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Octopus Skills

How to tell where a horse is injured? Listen to its gait!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Regenerative Medicine - Listening for the Hurt

When you're injured, they leap into action.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

STEM Cells - Divide and Heal

They're like having a bench in a sports team.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

STEM Cells on the Bench

In the high cliffs of the Himalayas, colonies of bees produce prized honey - helping to sustain local ecosystems.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hindukush Beekeeping - Honey Hunters

Hindukush beekeepers benefit from the knowledge of an international bee farming project.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hindukush Beekeeping - The Bee Project

Indigenous people of the Himalayan Hindukush region offer valuable knowledge to scientists studying bees.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hindukush Beekeeping - Indigenous Knowledge

Analyzing the workings of the human brain is difficult enough when everything works as it should. Unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You Can't Trust Everything You See

Science Diarist John Beggs gives us a peek (and a listen) into our brains.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listening to the Brain

A new model shows promise in helping Science Diarist John Beggs understand data collected from neurons. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Frontiers of the Brain

How does a crowd of sports enthusiasts function like a brain? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Doing the Brain Wave

When foraging for wild mushrooms, it helps to know your tree species.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

'Shroom Quest

The fall, well-known as a time of animal migrations, is also a time of human pilgrimage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Canterbury Tales in Mexico

In Magdalena, Mexico, a statue of St. Francis Xavier draws thousands of worshippers on pilgrimage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Miraculous Statue

Every October, there's a sixty mile pilgrimage to the Mexican village of Magdalena in honor of St. Francis.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/pulseoftheplanet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Magdalena Pilgrimage

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