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Should I use a wooden pencil or a mechanical one?
From: Possibly
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Students at a Rhode Island school asked us a question: should they be using wooden pencils or plastic mechanical ones? This week on Possibly we exp...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Could we put solar panels on cars?
From: Possibly
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Student engineers, and one major car manufacturer are already trying the idea. But there are limits to how effective these panels can be.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Raven Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 03, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
How are doctors responding to climate change?
From: Possibly
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More medical schools are training their students on climate change. This week on Possibly we're taking a look at how your visit to the doctor might...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can a doctor give you a prescription for solar panels?
From: Possibly
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A new program at the Boston Medical Center says it prescribes solar panels to patients. But we wondered, what does that really mean?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: Aug 19, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Should we use hydropanels to pull clean water out of thin air?
From: Possibly
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A new technology promises to suck water vapor out of the air and turn it into water that we can drink. How do they work and are these worthy invest...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KTNA, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 3
Could we use gym equipment to make electricity?
From: Possibly
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Brown University's gym recently installed machines that turn kinetic energy into electricity. Could these machines put a dent in our energy needs?

Bought by KTNA, WRFA-LP, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 3
Hope for Pluto—Should We Re-Redefine Planets?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Enhanced-color image of planet (?) Pluto, Credit: JHUAPL/SWRI/NASA
Planetary geologist Kirby Runyon is lead author of an abstract that proposes a new, geophysical definition of what a planet is. It would grant our...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Running Before the Sun: Astronomer Jay Pasachoff
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff, Credit: Jay Pasachoff
No one is more excited about eclipses than famed solar astronomer and author Jay Pasachoff. He looks forward to the total solar eclipse in August ...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Rob Manning and Getting Down To Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A six-meter Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (SIAD) is spin tested in a JPL clean room., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Landing on Mars is hard, and the bigger you are, the harder it gets. Rob Manning returns to tell us about one of NASA’s best hopes for getting much...

Bought by KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Planetary Radio Live: LightSail Countdown Begins!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bill Nye at the LightSail countdown celebration., Credit: Loren Roberts
LightSail, the Planetary Society’s innovative solar sail cubesat, will ride into space on the huge SpaceX Falcon Heavy, now in development. Bill N...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What's Beagle 2 doing now?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1