Making the sands sing at Great Sand Dune...

Spooky stuff may make you cover your eyes in fright, but many of us find ourselves peeking through our fingers to get another glimpse. Why are we drawn to things that make us jump? In this episode, we'll find out how fear can actually be fun. We visit a scientist who helps design ... Show More

Does it seem like your dog knows what you’re going to do before you do it? Do they know how you’re feeling? We’re going to answer these questions by talking to Dr. Alexandra Horowitz from the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College. We’ll take a look at dog body language and what we ... Show More

The hair on our heads is on our minds. We have fun with follicles and learn about how they make hair. Our experts help us decipher what makes hair black or brown, blonde or red, and even why it turns gray. From eye lashes to ear and nose hair, this episode has it all. Why do huma ... Show More

Welcome to another episode of the BBC Earth Podcast; the podcast that delves deep into nature’s great mysteries and surfaces the unknown. This week we’re telling stories of the unexpected, stories which seem too astounding to be true. Journey with us to the Sahara where the sand ... Show More

Narrator: Arif Hodzic 🇺🇸 Writer: Jessica Doan ✍️ Sound design: crickets, breeze 🏜️ 🌬️  Includes mentions of: Food, Car, Summer, Walking, Mountain Climbing, Birds, US History, Driving, Darkness, Science & Nature, Travel.  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll head to the ... Show More

<p>For anyone who has ever woken up to find their car covered in sand, the situation covered in today's lesson will be a familiar one. In some parts of the world, like Italy, France, and northern China, sandstorms are a part of the weather, even if the nearest desert lies hundred ... Show More

Escape with the ear-to-ear sounds of wet sand being scooped and played with. Artist link: Deep Ocean of Sounds Reference track: playing with wet sand (ear to ear) Silk ASMR Podcasts: Explore the full series:  Sleep with ASMR Triggers Sleep with Nature Sounds Sleep with Binaural T ... Show More

<p>One family’s regular day of exploring some sand dunes at the edge of Lake Michigan turned into a wild tale of a little boy being sucked into a sinkhole, and the discovery of underground tunnels.</p><p><strong>READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: </strong><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.c ... Show More

There are so many sounds at the beach! With deductive reasoning skills, help the Lingokids friends figure out what&apos;s making today&apos;s mystery seashore sound. A special coloring page accompanies this episode. Download it from here. Ask a grown-up to print it out, then colo ... Show More

<p>From Lawrence of Arabia to Star Wars via tales of intrepid adventurers traversing lonely sand-swept landscapes, deserts have always had a powerful pull on the popular imagination. But if a desert is full of sand, where did all that sand come from in the first place? That is wh ... Show More

Try the Dwellspring Mobile App where you can craft your own custom mixes, play them indefinitely with no 12 hour time limit, and access everything offline. Your sound sanctuary, wherever you are. Listeners of the Podcast can try the first month of Dwellspring Premium for FREE 🤑. ... Show More

The sounds of the ocean are so relaxing… the waves crashing on the sand, the gentle roar of the surf. And if you pick up a big seashell and put it to your ear, you can almost hear the ocean there too! One of our listeners wanted to know why, so we asked physicist Steve Errede to ... Show More

Quentin and Alfie enjoy the sun and sand at the beach in this silly, sandy, "S" adventure.