Quoctrung Bui/NPR Krulwich Wonders... Is That A Lark I Hear? A Nightingale? Surprise! It's A Bat October 1, 2014 • There are animals famous for their songs. Whales sing. Birds sing. We humans have Aretha, Elvis, Ray Charles, Pavarotti. But bats — who knew? Tadarida brasiliensis Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/352586936/352587081" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Robert Rauschenberg/SFMOMA Krulwich Wonders... 2 Ways To Think About Nothing, One Mo' Time September 28, 2014 • Let's compare two kinds of nothing: an empty patch of deep space and an empty piece of paper that was once beautiful. There's nothing to see in either. Or is there?
Adam Cole/NPR Krulwich Wonders... Everything Dies, Right? But Does Everything Have To Die? Here's A Surprise September 26, 2014 • Meet two animals. Both are teeny. Both live in water. Both mature extra fast. But while one dies in about a week, the other — well, prepare to be amazed.
Robert Krulwich/NPR Krulwich Wonders... This Blog Is Ending Soon September 24, 2014 • Krulwich and his Wonders are packing up, and before I go, I'd like to shake all your hands, each and every one of you, and say thank you. This is my goodbye.
Courtesy of Matt Inman Krulwich Wonders... 'Murdersquishing' Them To Death: How Little Bees Take On Enormous Hornets September 19, 2014 • They are small. They are weak. They are vulnerable. But these little bees take on a humongous predator in the most ingenious way.
iStockphoto Krulwich Wonders... Howling Babies Drove Prehistoric Warriors Into Battle? September 14, 2014 • Can a colicky baby's piercing scream be militarized? As in, made (literally) into a weapon of war? Oh, absolutely, says this scholar, smiling ever so slightly.
Courtesy of Tyler Nordgen Krulwich Wonders... What Makes A Star Starry? Is It Me? September 12, 2014 • Draw a planet (a circle, right?). Now draw a star (a pointy thing, yes?). Now ask yourself, aren't stars all round? Our sun is. So why do we make them pointy? Come learn the answer.
BirdCast/YouTube Krulwich Wonders... Souls Tumbling In The Light September 10, 2014 • Every fall, birds head south and, around Sept. 11, New York sends two beams into the sky. When birds and lights collide, that could mean trouble — but New York is surprisingly gentle.
Nature Video/YouTube Krulwich Wonders... Mapping What You Cannot See, Cannot Know, Cannot Visit September 7, 2014 • We live on a planet, next to a star that's part of a galaxy that's part of ... ah, here comes the new discovery. We are at the very tip of a giant galactic "supercluster." Take a look.
NIH Human Connectome Project/Science Photo Library/Corbis Krulwich Wonders... Building Me: A Puzzlement September 5, 2014 • I am made of atoms — 7,000 trillion trillion of them. How did I teach them to tie my shoes? Or did they teach me?
Gordon Parks/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Krulwich Wonders... Glenn Gould In Rapture September 4, 2014 • You don't get to see this too often: a man (in this case, a very talented man) totally possessed by his muse. Watch pianist Glenn Gould deep in what psychologists call "a flow state."
Courtesy of Marco Cianfanelli Krulwich Wonders... A Giant Appears At The Edge Of An African Roadway September 3, 2014 • If the task is to think backward, to an important moment in history, here's a stunning way to do it: It's a jewel of a monument alongside a road in South Africa.
Courtesy of Erik Johansson Krulwich Wonders... Roadways You Can Install Like Throw Rugs August 24, 2014 • You look. You gape. You can't believe your eyes. Well, take a peek at this image and ask yourself, 'How did they do this?'
Robert Krulwich/NPR Krulwich Wonders... When Venus Was Filled With Venusians — 50 Billion Of Them August 21, 2014 • Look up at the night sky and ask, "Anybody there?" Then consider this answer (from the 1830s): There are 22 trillion individuals in our solar system.
Robert Krulwich/NPR Krulwich Wonders... If You're Born In The Sky, What's Your Nationality? An Airplane Puzzler August 20, 2014 • Suppose two Chinese parents get on an Australian airplane and, while flying over U.S. territory, they have a baby on the plane. Can that baby be an American citizen?
