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299 - THROWBACK - Secret Science and Invisible Lightning
Ep. 299
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On today’s episode: Bats in helium fly weird. Invisible lightning is creating invisible, air-cleaning substances! And one of the world's oldest science experiments involves secret treasure maps! All that and more today on All Around Science.
LINKS:
- ARTICLE: Researchers raise bats in helium-rich air to check how they sense sound
- ARTICLE: Lightning and subvisible discharges produce molecules that clean the atmosphere
- ARTICLE: One of the World's Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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