Making Science Make Sense Audio Series

This audio series is part of Bayer's Making Science Make Sense efforts to promote science literacy. It is a series of two-minute vignettes that explore the wonders of science found in our everyday lives in a creative and interesting way.

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Come back and visit this on a regular basis. A new category of vignettes will be posted soon.

Click here to view the vignettes available is the Making Science Make Sense Audio Series Archive

Animals and Insects

Are electric eels really electric?		Can Dolphins Really Talk to Humans?
Do Flying Squirrels Really Fly?		Do Insects Have Muscles?
Does an Ostrich Really Bury its Head in the Sand?		How Can Alligators Stay Underwater?
How Can Cheetahs Run So Fast?		How Can Dogs Follow a Scent?
How Can Grasshoppers Hop So Far?		How Can Sharks Smell Blood?
How Can Some Animals Regrow Missing Body Parts?		How Do Bears Hibernate?
How Do Bees Make Honey?		How Do Bees Make Wax?
How Do Birds Find Worms?		How Do Birds Know to Fly South For the Winter?
How Do Dogs Communicate?		How Do Ducks Float?
How Do Eagles Soar?		How Do Groundhogs Hibernate?
How Do Honeybees Know Where to Look for Food?		How Do Mosquitoes Find You in the Dark?
How Do Parrots Talk?		How Do Snakes Move?
How Do Spiders Weave Webs?		How Do Sponges Absorb Water?
How Does a Clam Get its Shell?		How Does a Starfish Eat?
What Does Birds' Song Mean?		What Happens When a Bird Molts?
What is a Seahorse?		When Do Fish Sleep?
Where Do Insects Go During Winter?		Where Does Silk Come From?
Why Are Flamingos Pink?		Why are Some Animals Noisy at Night?
Why Can Cats Climb Trees But Dogs Can't?		Why Can Some Animals See in the Dark?
Why Do All Birds Have Feathers?		Why Do Animals Have Fur But Humans Have Hair?
Why Do Animals Hear Things People Can't?		Why Do Ants Go to Picnics?
Why Do Birds Flock?		Why Do Birds Have Feathers?
Why Do Birds Migrate?		Why Do Cats Land On Their Feet?
Why Do Cats Love Catnip?		Why Do Dogs and Cats Cause Allergies?
Why Do Dogs Bury Bones?		Why Do Ducks Have Webbed Feet?
Why Do Elephants Have Trunks?		Why Do Fish Travel in Schools?
Why Do Gardeners Love Ladybugs?		Why Do Giraffes Have Long Necks?
Why Do Porcupines Have Quills?		Why Do Some Animals' Eyes Glow in the Dark?
Why Do Some Eggs Become Chicks While Other Don't?		Why Do Turtles Have Shells?
Why Does a Hummingbird Hum?		Why Does a Swordfish Need a _Sword?
Why Does the Rhinoceros Have Horns?		Why Don't Spiders Get Stuck in Their Own Webs?
Why is a Softshell Crab Soft?		Why Should You Never Feed Dogs Chocolate?