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Dr. Holly Golecki, a professor in the Bioengineering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about using soft robotics ...
- Added: Sep 04, 2023
- Length: 48:22
Cultivated meat has the potential to disrupt the meat industry, and engineer Dr. Katie Kam joins the podcast to talk about it. Katie founded BioBQ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2023
- Length: 28:20
The Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin tries to attract kids to science using loud and entertaining demonstrations that might not ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2022
- Length: 29:29
Do scientific research articles sometimes sound like another language? To K-12 students, very often it’s yes. Tanya Dimitrova tried to help solve...
- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 48:59
Learning in robotics doesn’t have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game. Dan White, CEO of Filament G...
- Added: Nov 20, 2021
- Length: 51:41
Math is fundamental to engineering education and other disciplines. That’s part of why Richard Rusczyk wants to teach kids harder math than they o...
- Added: Jul 13, 2021
- Length: 59:36
Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teachin...
- Added: Jun 17, 2021
- Length: 49:38
The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a nonprofit running several programs in K-12 STEM education, including its Computer Science Insti...
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 35:39
STEM curriculum specialist Dr. Corey Hall shares tips and resources for teaching engineering effectively at the K-12 level in 2021, both during and...
- Added: Apr 07, 2021
- Length: 45:50
Model railroading is uniquely primed for doing educational outreach today, says Stacey Walthers Naffah, President of Milwaukee-based Walthers. Wal...
- Added: Jun 27, 2020
- Length: 46:32
The nonprofit Beyond Benign specializes in developing and disseminating educational resources in green chemistry – like how to create bioplastics, ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2020
- Length: 51:47
Doctors often suggest managing diabetes through diet and exercise, but that’s primarily for type 2 diabetes. Those who suffer from type 1 diabetes ...
Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, and WOUB
- Added: Oct 06, 2017
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 5
Residents of Tangier Island could become some of America’s first climate refugees—unless they get a much needed sea wall. Through a partnership wit...
Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 11, 2017
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 3
With surveillance cameras on the rise and cell phones in every pocket, video evidence is increasingly common in courtrooms. But there’s a lot we do...
- Added: Jul 14, 2017
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 2
About 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cance...
Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 03:34
- Purchases: 4
With graduation ceremonies wrapping up across the country, it’s time for that dreaded next chapter: the job hunt. But for those students scrambling...
Bought by KZYX, KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WOUB
- Added: Jun 02, 2017
- Length: 03:06
- Purchases: 4
Between a changing climate and an invasion of parasites, it’s a tough time for the little honeybee. A Norfolk woman’s quest to give bees a home may...
Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB and more
- Added: Apr 26, 2017
- Length: 04:22
- Purchases: 6
Mining in Minnesota has been going on for decades, but today, economic and environmental issues are raising important questions about the industry....
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 1
