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The Future

From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Fusion - Everlasting and Clean Energy

We're getting closer and closer to making fusion power a reality - limitless energy created by fusing hydrogen into helium, the same process that p...

Added: Jun 04, 2014
Length: 02:00

99% Invisible #30- The Blue Yarn

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Better (and less expensive) cancer treatment started with a sensei and ball of blue yarn...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 10:20
Purchases: 11

99% Invisible #37- The Steering Wheel (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

I bet you think could pantomime changing lanes with an imaginary steering wheel. But you'd be very, very wrong. You’d probably kill a bunch of imag...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:29
Purchases: 16

99% Invisible #36- Super Bon Bonn (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

What happens to a city when its purpose is stripped away virtually overnight?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 12

99% Invisible #34- The Speed of Light for Pyramids (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

What we can learn from architects who lived thousands of years ago: make buildings last longer.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 16

99% Invisible #33- A Cheer for Samuel Plimsoll (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

This simple graphic design has saved thousands of lives.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 17

99% Invisible #26- Chicago's Jailhouse Skyscraper (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

If you want to stand out as a skyscraper in Chicago, you've got your work cut out for you.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 11

99% Invisible #14- The Periodic Table (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

The Periodic Table knew what our universe was made out of even before we did.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, WMUU-LP, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 19

Schrödinger's Cat

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift

We dive into the Schrödinger's Cat paradox and ask what it reveals about the nature of quantum mechanics and physics in general.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 08, 2011
Length: 09:48
Purchases: 2

Clever Apes: Toolmakers

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: A chimp at the Lincoln Park Zoo uses a stick to fish for food., Credit: Michael De Bonis/WBEZ

Humans have an incredible ability to fashion tools that make our lives easier and advance the goals of science, but we're not the only species maki...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVMR, and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 07, 2011
Length: 08:32
Purchases: 4

Humankind: Tucker Stilley / Managing Pain

From: Humankind

This documentary tells the moving story of Tucker Stilley, a remarkable spirit who, in his early forties, was diagnosed with ALS (known as Lou Gehr...

Bought by WFIU