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Caption: Mr. Yuk, the poster child for poisoning prevention, debuted in 1971., Credit: The Mr. Yuk logo is a registered trademark of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Used with permission
He's mean. He's green. He's the poster child for poisoning prevention. And he's turning 50!

  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 16:40
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Would a microwave oven or an electric stove use more energy to boil a cup of water?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
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In the US, one out of five households don’t use a dishwasher because they think it uses more water and energy than washing by hand. So, we wanted t...

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
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If you're choosing between charcoal and gas, choose gas. Grilling with charcoal for an hour produces three times the emissions of grilling with gas...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
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First make sure your home is well insulated. Then, swap out your furnace or boiler for a device known as a heat pump. Heat pumps run on electricity...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
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In general, if you're traveling alone, driving creates two times the emissions of flying in a plane. Driving with just two people in the car makes ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sea turtle caught in a ghost net
Driftnets are fishing nets that have largely fallen out of fashion because they can accidentally catch other marine life. But it's still legal to u...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: What was life like before childhood vaccines?, Credit: Illustration by Frank Harris
In this episode, hear from people who grew up in the shadow of a crippling disease—among them, “polio pioneers,” schoolkids from the clinical trial...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Screenshot from Nautilus Livestream, October 2019, Credit: Nautilus
In this piece we hear the process of musicians and scientists who collaborated to turn deep sea research into a song. Produced in Woods Hole, MA, ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 11:46
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Why are new mothers dying at an alarming rate in this country?

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr. Gary Griggs, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences talks abo...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Fred L. Soper crossing a bridge to investigate an area where yellow fever occurred, Credit: Photo by Wilbur A. Sawyer courtesy National Library of Medicine
Eighty years ago, one man set out to eradicate the mosquito that now causes Zika virus—and it sullied his reputation forever.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
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Dr Cable explains why scientists often assume that water is needed to sustain life. She explains why most life, like us, likely is carbon-based, an...

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 14:27
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Dr. Kelsi Singer shares some of the incredible discoveries that she and the NASA New Horizons team are making. We also discuss a contentious issue—...

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 14:35
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With all the digital text trails we're creating these days, what can we learn about our inner psychology, mental health, and well-being?

Bought by WXDU and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 2
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LOVE!! Why is it so hard to find?! The seemingly endless options of online dating should make it easy, right? Is there data that can predict lastin...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 32:11
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How do you get your news – and how do you think your news gets to you? The pathway of information flow involves layers of decisions that in many wa...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 35:48
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Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 34:51
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Are we addicted to the Internet? Is it even appropriate to use the language of addiction about smartphones and other digital devices?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
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Elections and political messaging are changing in the new media landscape. Campaigns are using big data to target voters with better precision, and...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 32:12
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Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize money and finance. But even more than that, they symbolize how trust is changing as we increasingly rely on te...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 25:24
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Big data is revolutionizing health and medicine, from genomics to wearable technologies to precision health. But is our medical care system prepare...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
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What is the future of work? Today, all of our careers are being transformed by big data, from how we find it, to how we collaborate with others, to...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:15
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Your normal, everyday digital footprints can reveal surprisingly intimate facts – like whether your parents are divorced, and whether you own a gun.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:03
Caption: Mark Miodownik shows presenter Quentin Cooper the electroplated spoons he's used to test how different metals can affect the taste of our food., Credit: Hannah Marshall
Does your morning coffee taste better from your favorite mug? Scientists now realize that what we eat is just a small part of our dining experie...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 3