A Moment of Science
Episodes
Puddings and Custards Turned to a Soupy Mess?
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's all in the eggs.
Polarizing Sunglasses
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that your sunglasses are quantum mechanical? How do they cut glare?
Dust to Dust
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We love a clean home, but no one loves to clean. Learning about the composition of dust should motivate you.
Flip a Coin, Beat the Odds
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is a coin toss always 50/50? What are the odds of getting heads twice, or even a hundred times in a row?
Thirsty? Try Drinking Through Your Skin
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a lizard, anyways.
George Washington Comes Out Right Side Up
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for a rotational paradox?
Student Protest on a Physics Exam
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How it is possible to measure a building's height using only a barometer? It's a question that has plagued Physics students for years.
The Curve of a Meandering River
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rivers don't like to make sharp turns.
Sperm Meets Egg: Finding Out What Really Happens
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And what does this have to do with sea urchins?
Stereotype Threat
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can never hurt you. Right?
Sea Robins: The Fish That Taste with Their Legs
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can you imagine having taste buds on your legs?
Brown Apples & Brown Tea
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What causes apples and other fruit to brown?
The Wrong Formula for Water
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists were wrong about something?!
The Tastebuds of Blind Cavefish
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a community of fish becomes trapped in total darkness for hundreds of thousands of years?
The Trouble With Drinking Blood
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are vampires real? Meet the vampire bat!
Skidding Downhill
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Skidding Downhill
Why You Can Never Get to the End of a Rainbow
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why You Can Never Get to the End of a Rainbow
Freezing Hot Water Pipes
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Freezing Hot Water Pipes
Traveler's Diarrhea Has a Type
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Traveler's Diarrhea Has a Type
The Storm-Chasing Seabird
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One man's storm is another seabird's all-you-can-eat buffet.
Why Does It Seem Like Others Are Angry With You
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why Does It Seem Like Others Are Angry With You
Lonely Fruit Flies
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lonely Fruit Flies
These Neurons Tell The Brain To Sneeze
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are the neurons in the room with us?
Why Fan Blades Stay Dirty
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why Fan Blades Stay Dirty
Is It Ever Too Warm To Snow?
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is It Ever Too Warm To Snow?
Is It Ever Too Cold To Snow?
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is It Ever Too Cold To Snow?
Geese Domestication May Be 7,000 Years
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Geese Domestication May Be 7,000 Years
Moth Wingtips Confuse Bat Sonar
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Moth Wingtips Confuse Bat Sonar
Extreme Heat Causes Railroads to Bend
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Extreme Heat Causes Railroads to Bend
Rattlesnake Rattling Trick
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rattlesnake Rattling Trick
Affair of the Heart
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Even though Pluto isn’t a planet anymore, it’s still a planetary body with a lot of heart. Well, at least one heart.
Finding an Egg's Secret Formula
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finding an Egg's Secret Formula
Australopithecus Sediba, Your Ancient Relative
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Australopithecus Sediba, Your Ancient Relative
Dino Eat Dino? Not for T. Rex and Stegosaurus
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dino Eat Dino? Not for T. Rex and Stegosaurus
How Blind and Sighted People Understand Color
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How Blind and Sighted People Understand Color
The Spade-toothed Beaked Whale
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This sea creature spends its life hidden from humans. With only six specimens ever found, it’s the rarest of all whale species.
A Flightless Bird Family Tree
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Flightless Bird Family Tree
What Is Wax, Anyway
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What Is Wax, Anyway
The Largest Bird to Ever Live
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Largest Bird to Ever Live
The Great Unconformity
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Unconformity
Shark Tourism
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shark Tourism
Fluorescent Green Wasp Nests
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fluorescent Green Wasp Nests
Handwriting and Learning to Read
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Handwriting and Learning to Read
How Spiders Lure Fireflies to Their Doom
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Finding a mate can be hard, especially if you're a firefly.
A Comb, a Sock, a Faucet
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Comb, a Sock, a Faucet
Aerobic Exercise affects Mental Performance
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aerobic Exercise affects Mental Performance
When Pop Bottles DO Blow Up
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Pop Bottles DO Blow Up
Underwater Money
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Underwater Money
The Rising Water Mystery
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Rising Water Mystery
Mona Lisa's Smile: Now You See It, Now You Don't
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mona Lisa's Smile: Now You See It, Now You Don't
Pop Quiz on Memory
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pop Quiz on Memory
Retrieve That Dream
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Retrieve That Dream
Pump You Up, Break You Down
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pump You Up, Break You Down
Winter Wheat
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Winter Wheat
Why Mice and Rats Are Used in Research
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy to feel like a mouse stuck in the labyrinth of modern life. But why do we compare ourselves to rodents, anyways?
Nostrils and Roses
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nostrils and Roses
Say Cheese!
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Say Cheese!
Females Prefer Long Snoods
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Females Prefer Long Snoods
Keep Your Fat End Up
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keep Your Fat End Up
With a Huff and a Puff, Volcanoes Produce Smoke Rings
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This Moment of Science will make you want to take a hike to the nearest active volcano.
Cold Heart, Warm Hands
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cold Heart, Warm Hands
Swim Like A Fish
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Swim Like A Fish
Charming Fahrenheit
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charming Fahrenheit
Bradycardia
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have an abnormally low heart rate? You might have this common treatable condition.
When Grey Goo Attacks!
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Grey Goo Attacks!
Carnivorous Bees
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bees love honey, but did you know that some bees crave flesh?
Sometime Cavemen
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did "cavemen" truly make homes out of caves? It turns out, our ancestors were constantly on the move.
Soft, Stretchy Batteries
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Engineers have designed an electric battery with the consistency of stiff jelly, inspired by the anatomy of the electric eel.
The Amazing Flash Illusion
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Amazing Flash Illusion
Rejection Leads to Agression
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rejection Leads to Agression
What is a Hypnotic?
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is a Hypnotic?
Where Are the Giant Spiders?
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where Are the Giant Spiders?
A Treadmill for the Mind
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Treadmill for the Mind
Acanthostega
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Acanthostega
Science Joke
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Science Joke
Dr. Mori's Uncanny Valley
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mori's Uncanny Valley
Dad called Dibs: First Pick for Feasting
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dad called Dibs: First Pick for Feasting
Good Reef!
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good Reef!
Blue Lobsters
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Lobsters
Pine Processionary Caterpillars
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pine Processionary Caterpillars
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Cats Who Flex
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cows have their own personal preferences
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cows, like people, have preferences, and those preferences impact behavior, especially when it comes to grazing.
Are you recollecting or reconstructing?
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We all assume that we remember things that have happened to us with great accuracy--after all, we were there!
Camouflage isn't perfect
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are a few camouflage survival strategies, but there's no perfect solution to blend into the background.
A trip to the beach with Earth's largest marine reptile
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020 amateur fossil hunter Justin Reynolds and his eleven year old daughter Ruby were walking along a beach near their home in Somerset, England wh...
Our brains and confirmation bias
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about confirmation bias with a simple experiment
You've gotta have hearts
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Octopuses have three hearts, each one crucial to maintaining the robust blood pressure that allows them to be active hunters and powerful swimmers.
Take a look at that: The eyes of the Opiliones
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spiders have eight eyes, horseshoe crabs have ten, and, daddy longlegs only have two. Or do they?
What not to do with your microwave
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Microwave ovens are wonderful, revolutionary cooking devices. But there are some things that you cannot, or should not, do with microwaves.
Eggcellent equipment, eggcellent results
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Egg whites are often touted as a health food, filled with more proteins than fat-rich yolks. Surprisingly, though, those proteins are also the secret ...
What are anacondas really like?
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hollywood's version of the snake in the movie "Anaconda" was pure fantasy--a 100 foot long giant with an appetite for B-movie actors
Working memory and math anxiety
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does doing math make you anxious? A Moment of Science has more on why that might be.
Are dragon myths based in reality?
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are stories and myths about dragons from everywhere--from Europe to China to Australia to the Americas. Couldn't there be some reality behind th...
'Cause I eats me spinach
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to get strong, you're supposed to eat spinach like Popeye. But how powerful is that leafy green really?
Hyenas once stalked the Arctic
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We know from ancient skeletal remains that around one million years ago, hyenas of the Chasmaporthetes genus prowled the US and Mexico. But they also ...
Anecdotes vs statistics: Who do you believe?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's say that ninety percent of the people who take a certain drug report that it works like a charm, but you know one person who says it didn't work...
What makes our ears pop?
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When traveling by plane what makes our ears pop, and what is it exactly that pops?
That's no plum: Meet the purple tomato
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A team of scientists have created the Purple Tomato, featuring skin of deep amethyst, like a plum, and insides a vivid violet. But why would they want...
When a sweet tooth meets a numb tongue
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an ideal universe you could scarf carton-loads of super vanilla swirl ice cream every night after dinner without remorse. In the real world, howeve...