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Constant Wonder - Sprouting a Seed That Survived the Roman Siege
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When Romans put down a Judean rebellion in 73 AD, they also extinguished the Judean date palm. Two thousand years later, an unlikely pair of scient...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
413-Fission Rocket
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To cut the mission time to Mars, the risks, and the mass of supplies required for such a prolonged space mission NASA is looking at alternative mea...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
408-Earth's Pet Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On it's gravitational leash, Earth's pet space rock, 2016 HO3, accompanies us at a distance of between 38 and 100 times the Moon's distance from Ea...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
392-Dragon Delivers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The SpaceX 11 Dragon mission is the first time an American spacecraft has visited the space station since the NASA Space Shuttle Program ended in A...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KRWG and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
385-Phoning Home
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Cell phone technology will be used to explore our Moon. Lunar tourists will be able to use their smart phones after 2018.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
380-Southern Colleagues
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In this age in which science is being advanced by large teams of scientists with budgets in the millions to billions of dollars, it is gratifying t...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
375-Chelyabinsk Sized
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Small Earth approaching asteroids are part of our environment.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KRWG, KENW, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
355-2 Suns
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It is possible for a habitable planet to exist in a solar system with two suns.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KTRT RADIO INC and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
336-Meteorite Mystery
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The mystery of the missing Antarctic meteorites.

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
325-Marrakech
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An observatory near Marrakech, operated remotely from France and Switzerland, is discovering new members of our solar system.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
321-Dangerous Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Humanity should be ready in the unlikely but potentially catastrophic situation in which a comet comes out of nowhere and is heading for planet Earth.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KENW, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
307-Stepping It Up
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunting competition.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Birds on Life Support
From: Susanne Bard
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Hawaii’s birds face multiple threats, but one small thrush on the island of Kaua’i is a success story – so far.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
GPS Weather Jets
From: Susanne Bard
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GPS devices on commercial flights could predict hurricanes.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Saving Hawaiian Crows
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Hawaiian Crow, Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Hawaiian crow is recovering from a devastating population crash, with help from us.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Arctic Pioneers
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Toolik Lake, in Alaska's Arctic wilderness., Credit: Copyright John C. Wingfield
Like the pioneers of the American West, the birds that are now settling the Arctic frontier in response to climate change aren’t necessarily the bi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Catching the Wave: The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
From: Rebecca Sheir
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A visit to one of America's two tsunami warning centers... and a lesson that just might save your life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1