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Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Spiders Tune Their Webs Like a Guitar

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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)

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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?

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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!

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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]