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Chemist Gary Patti shares how the emerging field of metabolomics, the study of metabolism, may hold clues for cancer research.
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 12:27
- Purchases: 1
A philosoper of biology shares her struggle with breast cancer and her opinions on ongoing debates over breast cancer screening.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 15:45
- Purchases: 2
A professor of history and philosophy of science invites us to see pain as a social experience that comes with moral and ethical dimensions.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 13:39
- Purchases: 2
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is spreading around the world; chemist Tim Wencewicz explains what his lab is doing to solve the problem.
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 15:48
- Purchases: 1
How is human milk different in the Himalayan highlands than in the United States, and what can these differences reveal about what moms and babies ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 16:40
- Purchases: 1
Treated for her first eating disorder at 11, Rebecca Lester now studies eating disorders as an anthropologist and psychotherapist.
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 15:10
- Purchases: 1
A historian shares the story of the Nazis' obsession with natural foods, and discusses how their ideas about nutrition compare with how we think ab...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 13:38
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 15:57
- Purchases: 1
A doctoral student in education seeks to discover solutions to health inequities in the St. Louis region and beyond.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 12:15
The theme of this episode is "Giving", from treating cleft in developing countries, charitable giving, donating blood, resources for struggling fam...
- Added: Feb 26, 2018
- Length: 52:00
Anxiety in engineering education sometimes comes from doing math. What does math anxiety feel like? What are its causes and effects? How do you dea...
- Added: Feb 25, 2018
- Length: 27:40
How can we deal with data better? How can we teach kids to deal with data better? Sarah Morris from the nonprofit Nuclear Learning Network has some...
- Added: Jan 21, 2018
- Length: 25:06
The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year
Bought by KDUR
- Added: Dec 26, 2017
- Length: 01:00:03
- Purchases: 1
Teachers at all-girls schools might have insights on how to engage more young people – especially girls – into engineering. Several teachers at The...
- Added: Oct 29, 2017
- Length: 52:36
How can teachers expose their students to more engineering role models? What do they do if they don’t have time to arrange visits and field trips? ...
- Added: Oct 01, 2017
- Length: 15:22
Documentary film and science do not appear to have much in common, except that, philosophically, they have everything in common. Two men met in 197...
- Added: May 15, 2017
- Length: 48:08
After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...
- Added: Mar 07, 2017
- Length: 42:40
Some people run long distances. Why do they do this? What happens to the body when it goes long distances and when it can’t go anymore? Why are som...
Bought by KVSC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 23:27
- Purchases: 2
We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...
- Added: Jan 05, 2017
- Length: 15:54
We move in a noisy world. Hear biomechanics professor Alaa Ahmed describe motor learning through modeling and commands. In this light, elite athlet...
- Added: Nov 22, 2016
- Length: 12:16
For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains is a source of pride and peace; for his mom and dad it is a source of constant worry...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Nov 18, 2016
- Length: 56:30
- Purchases: 1
Two stories about people fighting and overcoming tough odds: First, the tale of Tony Bosco, who camped in the woods around Rutgers University for m...
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- Added: Nov 03, 2016
- Length: 56:28
- Purchases: 1
If you dip your toe into the running world, you'll notice a variety of claims about efficiency and speed from coaches and athletes. Surprisingly, w...
- Added: Nov 02, 2016
- Length: 07:39
The rise and fall of the Keene Pumpkin Festival, a quaint New England tradition that took a dark turn when riots broke out in 2014. Plus, the calme...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 28, 2016
- Length: 56:27
- Purchases: 1
When a Harvard professor accidentally let Gypsy Moths loose in the 1860s, he didn't release he was unleashing a scourge that would plague New Engla...
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- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:30
- Purchases: 1
