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Fifth Street

February 4, 2021

Feb 04, 2021
*SPECIAL URBAN WILDLIFE THEME* | Feral Cats Are True Las Vegans | Rats on My Roof (and in My Mind) | The Curious Eew of the Black Widow | Why Scorpions Are Nature's Nihilists
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Hidden Brain
Would you eat a cricket?
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Yum and Yuck: The Psychology Of What We Eat...And What We Spit Out

Dec 13, 2018
This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we dig into the culture and psychology that determines the foods that make us salivate and the scents that make us squirm.
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Hidden Brain
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Crickets And Cannibals: Unpacking The Complicated Emotion Of Disgust

Mar 26, 2018
Imagine seeing a cockroach skitter across your kitchen counter? Does the thought alone gross you out? This week on Hidden Brain, we discuss disgust.
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The Salt
"Floodplain fatties" is a nickname for the well-fed baby salmon and smelt who will eat bugs farmed in the rice fields while swimming through the Sacramento River.
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A 'Floating Fillet': Rice Farmers Grow Bugs To Replenish California's Salmon

Mar 07, 2018
Insect-rich floodplain water once supported the threatened fish, but it has been diverted. The project's end goal is to improve the likelihood that Chinook survive the trek to the ocean and back.
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The Salt
With a new set of gourmet edible insect dishes coming to the menu soon, chef Tantragarn says he wants to keep attracting intrepid eaters to his restaurant.
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It's Not Just A Bug, It's A Fine-Dining Feature At This Thailand Restaurant

Dec 07, 2017
A high-end Bangkok bistro has devoted its entire menu to insects, hoping to entice intrepid eaters to try what's been called "the future of food." But will haute bug cuisine catch on in other places?
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Shots - Health News
The slug-inspired adhesive stuck easily to pig tissue, like this heart.
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Slug Slime Inspires Scientists To Invent Sticky Surgical Glue

Jul 27, 2017
The words "strong" and "inspiring" are not usually assigned to garden slugs. But slug slime inspired materials scientists to invent a new kind of adhesive that could one day help heal human wounds.
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Science
Phil Torres lets a tarantula from the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador rest on top of his head in May 2016.
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To Put You At Ease With Creepy-Crawlies, Entomologists Face Your Fears

Mar 26, 2017
Nancy Miorelli posts photos of insects on her face on social media in hopes that the images will help normalize insects.
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