Best The Service Dino Podcasts (2025)

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Two Steps Forward For Meat Alternatives 16:18

20h ago16:18

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Scientists bring us a lab-grown chicken nugget and texturally accurate, plant-based calamari. We’ll bite. There’s a movement in the world of science to find alternatives to meat and dairy products that don’t involve killing animals. Two avenues for this are by using animal cells in a lab, or going plant-based. Two breakthroughs in this field of foo…

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How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations | Regional Allergies 22:18

4d ago22:18

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Being able to belt out a tune like Adele or Pavarotti is not just about raw talent. The best singers in the world have to work on their technique—like how to control their breath and develop the stamina to hit note after note for a two-hour concert. But pop stars and opera singers aren’t the only vocalists who have figured out how to harness their …

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A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies 18:27

5d ago18:27

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It’s zombie season! At least if you’re watching the new season of the fungal thriller “The Last of Us,” airing right now on Max, which chronicles what happens after a fungus turns most of humanity into zombies. It’s fiction for us, but for some organisms on the planet, it’s more like a documentary. The fungus that zombifies humanity in the show is …

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Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain 18:38

6d ago18:38

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Research suggests that better understanding the psychological and neurological components of chronic pain may lead to better treatments. Chronic pain is remarkably common: Roughly 20% of adults in the US live with it. And people with chronic pain are more likely to have depression, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders. But this relationship betwe…

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A Precisely Pointed Laser Allows People To See New Color ‘Olo’ 18:36

7d ago18:36

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Researchers isolated one kind of cone in the eye and aimed lasers at it to allow subjects to see a super vibrant teal shade they call “olo.” Think about the colors of the world around you—the blue of a cloudless sky, the green of a new leaf, the blazing red of a tulip’s petals. We see these colors because of the way our eyes work. But what if we co…

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$8B Of Climate Tech Projects Canceled | In Louisiana, A Successful, Growing Wetland 20:34

10d ago20:34

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How will market uncertainty and a lack of federal support for climate efforts affect the future of clean energy in the United States? Plus, many wetlands are disappearing, but Louisiana’s “accidental” Wax Lake Delta is growing—and informing coastal restoration techniques. $8 Billion Of Climate Tech Projects Were Canceled In 3 Months In the first th…

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Investigating Cat Behavior Through Genetics 18:13

9d ago18:13

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With the help of cat owners, a new project investigates cats’ biology and aims to link some of their behaviors to their genes. Calling all cat people: This one’s for you. Despite humans’ long history of welcoming felines into their homes and delis, research on cats lags far behind research on dogs. Now, scientists behind the project Darwin’s Ark ar…

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Advances In Brain-Computer Interfaces For People With Paralysis 18:37

12d ago18:37

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An evolving technology is changing the lives of people with paralysis: brain-computer interfaces (BCI). These are devices that are implanted in the brain and record neural activity, then translate those signals into commands for a computer. This allows people to type, play computer games, and talk with others just by thinking, allowing more freedom…

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A Blind Inventor’s Life Of Advocacy And Innovation 18:31

12d ago18:31

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In Connecting Dots: A Blind Life, inventor Josh Miele recounts his life story and path to becoming an accessibility designer. When inventor and scientist Josh Miele was 4 years old, a neighbor poured sulfuric acid on his head, burning and permanently blinding him. In his new book Connecting Dots: A Blind Life, Miele chronicles what happened afterwa…

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The Lack Of Science In Road Design Is Deadly 18:40

13d ago18:40

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Are traffic engineering decisions based on evidence-based research? Not as much as you might think. If you’ve seen a car crash on the side of the road, you might look at it and think that the person at fault is the driver. But how much blame should be shared by the people who designed those roads in the first place? Well, some traffic engineers are…

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Possible Signature Of Life Detected On Exoplanet—Maybe | A Colossal Squid Video 24:20

16d ago24:20

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The Webb Space Telescope picked up traces of dimethyl sulfide on planet K2-18b. On Earth, the molecule comes from microbes and phytoplankton. Also, researchers captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid swimming in its natural habitat—almost 2,000 feet deep. Possible Signature Of Life Detected On Exoplanet—Maybe In major galactic news, …

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How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible 18:53

18d ago18:53

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Imagine you’re diving into a cell. You’re paddling around in the cytoplasm, you’re climbing up a mitochondria. If you’re having a hard time picturing this, that’s okay! There are professionals who do this for a living. We wanted to learn more from expert science interpreters, who take the results section of a research paper and translate it into so…

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The Navajo Researcher Reviving A Desert Peach | A New Dino With Blade-Like Horns 31:51

19d ago31:51

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Bringing back Southwest peach orchards won’t be easy, but researchers are on the lookout for remaining trees—and they need help. And, the newly discovered Lokiceratops is challenging paleontologists’ understanding of how horned dinosaurs evolved and existed together. How A Navajo Plant Researcher Is Reviving A Desert Peach When you think of states …

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How Interjections Regulate Conversation | Saccharin For Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria 18:28

20d ago18:28

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We are rounding up your questions about roads. What confounds you about traffic, or how interstates are laid out? Are there certain road design elements that ignite your road rage? Tell us about it: we’ve got a traffic engineer in the passenger seat this week, ready to answer your questions. Call us at (877) 4-SCIFRI or 877-472-4374. In this episod…

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Trump’s Nominee For NASA Administrator Meets Congress 15:01

21d ago15:01

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On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation heard testimony from Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s nominee to lead NASA. During the confirmation hearing, Isaacman indicated a priority of sending humans to Mars—while maintaining the agency’s plans to return people to the lunar surface. In response to a question from Se…

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How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life 20:32

23d ago20:32

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We go inside the scientifically accurate ER world created for the TV show with one of its medical consultants. What is it actually like to work in an emergency room? To deal with overcrowded waiting rooms, a shortage of hospital beds, and a constant flow of life-and-death health conditions—while trying to maintain your sanity at the same time? That…

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What Will Replace The International Space Station? 17:24

25d ago17:24

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NASA is planning to decommission the International Space Station by the end of 2030. The ISS, which began operations in 2000, is reaching the end of its lifespan and has become costly to maintain. NASA selected SpaceX to construct a vehicle that would “de-orbit” the football field-sized station, pushing it down into the atmosphere where it’ll burn …

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What Artificial General Intelligence Could Mean For Our Future 29:14

26d ago29:14

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What happens when AI moves beyond convincing chatbots and custom image generators to something that matches—or outperforms—humans? Each week, tech companies trumpet yet another advance in artificial intelligence, from better chat services to image and video generators that spend less time in the uncanny valley. But the holy grail for AI companies i…

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Climate Change Has Made Allergy Season Worse. How Do We Cope? 15:53

27d ago15:53

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In many parts of the United States, spring has sprung. There’s nothing quite like those first few beautiful days of spring. They’re delightful—until the sneezing starts. According to the CDC, a quarter of US adults deal with seasonal allergies. And if you think they’re getting worse, it’s not just in your head. Previous research has shown that clim…

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Microdosing Peanut Butter Could Alleviate Some Peanut Allergies 17:23

28d ago17:23

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Over the past two decades, rates of peanut allergies in children have more than tripled. A variety of theories has been proposed to explain this, from a rise in industrialization keeping kids away from the germs that develop the immune system, to the previous pediatric guidelines that urged parents to restrict access to peanuts early in life. Whate…

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The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs 12:14

1M ago12:14

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The cuts hit multiple agencies, affecting work on HIV, gun violence prevention, vaccines, minority health research, and more. On April 1, thousands of federal health workers woke up to find that they had been laid off. Scientists and civil servants at the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institu…

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Forecasting Cuts Spark Worries About Hurricane Season | Soothing Babies With Music 17:16

1M ago17:16

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Emergency response experts say that funding and staff cuts at the National Weather Service could mean less reliable weather forecast. And, babies like music, but they generally have preferences. A music therapist reveals the best kinds of music to soothe a baby. Forecasting Cuts Leave Some Worried For Hurricane Season Many in Georgia are still reco…

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Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below 17:55

1M ago17:55

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In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago splintered off from the Antarctic Peninsula and drifted away in the Bellingshausen Sea. As luck would have it, a team of scientists was nearby on a research vessel, and they seized the chance to see what was lurking on the seafloor beneath that iceberg—a place that had long been covered, and nearly impossi…

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TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD 18:09

1M ago18:09

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Mental health information on social media can be both revelatory and misleading. How do clinicians and their patients make sense of it? TikTok and other social media sites are full of mental health content—often short, grabby, first-person videos detailing symptoms for conditions like ADHD and autism. But what does this mean for teens and young adu…

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Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse 18:34

1M ago18:34

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Engineers take an in-depth look at why the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed and how to prevent future tragedies. In the early morning of March 26, 2024, the container ship Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Within 30 seconds, the bridge collapsed into the river below. Six construction workers lost their lives. On …

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23andMe Bankruptcy | A Coating That Can Slow A Golf Ball’s Roll 24:28

1M ago24:28

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The company has genetic data of 15 million people, which could be shared with a future buyer. Here’s how to delete it. Plus, an experimental coating could make golf balls roll more reliably on greens with different conditions. After 23andMe Bankruptcy, Customers Urged To Delete Their Data If you’re one of roughly 15 million people who used 23andMe …

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AI Word Choice | When Dwarf Lemurs Hibernate, Their Chromosomes Do Something Odd 24:27

1M ago24:27

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Certain words are overrepresented in text written by AI language models. A study investigates why such patterns develop. Also, the ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, typically shorten as an organism ages. But when some fat-tail dwarf lemurs hibernate, they lengthen. ‘Delving’ Into The ‘Realm’ Of AI Word Choice Several years ago, some eagle-eyed…

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Developing Faster, Simpler Tools To Treat Tuberculosis 18:27

1M ago18:27

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TB kills more than a million people each year. Dr. Mireille Kamariza has spent her career developing better detection and treatment tools. As the United States retreats from global health leadership—withdrawing from the World Health Organization, dismantling USAID—public health experts warn that there will be implications for the spread of certain …

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Author John Green On The Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life 19:00

1M ago19:00

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In a new book, author John Green traces how the disease has impacted culture, geography, and even fashion over the centuries. Tuberculosis (TB) has had an incredibly large impact on human history. One staggering statistic? It’s been estimated that by the start of the 1800s, the disease had killed one in seven people who had ever lived. Because of t…

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DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy 18:20

1M ago18:20

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Researchers built the largest 3D map of our universe yet. What they found supports the idea that dark energy could have evolved over time. One of the mysteries of the universe is why it expands at the rate that it does. Back in 1998, two teams of researchers observed that not only was the universe expanding, but that the rate of expansion was incre…

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NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS | Bottle "Pop" Physics 19:02

1M ago19:02

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After nine months aboard the International Space Station, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally landed back on Earth. Also, a German physicist and homebrewer discovered brief, intense physical reactions that happen when you uncork a bubbly swing-top bottle. NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS After 286 d…

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Disneyland Character Dining - Mickey’s Tales of Adventure Brunch Buffet at Storytellers Cafe 40:26

1M ago40:26

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Storytellers Cafe is located at Disney's Grand California Hotel & Spa at the Disneyland Resort. It offers several dining options that includes Mickey’s Tales of Adventure Brunch Buffet where you'll find beloved Disney characters like Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Chip & Dale, and the DIS Unlimited shoving their faces full of the variety of food you…

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The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults | Butterfly Memories 18:48

2M ago18:48

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The framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences started with an unexpected finding over 30 years ago. How is our approach changing? We know that experiences from our childhood, both good and bad, shape who we become as adults. But, understanding what kinds of early experiences have staying power into adulthood and the wide range of impacts they can …

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How NIH Cuts Could Affect U.S. Biomedical Research 18:30

2M ago18:30

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Former NIH director Dr. Harold Varmus speaks out about what recent budget cuts and policy changes could mean for science. One of the areas targeted by President Trump’s administration for cuts has been the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Cost-cutting actions have included the layoffs of some 1,200 NIH employees, the termination of research gra…

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Fungi Create Complex Supply Chains | A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field 18:58

2M ago18:58

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Fungal networks in the ground ferry crucial nutrients to plants. But how do brainless organisms form complex supply chain networks? Also, in this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate pitch calls. Scientists Observe Fungi Creating Complex Supply Chains As the leaves start to…

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10% Of NOAA Staff Laid Off | Frozen Funds Leave Farmers In Limbo 25:06

2M ago25:06

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Layoffs at the agency, which releases weather forecasts and monitors extreme weather, could have serious implications. Also, funds for climate and sustainability-focused farming projects have been indefinitely frozen, even though the USDA has already signed contracts. 10% Of NOAA Staff Laid Off, With More Cuts Possible The National Oceanic and Atmo…

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Pi, Anyone? A Celebration Of Math And What’s New 18:22

2M ago18:22

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It’s March 14, or Pi Day, that day of the year where we celebrate the ratio that makes a circle a circle. The Greek letter that represents it is such a part of our culture that it merits our irrational attention. Joining Host Ira Flatow to help slice into our pi’s is Dr. Steven Strogatz, professor of math at Cornell University and co-host of Quanta…

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Everything We Ate at the 2025 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival 31:39

2M ago31:39

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The 2025 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival is in full swing at Walt Disney World and we are there to check it out. Here is everything we ate during our day! Be sure to check out our expanded video of the experience with merchandise and topiaries at YouTube.com/DISUnlimited. Links: Important DIS links for more information! Support us on P…

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How Plants Powered Prehistoric Giants Millions Of Years Ago 18:40

2M ago18:40

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When you imagine prehistoric life, it’s likely that the first thing that comes to mind are dinosaurs: long-necked Apatosauruses, flying Pterosaurs, big toothy Tyrannosaurs. But what don’t get as much attention are the prehistoric plants that lived alongside them. Plants, shrubs, and trees played a key part in the food chains of dinosaurs, and many …

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How Narwhals Use Their Tusks To Hunt And Play | This Week's ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse 16:54

2M ago16:54

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An international team of researchers used drones to study narwhals and learn more about their behavior. And, a total lunar eclipse will be visible across most of North and South America in the early morning hours of March 14. New Footage Shows How Narwhals Use Tusks To Hunt And Play We’re taking a polar plunge into the science of sea unicorns, also…

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Where Have All The Butterflies Gone? 17:33

2M ago17:33

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A sweeping new study on one of the most beloved insects, maybe the only truly beloved insect—the butterfly—details its rapid population decline in the United States. The new research, published in the journal Science widens the butterfly net and looks at how more than 500 species have fared over the past 20 years. Researchers found that many popula…

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What Does Dismantling USAID Mean For Global Health? 18:25

2M ago18:25

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On the very first day of Donald Trump’s second term, he signed an executive order targeting foreign aid programs, especially the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Comprising less than 0.1% of the federal budget, USAID provides international humanitarian and development aid for poverty eradication, education, disease prevention, and…

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Protesters ‘Stand Up For Science’ At Rallies Nationwide | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander 27:55

2M ago27:55

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Scientists aren’t always encouraged to be politically active. But recent political interference by the Trump administration has many fired up. And, the Blue Ghost lunar lander, part of NASA’s CLPS initiative, completed the first fully successful commercial moon landing. Protesters ‘Stand Up For Science’ At Rallies Across The Country Scientists and …

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Lunch at Lamplight Lounge in Disney California Adventure 18:23

2M ago18:23

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In this week's episode of The Disney Dining Show, Ryno, Hannah, Chloe, and Jackie are having lunch at Lamplight Lounge in Pixar Pier at Disney California Adventure Park. This Disneyland Resort restaurant is a celebration of the creativity of Pixar animation with plenty of signature cocktails, waterfront views of the pier, and of course food! Links:…

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The Effort To Save Thousands Of Donor Kidneys | Ocean Liner Will Become An Artificial Reef 18:36

2M ago18:36

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Last year, 9,000 deceased donor kidneys were discarded due to storage and time limitations. A kidney “life support” machine could change that. Also, the SS United States will join Florida’s 4,300 artificial reefs—human-made places for fish and other marine life to live. How do these reefs work? The Effort To Save Thousands Of Donor Kidneys From Bei…

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Where Does Plastic And Other Trash Go After We Throw It Away? 18:29

2M ago18:29

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A journalist traveled to five continents to learn about the afterlife of our trash, and why most “recyclable” plastic actually isn’t. Have you ever gotten to the end of, say, a jar of peanut butter and wondered if it should go in trash or recycling? If it’s worth rinsing out? And where will it actually end up? Journalist Alexander Clapp had those s…

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An Animal’s Size And Its Cancer Risk | Bastetodon, A 30 Million-Year-Old Apex Predator 17:41

2M ago17:41

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A study finds that Peto’s Paradox, which states that larger animals are no more likely to get cancer than smaller ones, may not hold up. Also, a nearly complete predator skull was found in the Egyptian desert. Its lineage indicates that it was a top carnivore of the age. What Does An Animal’s Size Have To Do With Its Cancer Risk? If you throw a hug…

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