Owl Inspired - Silent Flyers

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Owl Inspired - Silent Flyers

FromPulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology

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Feb 8, 2016

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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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Feb 8, 2016

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Dead Zone - From a Distance: Farming practices in the mid-west have an impact on the environmental conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Statistics - Unsung Heroes: Statisticians compile the hard evidence that forms the backbone of much scientific research. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Bats - The Nose Knows: Many bats emit sounds through a "nose-leaf", which is like a little megaphone that surrounds the nostrils. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Statistics - Surprises: What are the factors that will cause a family to accept a new technology or not? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Sustainable Packaging: Packages that were previouly made out of plastic, are now being made out of bioplastics. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Snapping Turtles - Nails: Why would anyone want to cut the toenails of a snapping turtle? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Wolves and Moose - Unexpected Connections: You might not expect the wolf population to effect the number of trees in an ecosystem - but it does. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Design Robotics: It's like attaching different bits to a drill, but on a whole other scale. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Diwali: Diwali is a luminous celebration of enlightenment. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Diwali - Goddess of Good Fortune: The Hindu goddess of good fortune is worshipped during a ceremony of light and chanting, for blessings of spiritual wealth and enlightenment. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Wolves and Moose - Mutual Control: On Isle Royale in Lake Superior, wolves and moose lead an interdependent existence. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Dead Zone - Causes: Off the coast of Louisiana there's about 6000 square miles of ocean that're virtually devoid of life. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Jonkonnu - Kome: Revelers of the Jonkonnu masquerade sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Pallets: 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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Diatoms Nanotechnology - Shell Game: 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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Dead Zone - Solutions: 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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Snapping Turtles - Capturing Clues: Snapping turtles are teaching us invaluable lessons about the effects of toxins on the environment. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Rain - What's in a Raindrop: 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. For information regarding your data privacy, vis... by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Bats - Ears: A bat can change the shape of its ear in about one-tenth of a second! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Three Kings Day - Parranda: 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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Kalas: In Lindsborg, Kansas, folks still mark this time of year with traditions their ancestors brought from Sweden. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Diatoms Nanotechnology - Transformation: An innovative way is being developed to create nanomaterials - tiny bits of matter - using microscopic organisms called diatoms. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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SciDi: Flavor - All in the Taste: Most scientists refrain from eating anything in their labs, and for good reason. But when it comes to flavor science, tasting chemicals is madatory. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Snapping Turtles - Mercury: In an ecosystem polluted by toxins like mercury, do mother turtles pass these substances on to their young? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy by Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Owl Inspired - Silent Flyers

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Titles in the series (100)

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