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Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Spiders Tune Their Webs Like a Guitar
Pluck the silk of a spiderweb and it vibrates like a guitar string, scientists say. By strumming the strands and detecting the vibrations via sensors in its legs, a spider gets information about meals and mates. [1:18]
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Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Hubble (The Song)
The Hubble Space Telescope has been staring out into deep space since 1990. In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, this is a parody of Iggy Azalea's song "Trouble." [1:20]
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Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: 7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?
Just over two centuries ago in 1804, the global population was 1 billion. But better medicine and improved agriculture resulted in higher life expectancy for children, dramatically increasing the world population, especially in the West....
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Npr: Four Winged Dinosaur Discovered
NPR reports on a team of Chinese paleontologists that discovered the fossilized remains of a small flying dinosaur with four wings.
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Npr: How Does Morality Affect Same Sex Marriage Debate?
Hear one commentator's thoughts on the "morality of same-sex marriage." From "News & Notes," November 14, 2006.
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Npr: Anti Semitism in Europe
An NPR site that spotlights a report that claims anti-Semitism is alive in Europe. Pictures, narrative, and related sites are included.
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Npr: A Guinea Pig the Size of a Horse
This site is provided for by National Public Radio. A seven foot tall rodent that weighs nearly one ton seems like something out of the movies, but researchers have found a skeleton of a rodent the size of a horse. Read about this...
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Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Npr: Great Moments in Science History!
The moments in history when famous scientists discovered gravity, evolution, and relativity. (This is really an ad for Skunk Bear's tumblr account which is no longer being updated.) [1:03]