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Design Biomolecular Circuits, with Dr. Xiaojing Gao
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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What is synthetic biology? Researcher and professor Dr. Xiaojing Gao introduces this cutting edge field. He explains how his lab at Stanford Univer...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 27:54
CAD in a Web Browser, with Amanda Hough
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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The pandemic has spurred teachers like Amanda Hough to teach CAD remotely, but how do you do that if students don’t have the hardware to run resour...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 34:15
anti-pattern
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
Caption: Spaghetti code is an example of an anti-pattern., Credit: Pios Labs
My code is as long as here to Saturn but condensed and confused in an anti-pattern. This is Episode 104 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 07:44
Videojuegos por una causa
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Te pasas la cuarentena jugando a videojuegos? Aprende como tú y tu ordenador podéis ayudar a los científicos a encontrar una cura para el nuevo co...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dulce Cuarentena
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Atrapado en una casa llena de snacks y opciones limitadas para hacer ejercicio? ¿Estás tentado de recurrir a Ben & Jerry en busca de un dulce, dul...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mascota virus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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El coronavirus ha cambiado nuestras vidas haciendo que muchos teletrabajen. A medida que los gatos invaden nuestros fondos de pantalla en el Zoom, ...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Metales poderosos
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Quieres protegerte de una pandemia? Aprende de la historia y comienza a trabajar con ... ¡cobre!

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fur-onavirus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The coronavirus pandemic has many of us working from home. As cats invade our zoom backgrounds, many are wondering if their pets can get sick, too.

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Mighty Metals
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Want to protect yourself from a pandemic? Take a page out of history’s book and start working with... copper!

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Panicked Purchases
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Why would a pandemic lead to toilet paper hoarding? Uncertain times result in irrational decisions when faced with the aisle of a grocery store. Th...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting the Herd
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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All contagions come to an end. But how? Herd immunity is inevitable. How we get there is up to us.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mask
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Masks are not just for villains and superheroes! For centuries, we have depended on face masks for protection. From handkerchiefs to the N-95, how ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gaming For a Cause
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Spending your quarantine gaming? Learn how you and your computer can help scientists search for a cure to the new coronavirus! All while you sleep!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Soapy Surfactants
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Is washing our hands with soap really the best we can do to protect ourselves from coronavirus? Let's take a look at the history and chemistry of s...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Welcome! from Sandra Tsing Loh
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Loh Down on Science host Sandra Tsing Loh intros the Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
diamagnetic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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That frog is not frenetic; it floats and is diamagnetic. This is Episode 79 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinati...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 06:09
Distributed Programming for Newbies
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Distributed systems rule much of new technology today, as software programs exist across multiple computers, servers, phones, and smart devices. Ho...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 27:55
Tracing Brain Circuits for Mental Health
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Neuroscience research needs help from many fields, including engineering. Dr. Talia Lerner describes some of the engineering tools that she uses to...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 31:00
normal
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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This is not normal. This is episode 45 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Geological Mapping
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we visit with Dr. Dean Peterson, Director of the Precambrian Research Center and the University of Minnesota Du...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
In Which a Weight is Lifted
From: Laurence Yeung
Series: The AudioPh[i]D
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Episode 3 - 2/23/13 - What would happen if someone stole the One True Kilogram? How would the world go about replacing – or displacing – it? Today,...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 12:52