian era.
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Celebrating Christmas eve with a 20 foot pyre of wood and wire.
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There was a time when the singing of Christmas carols could land you in jail.
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Rethinking what that gift you're giving comes in.
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Commemorating Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem.
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If you want to design effective packaging, you'd better know how it'll stand up to being transported.
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A celebration designed to keep the fabric of society from tearing itself apart.
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Celebrating freedom from slavery.
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Rain is a prime mover in stimulating microbial growth.
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Is there a limit to how tall trees can grow?
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Amidst a clearcut forest and host to a pesky woodpecker, stands the world's tallest tree.
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Why would bacteria evolve the ability to freeze cloud water at higher than normal temperatures?
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There may be more in a rain shower than you think.
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What catalyzes the production of rain?
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Cloud water freezes at higher temperatures than pure water.
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Rain starts with an ice crystal.
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In Mexico, a successful project is bringing together tourist-volunteers and local beekeepers.
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It's an important economic and cultural resource in many countries.
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Is there a universal language of alarm calls?
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Birds "mobbing calls" make it easy for all the animals in a locale to know exactly when a predator is nearby.
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What's a bird to do when it sees a predator lurking nearby?
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What does it take to handle a four-story high balloon?
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Watching the giant parade balloons being filled on the day before Thanksgiving has become part of New York's holiday celebration.
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The home to a multimillion dollar oyster industry is threatened by industrial and agricultural pollution.
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Increasing levels of acidity in our oceans could have a serious impact on the oyster industry.
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They're an important shellfish, both for their environmental and economic value.
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Around the world, people are being poisoned by naturally occurring toxins in their drinking water.
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Volcanoes could be giving us clues to when they'll erupt, if we knew how to listen to them.
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You don't want coal ash to end up in a water supply.
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If you think water with the least traces of minerals in it tastes best, you're in for a surprise.
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The recipe for an enlivening cityscape? A good mix of blue and green.
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The architecture of a cityscape can affect our well-being in unexpected ways.
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Good habitat choice comes down to seeing but not being seen.
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A neuroscientist explores architecture and nature.
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A new way of controlling Poison Ivy?
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To avoid predators, Piping Plovers have adopted a theatrical strategy.
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Studying the interactions between people and places.
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Exciting new medical treatments are being developed from the venom of this feisty arachnid.
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A precursor to Halloween? A Legacy Program from the Pulse of the Planet archive.
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How dangerous is a scorpion sting?
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Researchers trying to grow Poison Ivy discovered that all their seedlings were being destroyed.
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You think researchers studying poison ivy have an easy time growing it? Not quite!
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Meet the unofficial members of the New York City sanitation department.
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Listening beside the Sequoia tree where John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt camped.
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Welcome to the urban insect jungle.
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Some caterpillars can keep predators and human researchers at bay!
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An audio snapshot of all the species making sounds nearby.
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If they’re out there, why haven't they come here?
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How would you compose a message to an alien?
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Documenting the voices of nature.
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In wildlife preserves, should we allow nature to "take its course"?
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Reaching out to ET, in ones and zeroes.
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What makes them glow in the dark?
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An insider's look at how scientists monitor bird life after a devastating hurricane.
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Fall is a time of animal migrations and human pilgrimage. A Legacy Program from the Pulse of the Planet archive.
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In Magdalena Mexico, a statue of St. Francis Xavier draws thousands of worshippers on pilgrimage. A Legacy Program from the Pulse of the Planet archives.
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Every October, a sixty mile pilgrimage to the Mexican village of Magdalena honors St. Francis. A legacy program from the Pulse of the Planet archives.
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They walked the earth before dinosaurs.
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In the aftermath of a storm, what's bad for humans may be good for other species.
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Fire Island's dunes were flattened by hurricane Sandy; with the aid of snow fencing, they have been speedily reestablished.
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Virtually every organism in a rainforest ecosystem is part of an interdependent web of life.
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A low-cost means of detecting polio in the field is being developed by scientists, using nanotechnology.
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There are three countries in the world where polio is still found.
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Tinker with the micro-ecology of just one plant, and you risk altering an entire ecosystem.
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A diverse ecoysystem can be found within the leaves of one rainforest plant.
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Are nanoparticles from products effecting the environment?
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Signs of caterpillars are easy to spot, but how do you locate the caterpillars themselves?
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In Costa Rica's banana plantations, parasitoids can keep hungry caterpillars in check.
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Nature can be harsh, and in the case of caterpillar-eating parasitoids, it's downright gruesome.
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In Costa Rica's rainforest, the diversity of caterpillars rivals the variety of plants they consume.
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A prime spot to observe migrating dragonflies
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One of the world's most venerable insects has developed a sucessful means of reproduction.
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Unfortunately for dragonflies, they're not the only creatures who migrate riding wind currents.
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A sight to behold - thousands upon thousands of dragonflies.
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Can these flying insect carnivores bite people?
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Crafting a message an alien can understand.
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The sounds of earth onboard the Voyager spacecraft.
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They probably already know we're here.
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Air pollution monitoring is nothing new, but now scientists are turning to a new source of data: dairy cows.
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Analyzing butter to detect pollutants worldwide.
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A cheap and effective pollution monitoring tool?
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Grizzly bear tracking usually involves splitting a few hairs.
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Are Grizzly bears returning to the mountains of Montana?
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"Take me into the cell! Don't kill me!"
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These days, getting a degree in chemistry, biology or physics isn't enough.
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When you're injured, they leap into action.
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They're like having a strong bench in a sports team.
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Honoring today's solar eclipse: Sound is giving us a clue as to what's taking place inside the sun.
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When an invasive insect from Japan began wiping out eastern hemlock trees, scientists found the pests' natural predator in Japan.
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An invasive species has decimated our population of eastern hemlock trees.
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Thanks to DNA testing, we now know that the majority of micororganisms in soil are fungi which bring vital elements to plant life.
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When foraging for wild mushrooms, it helps to know your tree types.
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Detectable traces of pollutants just might be in your refrigerator.
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They've played an important role, ecologically, economically and historically.
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Should you ever decide to wrestle an alligator (bad idea!), here are a few tips.
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"A huge alligator rushed out of the reeds and with a tremendous roar, came up with open jaws..."
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Is the alligator's fierce reputation a case of mistaken identity?
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Part of Lewis and Clark's mission was to find dinosaurs!
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Is the largest woodpecker in North America truly extinct?
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Do large numbers effect our decision making?
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Are we unconsciously influenced by the size of a number?
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Subliminal selling messages in a department store?
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Could colors affect our willingness to purchase a product?
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Bikes are evolving in their design and the way they fit into the cityscape.
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Want to improve your health, brighten your day and lessen air pollution in one easy step?
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The ideal bike to ride to work?
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In the Netherlands, about one-quarter of all trips in the entire country are made by bicycle.
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Many US cities have come to a new appreciation of two-wheel transport.
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Learning from indigenous Thailanders how to manage an endangered ecosystem.
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Can chemistry keep some of the world's oldest organs from turning to dust?
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Humans aren't the only animals using tools.
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Crows and ravens may both be large, black birds, but they have very distinct voices.
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A woodpecker has devised a clever strategy to protect its nests from snakes.
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It's the only woodpecker that excavates cavities in a living pine tree.
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Young Red Cockaded Woodpeckers help raise their brothers and sisters until their father dies.
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Science and art intertwine to explore the relationship between emotion and music.
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Tapping into the emotional states of performers and their audience.
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Can we translate emotions directly to musical sound, with a little help from computers?
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Do we base our understanding on evidence or opinion?
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Let the evidence lead the answer to your hunch, not the other way around.
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Could there be positive outcomes from cancer as a result of mutation?
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Getting a dinosaur skeleton from the field to the lab is a tricky process.
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Finding a strategy to combat cancer is like playing chess against a Grandmaster.
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Close relatives of Tyrannosaurs Rex actually had some kind of feathering coating!
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Shutting down an overzealous immune response.
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Veterinarians are using gold nanoparticles to control the growth of cancerous tumors.
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Instead of looking for Child Finder stickers, first responders to an emergency might one day be checking their iPads.
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Chimps, like humans, commit acts of deadly violence against their own kind.
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Chimps communicate with each other with both voices and gestures.
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Chimpanzees make their own tools for all sorts of different needs and behaviors.
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On being the first person to uncover an animal that lived 210 million years ago.
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Can a building transform the motion that takes place inside it into electricity?
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"it's much harder to establish the truthfulness of what somebody is saying."
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Find a fossil dinosaur in the field, bring it to the lab, and the work of extracting it begins.
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With over 200 vibrometers, this building is keeping track of the movements of its inhabitants.
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One of the world's most instrumented buildings is a living laboratory of vibrations.
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Sending supplies to a disaster stricken area may be best left to relief organizations.
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Roma music is eclectic, contemporary and loud!
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When a natural disaster strikes, one of the problems that relief agencies run into are people who want to help!
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When planning for a natural disaster, local knowledge is critical.
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For the Roma, census-taking is not just a matter of counting heads.
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What is keeping St. Bees Island's koala population in check?
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Gypsies are not aimless wanderers.
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It's like playing "Where's Waldo", with Waldo being a few hundred million years old.
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You could easily be driving by a bed of fossils on your way to work.
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"You're talking to all these strangers and maybe not always being nice to each other."
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Why has the koala population of St. Bees Island remained stable?
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Demystifying the origins of Gypsy culture.
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The secret of finding fossils is knowing where to look.
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Hearkening back 400 million years.
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Do we need nanomaterials to be 100% pure?
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A research team spots a well-hidden koala.
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Self-repairing membranes that target pathogens.
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Designing a membrane that doesn't clog up.
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It takes about ten barrels of water to get one barrel of oil.
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How does making something smaller change its nature?
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Koalas don't keep quiet and still all day because they're lazy - it's a metabolic strategy!
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Will the Zika virus burn itself out?
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Burial practices in West Africa figured in the spread of Ebola.
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Tracking the behavior of someone who looks a lot like you.
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What's responsible for maintaining the spread of disease?
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Join in the hunt as researchers track down koalas!
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Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch.
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Florescent lighting may be effecting the taste of milk and other daily products.
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Why has the consumption of milk been declining for the past thirty years?
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Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch.
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The koalas of Australia's St. Bee's Island have an unlikely adversary - goats.
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You may want to spend more time in the loo of the future.
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Even on an island full of koalas, finding one is much more difficult than it might seem!
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Building a house from the inside out.
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Low on milk? Better call the refrigerator.
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Why clarinet players love a certain problematic plant.
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Your counter is a touch screen computer.
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You'll never think of koalas as placid, leaf-chewing marsupials again after hearing their vocalizations during breeding season!
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All the components are plug and play.
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A subtle form of discrimination permeates our society.
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Uncovering elder abuse is no easy task.
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The family member who takes twenty dollars to pick up milk and brings back the milk but no change.
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Our population of elder citizens is growing, along with the issues confronting them.
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Making male mosquitos with the "Nix Gene".
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Uncovering the genetic "master switch" of sex determination in disease-carrying mosquitos.
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Does our memory play tricks on us and effect our perception of the truth?
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It's difficult to produce a pesticide that doesn't have effects on beneficial microorganisms.
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A honeybee's best friends just might be the microbiota living in its digestive tract.
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Memory can mean a million different things to a million different people.
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Why do impulsive people have a hard time following through on their goals?
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"I was completely shocked and thought, 'This is impossible!"
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One person's invasive is another person's tasty delicacy.
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"A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."
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New strategies for saving tigers and other big cats around the world.
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No eating, peeing, or rolling in it allowed!
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"You can follow those cubs all the way up through their life."
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Although the government of Iran tried to suppress it, Noruz continues to be one of that nation's most popular celebrations.
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The first day of spring marks the start of an ancient holiday.
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It means "new day" and it's celebrated with new clothes, gift-giving and bonfires.
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You'd think being such large animals, that we'd know more about them.
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Can we design plastics whose structures respond to their environment?
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What happens to the microplastics in your toothpaste when they get washed down the drain?
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Can we develop bio-friendly polymers?
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Virtually every plastic bag that finds its way into the ocean, deteriorates into microplastic particles.
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Celebrating the season with drums and cymbals!
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An ancient festival of spring is celebrated with colored baby powder.
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The most joyful festival of the Indo-Caribbean culture.
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A project to bring together local police with the people they serve.
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Diversity doesn't just refer to race, ethnicity or gender; it means diversity of thought, intellectual approach, and diversity of tools and problems.
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Is it possible to predict product defects and recalls by monitoring online user groups?
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Does resistance help an idea become better?
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The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.
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"When you're part of this Mardi Gras, you're forgetting about your job, your worries, your bills.."
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This week, in the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors to support a communal gumbo.
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A newly developed algorithm is telling scientists where disease outbreaks may occur in the future.
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How are diseases passed from animals to humans?
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Why is it that diseases emerge from some species and not from others?
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Does the search for new ideas mean abandoning the old ones?
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From Bell Labs to Silicon Valley - what are the best conditions to encourage innovation?
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"There's an entrepreneur inside all of us, and the lab is the world."
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How the Network Effect can lead to Winner Take All.
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The first company to come up with a new idea isn't always the most successful.
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Got a great idea but no funds to support it? No worries!
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What can we do to keep drugs out of our water supply?
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Everything from antibiotics to antihistamines is showing up in our water supply and effecting local ecosystems.
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What happens to all the pharmaceuticals we use and dispose of?
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What popular sport currently has the least effective helmet?Hint: It's not Football!
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It takes a well designed football helmet to lower the risk of concussion.
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The key to injury is acceleration, not speed.
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Using fruit fly genes to test different forms of cancer treatment.
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In the history of genetics, no species has played a more important role than a humble fly.
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A mix of environmental factors cue bears to seasonal changes.
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For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity.
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Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation.
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Low in THC, industrial grade cannabis is high in possibilities.
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Can you guess the origin of the word "canvas"?
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Hempcrete, rope, canvas, absorbent bedding - just a few of the thousands of uses for this most versatile plant.
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Natural enemies, resistant genotypes - all part of the effort to save our ash trees.
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You can find springtails even in the winter!
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The inventor of the Macronaut finds inspiration in nature's details.
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What does a seashell have in common with a 3D printer?
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Could we replace things like luminescent paint with new products inspired by nature?
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There's an easy way to see if an ash tree is infected by beetles.
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One species of insect is single-handedly wiping out entire forests of ash trees.
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Welcome to the living library!
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Before you take a walk in the woods.....
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Improving conditions on the ever-popular AT.
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America's most famous hike is experiencing growing pains.
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"Going to the mountains is going home." John Muir
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An unsung hero in the prevention of Lyme Disease.
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The flamboyance of the Mummers' Parade arose from the masquerade balls of Philadelphia society.
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Revered in Philadelphia since 1902.
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"Be careful with fire!" is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year.
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Testing two new ways of reducing ticks in suburban backyards.
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An ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition lives on in Pennsylvania, where a group of friends celebrate by drinking to the health of apple trees.
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Tracking the animal most responsible for the spread of Lyme.
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This week, millions of people around the world celebrate Kwanzaa, a holiday with roots in the ancient harvest festivals of Africa.
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In the most famous small town in the world, the big question is how is Santa going to arrive this year?
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Along the banks of the Mississippi River, a line of Bonfires lights the way for Papa Noel.
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In Lindsborg, Kansas, folks still mark this time of year with traditions their ancestors brought from Sweden.
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Two summers after a bountiful acorn year, is the riskiest time for human exposure to Lyme.
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Blazing speeds on an internet signal that can't penetrate walls - or even paper!
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With our infrastructure increasingly dependent on computers, it's becoming more vulnerable.
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The first line of defense is looking for anomalous behavior.
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How do you do identity management for the "Internet of Things"?
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Change Santa Claus's team of reindeer into a single white horse, and replace his costume with a bishop's robes, and you'll begin to get a picture of the Netherlands' Sinterklaas.
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With bells, whips and candles, a Swiss village celebrates St. Nicholas' Day.
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An annual harvest of wild persimmons has been a lifelong tradition.
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Could bird feeders be helping a disease become more virulent every year?
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Predatory insect mites are infecting honeybee hives, but pesticides used to control the mites just might be making things worse!
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With thousands of bees to feed, a hive needs a good store of honey to get through the winter.
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Lobsters battle it out with their new neighbors.
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Lobsters taste their food with their feet!
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The sound of one cell singing?
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Understanding the ecology of wildlife in Botswana is giving scientists clues as to how we may better control disease worldwide.
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Madagascar scientists found plants that were a low-cost solution for stabilizing hillsides.
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Telling the temperature by sound.
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There's more to a cricket chirp than you might realize!
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How healthy is an ecosystem? Listen up!
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Could termites be the key to a clean energy future?
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There are about 5000 minerals known to science, and new ones are being discovered all the time.
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Many of us are rock collectors at heart, but imagine discovering something new!
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Feed a wild monkey, and you may alter its reproductive cycle.
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Although we can't pinpoint precisely when and where earthquakes will occur, we can still be prepared for them.
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For Howler monkeys, eating their veggies is more than just a health issue.
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Stored in Alaska's icy tundra is carbon that's hundreds and thousands of years old. Global warming may unlock this carbon, which could result in a runaway greenhouse effect.
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When a large earthquake occurs, city planners and disaster teams need information fast about where and how best to respond.
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Inquisitive Capuchin monkeys brazenly forage for hidden sources of food.
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When searching for Howler monkeys, use your ears and exercise patience.
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Even when promising new ideas are developed by engineers, getting them implemented can be challenge.
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While catching and tagging sharks, a sports fisherman turned ecologist sees them in a new light.
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What weighs 100 pounds, has a beak and fights sharks?
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Humans aren't the only species to enjoy seasonal fruit.
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Reserves account for 25 percent of Costa Rica. But these regions are isolated, which has a major impact on their wildlife.
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A new field is encouraging engineers to include safety in every product or procedure.
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How do we know new products and procedures are safe?
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Even on a balmy day in Alaska, ice can be found just below the surface of the soil. But the ice is melting and the ecosystem may be in jeopardy.
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How would you measure the release of carbon from the vast landscape of Alaska's tundra? Think small.
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Fireworks, marching bands, and words from some famous Americans.
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A good tracker never stops asking questions about their surroundings.
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Australia's white lemuroid possum may be the world's first mammal to go extinct via global warming.
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A belly full of bugs or pregnant? The answer could have an impact on the population levels of Malaysian bats.
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In the cloudforest of Australia, Bowerbirds build elaborate homes for their mates.
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Leaping lizards! Climate change researchers count reptiles in northeastern Australia.
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Science Diarist Ted Schuur is in Alaska's northern latitudes, using ordinary garden clippers and canning jars to conduct cutting edge climate research.
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Climate change is having a significant impact on Alaska's tundra. And as frozen soils melt, the release of carbon may have a significant impact on our climate.
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DNA from reptiles and amphibians can help researchers see how they these animals have adapted to past climate change.
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In the highlands of Australia, animals trying to escape rising temperatures may soon have no place to go.
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Small changes in climate can have a large impact on the creatures living in Australia's Carbine Tableland.
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Unraveling an ecosystem to discover the effects of climate change is challenging work for Science Diarist Steve Williams.
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Could climate change dry out a rain forest?
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In a cloudforest in northeastern Australia, chirping birds may provide clues about the effects of global warming.
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The Ohaloni Rumsin people proudly practice traditions of generations past.
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A grandmother's story inspires a young boy to seek knowledge and share wisdom about his Indian heritage.
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Glowing spirits visit the Bayaka's nighttime ceremonies.
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Could nanoparticles be toxic to humans and the environment?
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Did fourth century Rome know about nanotechnology?
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If they're going to retain their special properties, nanoparticles have to stay small!
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Is that a pen in your shirt pocket or the latest smartphone?
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The Holy Grail of bird watching is finding and identifying warblers, and the best month to go on this quest is May.
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An accomplished avian artist continually refines his craft.
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Before embarking on a hunt, the Bayaka must first convene with the spirits of the forest.
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The Bayaka, hunter-gatherers living in the rainforest of Central Africa, prepare for a community hunt.
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How did Moby Dick make babies? Check out the Indian Ocean this week to find out.
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Migrating birds find Central Park an oasis amidst the metropolitan landscape.
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Climatic variances and geological history determine the biological make-up of soil.
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Biology's latest frontier is as close as your own backyard.
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Correctly identifying bird sounds is like earning a second language.
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Some tips on finding birds from the famous author/illustrator.
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Try your hand at resigning a tool or household appliance.
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Try objectifying pie without getting hungry!
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If you're in New Jersey this week, look to the skies!
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How to understand Quantum Computers? Think waves.
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A typical physics textbook takes up about 40 volumes - in braille.
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How do you begin to visualize a three dimensional graph if you're blind?
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These stealthy predators are named after the pattern on their feathers, which offers them near-perfect camouflage.
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Imagine trying to give a wild elephant a physical.
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Wildlife is susceptible to many of the infectious diseases that afflict humans.
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What's a little extra water to a fish? Think floods.
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Could Dark Energy be used as a power source?
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According to astronomers, less than 5 percent of the content of the known universe is made up of "matter".
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Once one of the most abundant bird species on earth, Passenger Pigeons were hunted to extinction.
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Why should things have substance? Quantum Physics now has the answer.
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Take "The Force" from Stars Wars and add a little molasses.
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MRI's not only to give us a view of the insides of our bodies, they can also be used as a form of therapy.
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They have no enemies - except for people in boats.
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What's got the face of a walrus, the tail of a beaver, and a body that resembles an enormous potato?
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A new use for ultrasound could change the way we treat brain disorders like Parkinsons Disease.
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If you can develop a technology to help a canine patient, it's readily translatable to humans.
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The brain's ability to learn and adapt is a key to understanding how to treat addiction, depression, traumatic injuries and other disorders.
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An elephant listens with its feet!
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If you feel the ground shake, consider doing as the elephants do: listen DOWN.
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In order to most effectively treat disorders like Parkinsons Disease, we first have to learn the language of the brain.
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Recent discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of the brain and how it works.
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Can iron nanoparticles be used to clean up toxic waste?
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"Will Fetch For Food!" How do dogs go about solving their everyday problems?
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A shrimp farm only lasts for five years. What happens after that?
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A new procedure may well change the way that cancerous tumors are treated.
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A new form of cancer treatment involves no drugs and practically no surgery.
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Some soils have taken hundreds of thousands of years to form.
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An app can help you navigate the info highway incognito.
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By studying how contaminants influence wildlife, we may be able to learn how they effect human reproductive processes.
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Every drop of water we drink has gone through a piece of soil.
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Can you get there from here if you're not here?
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Welcome to the Cellphone Sabbath.
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It's convenience versus the loss of privacy, while someone - or something, is watching.
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The paradox of being physically present but psychologically absent.
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Does the mere presence of a smartphone effect the quality of face-to-face conversations?
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Forest and watershed mapping and inventories, habitat assessments, post-processing of data; it's all in a day's work for a research drone.
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Drones are giving scientists unprecedented ways to gather data.
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Here's a way that you can help track and control poison ivy.
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For birds, a bit of competition with their peers early on turns out to be a good thing.
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It all comes down to the tutor.
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If you're wooing a female finch, you'd better sound like her father.
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Is it possible to better understand what something is, by knowing what it is not?
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Antibiotics in cow manure? Composting can help degrade them before they end up in fertilizer.
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Farmers destroy the milk from cows treated with antibiotics. But the antibiotics could still impact the environment outside the farm.
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What happens to the milk from cows who were given antibiotics?
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New drugs, new kinds of materials, new insights into the dynamics of ecosystems - all from reinventing the way we categorize things.
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HAL can open the pod door, but can he come come with a new concept?
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Every day, we're unknowingly gifting our personal information to corporations and service organizations.
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Though saddled with a dicey moniker, they're indicators of a healthy water ecosystem.
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North America's largest salamander can reach a length of two feet and weigh up to five pounds.
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Moving a species to a foreign environment may ultimately require importing another species to control the first.
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Humans are largely responsible for the demise of the biological immunity of ecosystems.
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Disparate species are being unnaturally relocated without the benefit of time for adaptation.
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When you're downstream from a coal mine, you want to know what's happening upstream.
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In America we use four or five hundred liters of water per day per person, an amount far in excess of what's needed to actually survive.
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Just because water isn't drinkable, doesn't mean it's not usable.
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In many agricultural areas, we're draining water faster than it's being replenished.
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It's the one resource that's irreplaceable.
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Approximately 4000 new substances are registered each day and not all of these can be thoroughly tested before they are used in consumer products.
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A widely used category of chemical substances is coming under scrutiny for possibly having harmful side-effects.
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There's evidence that a chemical compound found in many home cleaning products is causing reproductive difficulties in animals in laboratory tests.
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If nanoparticles from consumer particles end up in solid wastes, what effect could that have on the environment?
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Wastewater plants typically don't filter out pharmaceuticals from our water supply.
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According to US Geological Survey, much of the fresh water in the US is contaminated by caffeine.
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Scientists are trying to develop a drug that could help stroke patients maximize whatever bypass arteries they may have.
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After a stroke, a specialized network of blood vessels redirects the flow of blood in the brain.
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Why is it that some patients are able to survive a stroke and others are not?
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A group of engineers working on a problem together can turn misunderstandings and miscommunications to their advantage.
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Engineers are trying to design a quieter turbine blade inspired by the structure of an owl's wing.
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An owl's wings are designed for stealth flying. But just how the design works is still a bit of a mystery.
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Which is safer - a helmet made out of many thin layers or a solid piece?
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In professional football, the advent of helmets and face masks leg to unexpected problems.
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There's strong evidence that concussions can lead to a much more serious condition.
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When a football hits the ground, it's time for a little chaos.
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Ever wonder why a football is shaped the way it is?
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You can throw a prolate spheroid - aka a football - a lot further than a basketball, or an inflated pig's bladder!
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Translating high-tech solutions for use in very low-tech environment.
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It's like attaching different bits to a drill, but on a whole other scale.
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Custom parts? No problem. Using robots and computers, architects are developing new sets of tools and new ways of designing and constructing buildings.
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The trees that we plant trees today have been through drastic, dramatic climate change, and they're really a product of it.
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What kinds of trees wouldn't you want to have in an urban environment?
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A canopy of trees helps to moderate the climate we experience as we're walking down a street.
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If you're going for a walk in the woods, here are some tips on how to avoid being bitten by ticks.
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Depending upon where you live, disease-carrying ticks can be active year round.
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The surprising backstory of Martin Luther King's most famous speech.
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Oral histories often reveal untold stories of people you may never find in a history book or a newspaper headline, but whose lives and work were truly significant.
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The stories of everyday people form an important and often overlooked part of our history.
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For years, Lyme has often gone undiagnosed.
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Imagine a holiday like Halloween, with a bit of Mardi Gras thrown in, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what Plough Monday was like - in 18th century rural England.
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Once a year, riotous behavior gave farm workers an escape from social constraints in 18th century England.
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One of the strongest triggers of memory is odor.
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If it smells bad, it probably is bad for you. That was the prevailing wisdom once and for many years, it influenced the ways we tried to prevent the spread of disease.
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It's Christmas caroling - Puerto Rican Style! In the days leading up to the Feast of Epiphany, the sounds of Parrandas are heard throughout the island.
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One of our listeners returns to his homeland of Puerto Rico each year for the celebration of the Epiphany.
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We've developed lots of ways to cover our ears, but not so many ways to cover our noses.
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The nomadic Sami herdsmen of Scandinavia have preserved their oral history in a unique form of story-song called a "yoik."
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An indigenous style of singing created by nomadic reindeer herdsman is kept alive in contemporary Scandinavia.
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In an ecosystem polluted by toxins like mercury, do mother turtles pass these substances on to their young?
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Human beings are apparently hardwired to remember things that surprise us. how does this translate to cultures where people typically aren't encouraged to deviate from the normal way of doing things?
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Is there a better way to improve service without monitoring calls and filling out surveys?
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Some of our most enduring Christmas traditions may date back to the days before that holiday even existed.
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Working together to build 20 foot pyres of wood and wire, a family near New Orleans celebrates Christmas eve.
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Las Posadas, celebrated in Mexico and in many Hispanic communities, commemorates Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem.
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Believe it or not, there was a time when the singing of Christmas carols could land you in jail.
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In the early 1800's, letting off steam at the annual Jonkonnu celebrations may have been a social safety valve.
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A widely celebrated event during the 1800's inspired historians and local residents of eastern North Carolina to reconstruct its spectacle.
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Revelers of the Jonkonnu masquerade sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money.
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In North Carolina, the festival of Jonkonnu is celebrated with influences from West Africa, England, and the Caribbean.
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There's one sure way to make a memorable impression.
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If you want to design effective packaging, you'd better know how it will stand up to being transported in planes, trains and trucks.
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In Lindsborg, Kansas, folks still mark this time of year with traditions their ancestors brought from Sweden.
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In the world of package design, you have to think not only of the package itself, but what it's going to be resting upon.
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Packages that were previouly made out of plastic, are now being made out of bioplastics.
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Why would anyone want to cut the toenails of a snapping turtle?
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Snapping turtles are teaching us invaluable lessons about the effects of toxins on the environment.
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Microorganisms are part of the "recipe" for making rain, and rain not only cleans the atmosphere of microbes and airborne particles, it serves as a prime mover in stimulating microbial growth.
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Why would bacteria evolve the ability to freeze cloud water at higher than normal temperatures?
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Most scientists refrain from eating anything in their labs, and for good reason. But when it comes to flavor science, tasting chemicals is madatory.
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They're the largest antlered animal in the world and a lot faster that you'd expect them to be.
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On Isle Royale in Lake Superior, wolves and moose lead an interdependent existence.
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You might not expect the wolf population to effect the number of trees in an ecosystem - but it does.
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What does it take to handle a four-story high balloon?
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For many New Yorkers, watching the giant parade balloons being filled on the day before Thanksgiving, has become part of their holiday celebration.
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An innovative way is being developed to create nanomaterials - tiny bits of matter - using microscopic organisms called diatoms.
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Diatoms are among the world's oldest and most ubiquitous creatures, and they may soon be an important part of one of the newest branches of science and technology.
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Farming practices in the mid-west have an impact on the environmental conditions in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Off the coast of Louisiana there's a region of ocean the size of the state of New Jersey that's virtually devoid of life.
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Off the coast of Louisiana there's about 6000 square miles of ocean that're virtually devoid of life.
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Statisticians compile the hard evidence that forms the backbone of much scientific research.
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What are the factors that will cause a family to accept a new technology or not?
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Should hand pumps be installed in remote villages in Africa? That's the kind of question statisticians are called upon to answer.
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The Hindu goddess of good fortune is worshipped during a ceremony of light and chanting, for blessings of spiritual wealth and enlightenment.
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Divine statues are bathed with milk, honey, and other symbolic offerings during the Hindu celebration of Diwali.
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Diwali is a luminous celebration of enlightenment.
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A bat can change the shape of its ear in about one-tenth of a second!
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Many bats emit sounds through a "nose-leaf", which is like a little megaphone that surrounds the nostrils.
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