Kidneys are extremely useful organs. Located below the ribs toward the middle of the back, kidneys make urine by filtering excess water and waste from the blood. Scientists have not yet determined why or how it happens, but on occasion crystals separ

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Does drinking an alcoholic beverage make you warmer? That's the question Yael and Don discuss on this Moment of Science. Yael: Hey Don, what're you reading? Don: A travel brochure. Listen to this. When the weather turns cold, some people dream about

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Amanda: Mike, you've had the same hairstyle for as long as I can remember! Don't you think a change is long overdue? I think you should experiment with your look-I'm bored of your usual spiked-up hair. Mike: Yeah, you may be right, Amanda. I've act

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For adolescent boys, a changing voice that cracks in the middle of a sentence can be a great embarrass-ment. Though embarrassing, a cracking voice is a natural part of adolescent development. As a boy goes through adolescence, his secondary sex chara

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Don: I'm trying to write a poem to my sweetheart. Can you think of a good metaphor for love? Yael: How about hunger or thirst? D: I don't know about that. I was thinking something like love is a rose, except less clich. Y: You must be talking about a

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Mike: Hi, Amanda. What's that magazine you're reading? That's a humongous picture of Leehom Wang on the cover! Amanda: Oh, this is just one of the celebrity gossip rags I like to read. How else am I supposed to get the latest dirt on Taiwan's pop sta

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Don: You know, Yael, wouldn't you say we do a pretty good job here at A Moment of Science? Yael: Of course I would, Don. D: Okay, but what if I told you that studies show that in general Americans do a pretty lousy job of estimating their skills, kno

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The Spiderwick Chronicles, based on a best-selling novel for young people, has no doubt been eagerly awaited by the book's fans, which will most likely be pleased by the filmmakers' visualization of the story's many goblins, fairies, sprites and othe

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Do you think kids don't pay attention these days? There could be some scientific evidence of that, as Don and Ya?l discuss in this Moment of Science. Don: Kids these days! They have no respect. They don't know the value of a dollar. They can't pay at

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When you hear the term, computer geek, what image immediately pops into mind? Is the geek in your mind's eye a woman? Probably not. There's a reason the stereotype of the computer geek is almost always depicted as male. Around the world, significantl

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Is a fever always bad? That's the question for this Moment of Science. Don: [COUGHING] Y: Sounds like you have a bad cold, Don. D: [COUGHING] Y: Do you need some cough medicine? D: Nope. Y: Tylenol?? D: No thanks. Y: Don't you want anything to help y

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Suspension bridges such as the Golden Gate Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge are some of the most amazing structures on earth. These aesthetic and technological wonders span rivers, and other obstacles with enough strength to support endless streams of

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In this Moment of Science Don and Yael discuss more evidence of the dangers of talking on cell phones--hands-free or not--while driving. D: It's time for a new feature on our show, called I Got the Data. This is where I say something that a smart-ale

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Don: It's time once again for one of those Moments of Science that we like to call Never Thought to Ask.Our never thought to ask question for the day is: Why is the earth round? Ya?l: Why is the earth round? I never thought to ask that. D: Of course

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Time for the mail bag. Let's see what we have. Dear A Moment of Science. Are aliens going to eat us? Signed, Frightened. Well, Frightened, that's more of a science fiction question. But science does have something to say here, and sometimes purely im

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When you think about inventions that have radically changed human existence, what comes to mind? Probably the wheel, the printing press, maybe the refrigerator and definitely personal computers. Then there are those more mundane things that we rarely

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Dear Annie: My daughter allows her 8-year-old son to stay up late at night, watch adult TV and eat lots of sweets. She strongly resents any suggestion that this is not a good thing. The 15-year-old son spends a vast amount of time text messaging, lis

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Thinking of Juno as just a teenage comedy would be a truly patronizing misstep. The movie centers on the emotional uncertainties of a 16-year-old girl, transforming an outwardly mundane storyline into something extraordinarily affecting and laugh-out

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Investors in Taiwan looking for the next big thing are setting their sights on Hualien, snapping up hotels in the eastern county in the hopes of striking gold after the highly anticipated arrival of mainland Chinese tourists. Hualien is famed for its

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Last month, our English Department invited a local radio star to deliver a public lecture on the topic of media influence on society. He described the tug of war that has been going on in recent years between newspapers on real live paper (my words f

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