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CoreFacts: It's short on time and big on science.
Tagged: inaugural  2008  Jan 
Published: 1/25/2008

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[Dave Hebert, voice]

CoreFacts is science.

CoreFacts is quick.

CoreFacts is every weekday.

CoreFacts is why are some lakes full of algae and thick plants? How can I stop a male cardinal from repeatedly hitting my windows? Does the USGS monitor global warming? What was the biggest earthquake in the United States? How many glaciers are in Alaska? What can we do to protect ourselves from avian influenza? What is volcanic ash? How can I get real-time streamflow information? What is a gas hydrate? What is El Nino and what are its effects? What are some positive products from volcanoes? How have tsunamis affected the United States? What is Landsat 7? How can I find digital map data? Do minerals produce the colors in fireworks? What was the biggest landslide in the world? What is the Brown Marsh phenomenon? How are dinosaurs named? What is the Ring of Fire?

CoreFacts: It's short on time and big on science.

CoreFacts is coming February 4th. To subscribe, go to usgs.gov/podcasts.

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"Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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A CoreFact is a weekly audio podcast from the USGS that asks and answers a natural science question. When you subscribe to CoreFacts, episodes will be automatically downloaded to your computer as soon as they're available.

Huh? What's a Podcast?

A podcast is an audio (e.g. mp3) or video file (e.g. mpeg) that can be played on a mobile media player (i.e. Apple iPod)1 or personal computer.2

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You can subscribe to CoreFacts via RSS feed1 (click for details), or you can listen to individual CoreFacts by selecting the play button next to the episode you’re interested in. When you subscribe to CoreFacts, each episode will automatically download to your computer as soon as they become available. Some specific instructions can be found on our Adding a Podcast page.

1 Make sure you have the right software to download CoreFacts from a computer to your mobile media player—this software usually comes with the player.
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Most computers already have media player software installed—check with your computer administrator to see if you’re already set up for CoreFacts!

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