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Altruistic Toddlers
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The most helpful toddlers show empathy when they’re infants.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Social Robots & Autism
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Robots help children with autism develop social skills at home.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Robot Peer Pressure
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Can robots exert peer pressure, influencing people’s decisions?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Infant Logic
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Infants use an early form of deductive reasoning.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WLPR , WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Right Ear Advantage
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The right ear listens and comprehends slightly better than the left.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • 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.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Measles vs. the Immune System
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Measles vaccination in Ethiopia., Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
The measles vaccine protects the immune system from other infectious diseases.

Bought by KENW, KMXT, and WLPR


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lost Languages in the Brain
From: Susanne Bard
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When children are adopted internationally, the first language they hear as babies may not be entirely lost.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Playful Fish
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A cichlid fish strikes a bottom-weighted thermometer that would immediately right itself. , Credit: (Ann Hawthorne)
Some fish appear to play with objects in their tanks.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
At children's hospital, kids find comfort in music therapy
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oliver Jacobson is a music therapist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Here, he plays a session with one of his patients, Maia Mead, Credit: Liz Mak
Oliver Jacobson started playing violin when he was six years old. At 18, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, one of the top music schools in t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Curiosity to Learn
From: Susanne Bard
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Heightened curiosity about one subject primes people to learn less interesting information as well.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Early Autism Intervention
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An early intervention for autism shows promise for helping babies who have not yet been diagnosed with the condition.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Sep 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Autism Videos
From: Susanne Bard
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Home videos could be a tool for lowering the age of autism diagnosis.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Robot Toy Box
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Robot toy box., Credit: Julia Fink
Could a robot toy box help get your kids to clean up?

  • Added: Mar 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Chemistry Magic
From: With Good Reason
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In mid-May, more than 1500 high school students competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The winning projects included a p...

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
It may not sound like medicine...
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The growing field of music therapy found recent success in the treatment of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her therapists sang or played...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1