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  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Poisonous snakes, lightning strikes, a rogue rock from space. There are plenty of scary things to fret about, but are we burning adrenaline on the...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Tale of the Distribution, Credit: Seth Shostak
Very few of us can play the piano like Vladimir Horowitz. His talent was at the tail end of the bell curve of musical ability – that tiny sliver o...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, WRIR, and WRGY


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. David Hand discusses why miracles and coincidences happen much more often than we would expect.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KRZA


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 22:18
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Metron Chief Scientist Dr. Larry Stone writes Bayes' Rule for search on wall., Credit: Sydney Beveridge
Bayes Theorem: tracing a statistical approach from controversy and rejection to mystery-solving and everyday use.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: That's So Random!, Credit: Seth Shostak
We crave order in things, but we can’t iron out every chaotic crease, nor would we want to: from brain cell activity to the evolution of species, ...

Bought by WVTF, KSKQ, KREV-LP, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Olive the cat
NHPR Producer Rebecca Lavoie interviews a computer scientist on his mathmatical model for choosing NCAA bracket picks...and also talks to a fan who...

Bought by WXDU and KRUA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2