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These Tips Will Help You Find Fossils In And Around Kansas City
Finding a fossil in Kansas City can be as easy as going to the park or checking around your basement."Both Kansas and Missouri have great fossil…
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Why Did The Turtle Cross The Road?
It’s that time of year when turtles become easy targets on Missouri and Kansas highways.Turns out that male box turtles don’t know any better. They’re…
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That Fresh-Cut Grass Smell? MU Researchers Say It's Your Grass 'Crying'
During the summer months in Kansas City, it's common for the sweet scent of fresh-cut grass to waft through the muggy air. And while that smell might be…
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Officials Say Greatest Public Health Threat Is Funding, And Missouri Is 50th Among States
The greatest threat to public health in the face of bioterrorism, viral pandemics and natural disasters may actually be less of a headline-grabber: An…
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What It Takes To End A Drought
Despite recent storms, parts of Missouri and all of Kansas are still experiencing some level of drought. What creates these extreme conditions, and how…
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Meet The Kansas City Scientist Who Discovered Three New Species Under A Rock
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado just got back from vacationing with a colleague at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The two were taking a leisurely walk…
Plant Talk
When you smell fresh-mowed grass, you’re actually smelling botanical terror. Two MU professors fill us in on the intriguing ways plants…
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Kansas City's Bach Aria Soloists On Classical KC
In this episode, Stephen Steigman and Dawn Schnake chat with Elizabeth Suh Lane and Elisa Williams Bickers from Bach Aria Soloists. They share music from their album "Hausmusik," and from a streamed performance recorded in September 2020.
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Kansas City Ballet On Classical KC
Stephen Steigman speaks with Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney and Music Director Ramona Pansegrau about the holidays without a Nutcracker. They discuss music chosen for the 2020 Holiday Show.
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Hear new music director Matthias Pintscher's instant connection with the Kansas City Symphony
Conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher joins Michael Stern and Dan Margolies for a look back at his recent appearance leading the Kansas City Symphony, as well as a look ahead to Pintscher taking over for Stern as music director. We'll hear works by Ligeti, Ravel and Scriabin, plus a work composed by Pintscher.
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