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Listen: "Let's Flamingle" - Wow in the World Podcast

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Listen: "Let's Flamingle" - Wow in the World Podcast

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How does studying flamingos help humans?

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Listen to Wow in the World episodes free, on demand. Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz guide curious kids and their grown-ups on a journey into the wonders of the world around them. We'll go inside our brains, out into space and deep into the coolest new stories in science and technology.

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Watch: "Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks Out"

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Watch: "Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks Out"

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Watch: "What Happens At & What Do We Know About Area 51?"

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Watch: "What Happens At & What Do We Know About Area 51?"

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What Happens At & What Do We Know About Area 51?

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Listen: "Is It Ever OK to Break a Rule?"

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Listen: "Is It Ever OK to Break a Rule?"

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But Why Podcast

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Kids Listen: Is It Ever OK To Break A Rule?

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From But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids. Is it OK to do something that you were told not to do and then never tell anybody? We tackle that question from 10-year-old Finn from Seattle. Also in this episode: why do people make really bad choices and want other people's lives to be harder?

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Read: "Why Songs Get Stuck in our Heads"

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Read: "Why Songs Get Stuck in our Heads"

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Everyday Mysteries: Why songs get stuck in our heads

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You heard it through the grapevine, or your earbuds; you can’t get it out of your head. More than a feeling, it’s an earworm. Scientists say most people get them, they just can’t help themselves.

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Read: "For Malaysia Airliner, eerie echoes of plane's disappearance long ago"

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Read: "For Malaysia Airliner, eerie echoes of plane's disappearance long ago"

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Newsela | For Malaysia airliner, eerie echoes of a plane's disappearance long ago

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It was 77 years ago that Amelia Earhart's plane went missing in the Pacific. And on March 8 a jetliner disappeared. Some worry that the airliner might not be found.

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Watch: "Comfort Dogs in NYC Schools Transform Learning Experience"

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Watch: "Comfort Dogs in NYC Schools Transform Learning Experience"

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Comfort dogs in NYC schools transform learning experience

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Watch: "How Do US Supreme Court Justices Get Appointed?"

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Watch: "How Do US Supreme Court Justices Get Appointed?"

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How do US Supreme Court justices get appointed? - Peter Paccone

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Wonderopolis article

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Grace from Indianapolis , IN. Grace Wonders, " Are UFOS real? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Grace !

Is there life on other planets? This question fascinates everyone from adults and children to scientists and philosophers. Some of the most popular movies of all time - from Close Encounters of the Third Kind to E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - have sparked our imaginations and kept us WONDERing about what - or who - else might be out there!

Of course, some people firmly believe that aliens do exist. Many of these people are more fascinated with the questions of whether aliens visit Earth and, if they do, how they get here.

Would they pilot flying saucers, or would their spacecraft be similar to what Earth's astronauts use? Or would advanced spacecraft look like something we've never seen before? Would we even be able to SEE spacecraft ?

Think about it for a minute. If aliens exist and could travel here, they would obviously have advanced technology, more advanced than the technology humans have developed. After all, it has only been since 2013 that the first human-made object even left our solar system. What kind of technology would aliens need in order to travel all the way to our solar system? Wouldn't it be interesting to find out?

Many people believe that they have spotted spacecraft from time to time. From unexplained lights in the sky to mysterious objects floating on the horizon, there have been many claims of sightings.

The official term for what people see during such alleged sightings is an unidentified flying object or UFO. Originally used by the military, this term refers to an unusual object in the sky that can't be immediately identified by an observer as a known object.

Technically, the term UFO refers to any unidentified object in the sky. In our modern culture, though, the term UFO is used mainly to refer to supposed sightings of spacecraft .

Alleged UFO sightings are not a purely modern phenomenon . Experts note that sightings of "mystery airships" have occurred since the late 1800s. Interest in UFOs increased greatly during World War II, when American fighter pilots used the term "foo fighters" to refer to unexplained sights in the sky.

In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing several "flying saucers" or "flying discs." Around the same time, the United States military recovered from a highly- classified experimental high- surveillance balloon that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. Despite the military's explanations, many people believed the "Roswell UFO " involved the crash-landing of an spacecraft .

These events led to increased interest in UFOs and whether life forms might visit Earth. Although some research has been done from time to time by military organizations, there has been little scientific study of UFOs. Most UFO research is conducted by private groups of individuals with an interest in the topic.

Although a very small percentage of UFO sightings remain unexplained, most UFO sightings are eventually identified and explained. Many supposed UFO sightings are later determined to be sightings of conventional objects, such as aircraft, missiles, kites, or weather balloons.

Many other supposed UFO sightings are eventually determined to be caused by natural phenomena, including reflective or oddly-shaped clouds and astronomical objects like meteors or planets.

Of course, some UFO sightings are complete hoaxes. Given the amount of public interest in aliens, some people just can't resist pulling a fast one to stir up UFO enthusiasts.

So what's the bottom line? Despite what UFO and enthusiasts might believe, the U.S. government's official position is that there is "no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race."

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Today's Wonder of the Day was inspired by Grace from Indianapolis , IN. Grace Wonders, " Are UFOS real? " Thanks for WONDERing with us, Grace ! Is there life on other planets? This question fascinates everyone from adults and children to scientists and philosophers.

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Listen: Video about babies knowing good from bad

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Listen: Video about babies knowing good from bad

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60 minutes ""Born Good?"

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Born good? Babies help unlock the origins of morality

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We're turning things around! Instead of you sending us the question, this time we're asking the question and looking to you for some answers. We wanted to explore why music moves us.

Sometimes it makes you feel like moving physically - wiggling, spinning, shaking and shimmying. And sometimes it moves you emotionally - makes you feel happiness or sadness or it brings back a strong memory.

But why does music make us feel all the feels? When you listen to music, it goes straight to your brain. Music triggers action in the amygdala, one of the centers in our brains tied to emotion.

And it also makes your brain release dopamine, a chemical that's associated with pleasure. That kind of explains why music can make you so happy that you just can't resist bopping your head and wiggling your body. In fact, music interacts with a lot of parts of our brains, and scientists are still discovering all the various ways we are connected to music - why it can so easily trigger memories, for example.

We asked Chris Dorman, founder of Music For Sprouts, a music and movement program for children and families, for some of his thoughts on music.

"I know that music moves us physically," Dorman told But Why. "I wonder if maybe it's because the sound waves actually move through our bodies. Our bodies are permeable to the waves, the vibrations. Emotionally, the lyrics of a song can connect us to thoughts or ideas or aspirations, that's things that we want to see happen, things that we want to do.

"They can connect us to memories, things that have already happened, things that we long for. And then the melody, the actual sound, when you hear that you can almost feel yourself making that sound, that expression.

"Have you ever been walking down the street? Say you have your headphones on and a song with a real strong beat, you look around and the scene that was once chaotic falls into that rhythm. It almost helps you connect to the rest of the world around you.

"I also like to think there is a bit of mystery in it. One of my great joys is that I'll start to play a song for kiddos and it's got a real strong beat and all of a sudden I see one-and-a-half-year-olds' knees start to bounce or a toddler start to lift his feet off the ground. And before you know it we're all jumping. It makes me want to jump too."

In this episode we also talk with musician Seny Daffe.

He moved to Vermont from Guinea several years ago and now helps lead classes in African drumming and dance with Jeh Kulu Drum and Dance Theater.

"A long time ago, many hundred years ago, we didn't have electricity in Africa, or phones," says Daffe. "The communication used to be an instrument, the krin.

"I think music can remind people, can remind you what you've done before in your past.

"You can listen to some old music and think about that time. It can remind you.

"You can have a bad mood and music makes you feel better."

Listen to the full episode to hear lots of music, plus thoughts sent in by our listeners.

We'll also hear from young violinist Emmerson Stapleton on what it's like to learn to play an instrument.

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We're turning things around! Instead of you sending us the question, this time we're asking the question and looking to you for some answers. We wanted to explore why music moves us. Sometimes it makes you feel like moving physically - wiggling, spinning, shaking and shimmying.

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Listen: "Bermuda Triangle vs. Loch Ness Monster" Brains On! Podcast

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Listen: "Bermuda Triangle vs. Loch Ness Monster" Brains On! Podcast

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Bermuda Triangle vs Loch Ness | Brains on! A podcast for kids & curious adults

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Ready for some mystery? This Smash Boom Battle takes on two famous places: the Bermuda Triangle and Loch Ness. Which is cooler? Is it the Bermuda Triangle -- a puzzling patch of ocean where ships, planes and plenty of people are said to have disappeared?

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Read: "Dian Fosey: Scientist who changed how we see gorillas"

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Read: "Dian Fosey: Scientist who changed how we see gorillas"

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From the book Herstory by the windows to the hall.

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On the shelf by the door =)

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Podcast | Tumble | Science Podcast for Kids

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Here's an article about Lowell from Space.com. Astronomy has improved since Lowell looked through his telescope - and so has SETI.
Breakthrough Listen is the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth. The scope and power of the search are on an unprecedented scale:

The program includes a survey of the 1,000,000 closest stars to Earth. It scans the center of our galaxy and the entire galactic plane. Beyond the Milky Way, it listens for messages from the 100 closest galaxies to ours.

The instruments used are among the world's most powerful. They are 50 times more sensitive than existing telescopes dedicated to the search for intelligence.

The radio surveys cover 10 times more of the sky than previous programs. They also cover at least 5 times more of the radio spectrum - and do it 100 times faster. They are sensitive enough to hear a common aircraft radar transmitting to us from any of the 1000 nearest stars.

What do you think? Will we find aliens anytime soon? If we find them, what will they look like? How will they act?

Or, are we better off going to the movies to get our alien fix? Email us at tumblepodcast@gmail.com to tell us what you think!

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The Quest of the Alien Hunter with Seth Shostak | Podcast | Tumble | Science Podcast for Kids

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Here's an article about Lowell from Space.com. Astronomy has improved since Lowell looked through his telescope - and so has SETI. Breakthrough Listen is the largest ever scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth. The scope and power of the search are on an unprecedented scale: The program includes a survey of the 1,000,000 closest stars to Earth.

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Read pages 56-57 in the book Herstory on the shelf by the printer.

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Watch: "How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain"

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Watch: "How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain"

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How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins

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Watch: "Has the Bermuda Triangle Mystery Been Solved?"

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Watch: "Has the Bermuda Triangle Mystery Been Solved?"

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Has the Bermuda Triangle mystery been Solved? | #aumsum #kids #mystery #bermudatriangle #bermuda

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on page 176-177 in Bad Girls Throughout History" by the window

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Read page 113 in the book Bad Girls Throughout History by Ann Shen (by the window)