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Wednesday August 31, 2022

Quiz Bowl! How Animals Sense The World

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Short Wave

Quiz Bowl! How Animals Sense The World

August 31, 2022 • Do worms feel pain? How do otters experience the world? What are those pink appendages on the face of the star-nosed mole? We answer all these questions and more in this quiz show episode of Short Wave. Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber and producer Margaret Cirino go head-to-head answering questions based on science writer Ed Yong's new book, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us.

Quiz Bowl! How Animals Sense The World

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Wednesday May 9, 2012

Agent, Double Agent Or Mole? Which Was The Underwear Bomb Character?

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The Two-Way

Agent, Double Agent Or Mole? Which Was The Underwear Bomb Character?

May 9, 2012 • Many stories have called him a double agent. That doesn't seem to be correct. He was, at least, an agent. But mole might be the best word for what he was.