How a Duck Learned to Say ‘You Bloody Fool’

To hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news? Written by Du ...  عرض المزيد

To hear stories three days earlier, listen on The Big Story: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Earth is teeming with unknown species, and they’re dying off faster than ever. Now biologists are battling over an old question: how to catalog life? Written by Brooke Jarvis ...  عرض المزيد

Jacques de Vaucanson's fabulous digesting duck was a clockwork miracle capable of reproducing the processes of ingestion, digestion and defecation. Join Robert and Julie to learn more about robotic digestion from the pooping duck to the modern day.

Feifei has a thing or two to learn from the ducks in the park. So do you. Listen to the programme. 

Parrot nestlings spend time stringing together jumbled mixtures of sound—a rehearsal for more adult conversations   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices