A Moment of Science

Early Americans Ate Mammoth Meat

Squirrels Who Eat Snakeskin?

Ocean Heat

Pythons Will Eat Your Alligators

The Cyclopean Ear

No Gills, No Problems

Baby Talk in Monkeys and Humans

How Do Robins Find Worms?

Don't Dwell! Avoid Ruminating

A Baby's Smile

Beetle Poop for Wildfire Recovery

Uh Oh! Moles!

The Magic of Glycerin

Smiling Voices

Honeybees in Winter

Collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf

Ant Ranchers and Caterpillars

Sticky and Deadly

The Regenerative Power of Worms

Shade Avoidance Syndrome (SAS)

This podcast episode discusses Shade Avoidance Syndrome (SAS) in plants. Two hosts explore how scientists at the Salk Institute discovered the molecular process behind SAS, identifying a gene that produces an enzyme accelerating auxin (a plant growth hormone) production when plants are shaded. This leads to rapid ste...