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AMOS 20.165: Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?, 8/18/2020
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
Missing Humanities
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Homi Bhabha at the Oxford bookstore in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The CEO of Tech Mahindra said that the top 10 IT companies in India only take 6% of the engineering graduates. What happens to the other 94% he won...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Mind-Controlled Medicine
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A brainwave-triggered implant which could potentially turn on genes controlling the production of therapeutic proteins., Credit: March Folcher/ETH Zurich
Could brainwaves one day trigger an implant that stops epilepsy and chonic pain episodes before they begin?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
“In science, you have to be very humble.”
From: Distillations
Caption: Juana Acrivos
Juana Acrivos, professor emeritus of chemistry at San Jose State University, reminds us that sometimes we must leave our expectations at the door—w...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:37