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New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 2
Pluto is ready for its close up - but the near encounter during this historic flyby will last less than three minutes. Be ready for the action wit...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KREV-LP, WRGY, KSKQ, KPVL and more
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 12
A short episode about the things that hurt the learning process: why distractions are distracting and the conflict your brain encounters when given...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 03, 2015
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 2
Stop filling your head like a vessel and ignite your flame of learning! Hear what improves learning from a University of Columbia neuroscientist an...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 26, 2015
- Length: 11:52
- Purchases: 3
Have you ever found a tick on you after a day in the field or deep woods? Most of us have and many hunters have been bitten by ticks. Ticks carry s...
- Added: Mar 21, 2015
- Length: 01:35:39
Changes in healthcare have led to pressures on providers to spend less time with patients resulting in less time for questions, empathy and compass...
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 54:11
Can you remember what it was like for you to learn your native language? Probably not, but why is that?
As humans, we begin learning to speak our...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Sep 12, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Is it a boy or a girl? What happens when babies are born with ambiguous genitalia.
- Added: Aug 20, 2014
- Length: 29:09
In this episode, Bo, Kim, and Todd host this episode in front of a live audience at the AHA Conference in Philadelphia. Our guest is Lifetime Achie...
- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 53:24
An exploration of the causes behind honeybee population declines, featuring discussions with beekeepers and scientists.
Bought by WSKG, WNIJ, Boise State Public Radio, KSFR, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 57:48
- Purchases: 12
Physics professor Henric Krawczynski describes how an instrument called X-Calibur will study "beautifully bright" black holes. Krawczynski and his ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 09:00
Science Frog explains an important phenomenon.
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 01:08
Human beings are a social species. Part of our natural programming, which has evolved as we’ve evolved with the rest of the planet into our current...
- Added: Mar 07, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Writer’s block! That phrase might induce panic and a recollection of a familiar experience. It’s a very common phenomenon. So, what is it?
When...
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 07:19
“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Bradley Jolliff describes how lunar samples and orbiters provide insights into the history of Earth's closest neighbor.
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 13:12
- Purchases: 1
Professor Steven Weinberg is a Nobel laureate in physics and a theoretical physicist who is an outspoken thinker on topics ranging from nuclear wea...
- Added: Feb 12, 2014
- Length: 01:20:04
It’s the sixty-seventh episode of The Mikie Show! You won’t want to miss this one: We speak with Deirdre Barrett Ph.D., author, psychologist and te...
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 28:02
Are you an auditory learner or a visual learner? If you answered "yes" you would be right. We use all our senses to learn and process information....
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence?
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence?
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 52:53
- Purchases: 2
As human beings, we are, in fact, creatures. Like any other living organism, energy conservation is of highest priority to our vibrant being, whet...
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 07:20
The part of our brains that is responsible for generating creativity evolved throughout human existence to serve a problem solving function. If yo...
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 07:20
The saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is really not as accurate as we would like it to be. Words are a p...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 07:21
- Purchases: 1
Even though football teams who consider themselves to be rivals often like to highlight their supposedly apparent differences, in actuality, rivals...
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 07:20
