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490-Mini Moons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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There are likely to be hundreds smaller than softball sized and perhaps several dozen football to beachball sized, natural Earth mini moons, which ...

Bought by KGLP, KENW, WLPR , WLPR , KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Fast-Living Fish
From: Science Update
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An animal that grows up, reproduces and dies of old age in just a few weeks.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Cancer-Resistant Elephants
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers discover the genetic basis for elephants’ resistance to cancer.

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Birdsong Dreams
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Zebra finches
Researchers have discovered that when songbirds dream, the vocal muscles they use for singing become active.

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Nurse Inventors
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A nurse works to inspire others in the profession to try their hand at inventing.

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Polluted Parks
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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National Parks may harbor smog along with their forests and wildlife.

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dogs & Human Emotions
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Our shared history has shaped how dogs respond to our emotions.

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cancer vs. Cancer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Turning cancer cells into cancer-fighting machines.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 18.174: Multiple Discovery, 8/30/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Multiple Discovery

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.172: Cottonmouth, 8/28/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cottonmouth

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.170: Exploding Ants, 8/24/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Exploding Ants

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.169: The Twin Within, 8/23/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Twin Within

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Small Town Archaeology
From: Science Update
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A town square offers a trove of archaeological discoveries.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Songbird Culture
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Swamp Sparrow, Credit: Robert Lachlan
How a small songbird’s cultural traditions persist for more than a thousand years.

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Anteater Diet
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Giant Anteater, Credit: (Projeto Tamanduá/www.tamandua.org)
How giant anteaters get enough food into their tiny mouths to survive.

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Amor Towles, Author of "A Gentleman in Moscow"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Hear Bob Kustra talk with Amor Towles about his novel "A Gentleman in Moscow"

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Crops and Climate Change
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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High levels of CO2 may reduce levels of crop nutrients.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Biohybrid Robot
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Merging living muscle with synthetic bones.

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Green-Blooded Lizards
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some lizards thrive despite a toxic pigment that turns their blood green.

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chimpanzee Nest Microbes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Are ape beds cleaner than ours?

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  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Snail Memory Transfer
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
What if you could have someone else’s memories?

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  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Business of Elvers
From: Matt Frassica
Caption: Dustin Young holds glass eels worth $2,500 per pound, Credit: Matt Frassica
Why is a tiny fish worth thousands per pound?

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 09:27
Prehistoric Sloth Hunting
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Footprints reveal an encounter between human hunters and the now extinct giant ground sloth.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tracking Pain in the Brain
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Researchers make a map of the brain cells that transmit pain.

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  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Time Blindness: Jack Alpert #222 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Frustrated at the abysmal rate of adoption when seatbelts were introduced into cars in the 1960s, Jack Alpert quit his job as an automotive enginee...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4

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