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A Miracle in New Jersey
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
About 20 years ago, New Jersey's filthy beaches were the butt of jokes. The medical wastes and other garbage that washed up onshore were forcing lo...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
jet - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "jet"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:03
American Chestnuts Roasting Again?
From: The Environment Report
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Saving the American Chestnut

  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:51
A Scientist Researches Near-Death Experiences
From: With Good Reason
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Escaping death changes life

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Nov 15, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Code of the Wild: DNA and Applied Ecology
From: SoundVision Productions
Series: The DNA Files
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Biologists who study how living things interact are using genetics as a powerful new tool.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WUAL, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
02 Medical Mysteries from the Deep
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Plants and animals in the ocean that might yield treatments for diseases

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
04 Scrape, Don't Rinse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here?s a surprise: An efficient automatic dishwasher will use less water than hand-washing those same dishes.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
05 Leaves of Three...
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Scientists say that carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, is actually making poison ivy grow larger and more toxic.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
09 What Does Organic Mean?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When you?re shopping for food, how do you know if it?s really organic?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
10 There's Genes in That Dirt
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Biologists who try to measure Earth?s genetic diversity have one more place to look: the dirt under our feet.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
12 Medicines of The Tropical Forest
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The future survival of the shamans will depend on how we value the source of their knowledge: the tropical forests.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
13 What We Owe Sleeping Jellyfish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to falling asleep, we may owe it all to jellyfish.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
15 Behold the Remarkable Midge
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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?As insignificant as a midge,? goes the old saying. But, are midges really insignificant?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
20 The Barcoding of Life
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Using ?genetic barcoding? in combination with traditional identification practices is helping scientists make rapid advances in understanding the w...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
21 Secrets of Spawning Eels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Researchers in Japan have discovered the spawning grounds of Japanese eels.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
22 A Snail's Pace?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Slow doesn't describe the spread of the prolific New Zealand Mud Snail, which today threatens waterways throughout the western United States.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Ham Radio
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Ham Radio Operators in the new High Tech world

  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
Beam Up To The Star Trek 40th Anniversary Convention in Las Vegas
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Planetary Radio visits the celebration of 40 years of Star Trek.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, and KSJC


  • Added: Sep 17, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 3
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Under the skin at the Museum of Verterbrate Zoology
From: Nathanael Johnson
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An stroll through the gory depths of a UC Berkeley Museum preparation lab -- the place where animals are skinned and stuffed for posterity -- in th...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
A Planetary Population Explosion? Dava Sobel Hopes So
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Do we now live in a solar system with twelve or many more official planets? Galileo's Daughter author Dava Sobel was the only non-scientist on the ...

Bought by WPSU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 3
Wind Turbines
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Wind Turbine energy blows into your neighborhood

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Aug 14, 2006
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 1
Low-Sag Powerlines
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Newly developed high voltage powerlines will prevent black outs

  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
  • Length: 09:10
Dance Revolution
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Taking a look at technology's role in child obesity

  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
  • Length: 07:26
Hybrid Race Cars
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Dartmouth University Students invent hybrid style race cars

  • Added: Jun 23, 2006
  • Length: 08:07

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