Science Minutes are created by Atlantic Public Media as part of an ongoing effort to represent the community in the WCAI listening area. Woods Hole is surrounded by science labs and institutions and the Science Minutes try to capture what scientists are doing and thinking about in their labs. Like Sonic IDs, these short portraits and stories are woven into the broadcast day.
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Science Minutes (March 21, 2016)
Clam Insights
Podcast: Download Biologist Roger Hanlon on groundbreaking discoveries made with the same clams we eat in chowder. |
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Science Minutes (March 19, 2016)
Fantastic Voyage
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/911-HS-Embryo.mp3Podcast: DownloadBiologist Hazel Sive imagines traveling inside an embryo. |
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Science Minutes (March 19, 2016)
Attic Skulls
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/08-HH-MCZATTIC.mp3Podcast: DownloadEvolutionary biologist Hopi Hoekstra gives a tour of the attic at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology. |
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Science Minutes (March 19, 2016)
Horseshoe Crabs
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/904-RH-Horseshoe-Crab-MBL.mp3Podcast: DownloadBiologist Roger Hanlon on the unique properties of horseshoe crab blood. |
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Science Minutes (March 19, 2016)
Ant Defenses
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/01-27-AL-AntsDefense.mp3Podcast: DownloadBiologist Adam Lazarus describes ants’ arsenal of defenses. |
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Science Minutes (March 18, 2016)
Paint Layers
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/913-NK-Art-layers.mp3Podcast: DownloadConservation scientist Narayan Khandeckar studies the materials artists use to paint. |
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Science Minutes (March 18, 2016)
Unexpected Discovery
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/14-WL-DISCOVERY.mp3Podcast: DownloadPhysicist Walter Leuwin on how discovery happens in science. |
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Science Minutes (March 18, 2016)
Hearing Brain
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/08-37-RF-Sound.mp3Podcast: DownloadNeurobiologist Richard Fay on the machinery of the auditory system. |
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Science Minutes (March 18, 2016)
Sargasso Sea
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/03-EZ-Converganence-Zones-SEA.mp3Podcast: DownloadOceanographer Erik Zettler on the convergence zone in the Sargasso Sea. |
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Science Minutes (March 18, 2016)
Antarctica Melting
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/44-OS-Melting.mp3Podcast: DownloadMarine biologist Oscar Schofield on how climate change has affected Antarctica. |
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Science Minutes (February 23, 2016)
Glowing Squid
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11-CL-Squid-SEA.mp3Podcast: DownloadOceanographer Charles Lea on the iridescent spots decorating the squid. |
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Science Minutes (February 23, 2016)
Whale Courtship
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/56-SP-WHALES.mp3Podcast: DownloadEcologist Susan Parks studies right whales’ communication and courtship rituals. |
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Science Minutes (February 23, 2016)
Ant Home
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/02-908-AL-AntsMayhem90.mp3Podcast: DownloadBiologists Adam Lazarus and Adam Kauppinen break into ants’ homes. |
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Science Minutes (February 23, 2016)
Human Oceans
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/22-DG-nomatterwhereyoulive.mp3Podcast: DownloadOceanographer Dave Gallo describes how humans everywhere impact and are affected by the oceans. |
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Science Minutes (February 23, 2016)
Single Cells
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/01-DP-Single-cell.mp3Podcast: DownloadMicrobiologist David Patterson on the stunning complexity of single-celled organisms. |
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Science Minutes (February 23, 2016)
Louse Combs
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/916-RP-COMBS.mp3Podcast: DownloadEntomologist Rich Pollack on his louse comb collection. |
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Science Minutes (February 19, 2016)
Gene Expression
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10-35-PR-GeneExpression.mp3Podcast: DownloadBiologist Peter Reddien on genes that differentiate stomachs from backs. |
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Science Minutes (February 19, 2016)
Electrical Universe
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/302-WL-electricity.mp3Podcast: DownloadWalter Leuwin on electricity in physics. |
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Science Minutes (February 17, 2016)
Mating Ants
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/05-30-AL-AntsMate.mp3Podcast: DownloadBiologist Adam Lazarus struggles to get ants to mate in the laboratory. |
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Science Minutes (February 17, 2016)
Plankton Everywhere
Podcast: Download http://atlantic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/09-EZ-Plankton-SEA.mp3Podcast: DownloadOceanographer Erik Zettler finds plankton, plankton everywhere. |