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Why Are Plants Green?
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The dominance of green chlorophyll on Earth may have come after a more purple period.

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  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Dialects & Society
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While the media affect our vocabulary, our accents are a product of our community.

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Female Songbirds
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Female house wrens sing to defend their nest sites from intruders.

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Giant Armadillos
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: An extinct glyptodont., Credit: Carl Buell
DNA evidence reveals that the enormous armored glyptodont, an extinct South American mammal, was a close cousin to modern armadillos.

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gender Bias & Online Sales
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Buyers shell out a lot less on online auctions for when the seller is female.

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wine’s Fruity “Nose”
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
You can thank fruit flies for your favorite wine’s fruity “nose”.

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Marmoset Baby Talk
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up, overturning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Predator & Prey Pupils
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Differences in animals’ pupil shapes distinguish predators from prey.

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Rose Scents
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Extraction of rose scents,, Credit: A. Cheziere/Université Jean Monnet
When it comes to their scent, not all roses are created equal. Now researchers have identified the gene responsible for how fragrant a flower will ...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wolves & Monkeys
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: An Ethiopian wolf among a herd of grazing gelada monkeys., Credit: © Jeff Kerby
An unusual relationship has formed between Ethiopian wolves and gelada baboons.

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reversing Addiction
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Hitoshi Morikawa., Credit: University of Texas, Austin
Could a drug erase the memories that keep addicts coming back for more?

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Trouble with R
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Ricture Alphabet of Birds, 1874, Credit: Public Domain, via flickr
The letter “R” is one of the hardest sounds we learn to pronounce; now scientists think they’ve identified what makes it so tricky.

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Tissue Regeneration
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A single drug may help regenerate lost or damaged tissue.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Human-Induced Earthquakes
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: This house in central Oklahoma was damaged in 2011 by an earthquake caused by injection disposal wells deep below the ground., Credit: Brian Sherrod/USGS/Creative Commons License 2.0, via flickr
What’s behind the sudden surge in earthquakes in the middle of the United States?

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wi-Fi Power
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New microelectronic devices may get their energy through Wi-Fi signals.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Animal Oceanographers
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Narwhals breaching,, Credit: Glenn Williams/NIST/Public Domain, via Wikipedia
While going about their daily routines, marine animals outfitted with sensors can collect data on ocean conditions in places that would be dangerou...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Historical Speech Acoustics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Pericles' Funeral Oration., Credit: Philipp von Foltz/1852
How did historical leaders once address crowds of thousands, unaided by modern amplification

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Alarm Call Mimics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A pied currawoong., Credit: Steve Igic
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Your Viral History
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new diagnostic test identifies a patient’s entire viral history with just a pinprick of blood.

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Infidelity & Breadwinning
From: Susanne Bard
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People who are financially dependent on their spouse June be more likely to cheat on them.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Organic Farming Economics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A meta-analysis of organic farming profits indicates the practice makes economic sense.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fatherless Fish
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A juvenile smalltooth sawfish., Credit: (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
A critically endangered fish may be making up for to a lack of mates by reproducing without sex.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2