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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
Desirable robots are creepy, strangely alluring and technologically improbable. As part of my podcast series Imaginary Worlds, I explore whether th...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 15:45
- Purchases: 1
He built Facebook's business model.....and then realized he was addicted to his phone.
- Added: Aug 14, 2019
- Length: 43:36
If you want to know about a creative spirit, take the case of Zack Baltich. Zack synthesizes his informal and formal music experiences to create so...
- Added: Feb 21, 2017
- Length: 08:20
Whether you tweet, snap, like, or share social media is the way to communicate; but can it be used for more then just a home for dog memes? Report...
- Added: Nov 17, 2016
- Length: 05:48
Technology veteran and now author, Antonio García Martínez, discusses his new book, Chaos Monkeys. Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a datacen...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 01:00:01
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- Added: Dec 10, 2015
- Length: 07:28
- Purchases: 1
Readers form book clubs. Bowlers join leagues. What do motorcycle enthusiasts do? They ride, of course. Some head to Sturgis, South Dakota every ye...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 05:04
- Added: May 23, 2013
- Length: 07:39
Amy has battled bipolar disorder all her life. She’s tried 25 different medications, but nothing has been able to stabilize her mood.
Bought by KPVL and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 07:49
- Purchases: 2
American's have been hitting the bottle a lot lately -- to the tune of 9 billion gallons of water in 2007.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
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A brilliant young professor invents a way to heat and cool homes -- for free. The president gives him a prestigious award, and he waits for the en...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Aug 19, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
We may be able to get drinking water from treated sewage -- and water shortages could eventually force us to rely on this option.
Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Here's a conundrum. What do you do with 3000 tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Use water wisely, and we all benefit. Produce a film inspiring others to, and you could win thousands of dollars.
- Added: Mar 26, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Waverly, Iowa became the first in the Midwest to own and operate its own wind generation facilities.
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Dec 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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American motorists are familiar with the need to have emissions checked regularly to certify automobiles for registration. But a team of engineers ...
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Dec 19, 2007
- Length: 01:25
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Fill 'er up with: Algae 100 - you know, the gas that's made from those golden brown or green plants growing along our coasts...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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- Added: Oct 12, 2007
- Length: 05:06
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Does it really pay to be energy-efficient? The folks at Clarum Homes hope so.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest polluter of them all? Is it the company with the biggest smoke-stacks? Or, as a recent study suggests...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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The bacterium Thermus aqaticus, discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, made some people rich...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Non-profit tech start-up looks out for the rest of us
- Added: Dec 08, 2006
- Length: 08:39
A new book suggests that niche markets will take over. Ian's not buying it.
- Added: Aug 20, 2006
- Length: 02:37
