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What are the five areas of our collective existence on earth where the ocean matters most? If we are looking for a context to drive motivation and ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2024
- Length: 04:48
Jess digs into the science of soils and farming in the century of climate change with Dr. Rick Cruse of Iowa State University.
- Added: Oct 17, 2023
- Length: 28:49
Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.
- Added: Aug 15, 2023
- Length: 54:00
Take a peek inside the fruit fly kitchen on the Indiana University campus.
- Added: Aug 25, 2022
- Length: 54:01
Food webs describe who eats whom in an ecological community. In the aquatic food web, humans feed down the food chain, consuming lesser and lesser ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2019
- Length: 05:27
Why did the chicken take antibiotics? To fatten it up and prevent bacterial infection. But farms have become superbug factories, threatening our l...
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- Added: Nov 26, 2018
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 10
Obesity, diabetes, heart disease … maybe even Alzheimer’s. Could these modern scourges be caused by sugar? A journalist says there’s evidence sug...
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- Added: Feb 27, 2017
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 10
Did you know that our industrial methods of food production were developed for efficiency, but neglected to take into consideration the unintended ...
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- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Did you know that dietary supplements are not tested for safety or effectiveness before going to market? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered...
- Added: May 06, 2016
- Length: 28:00
World fisheries are in crisis, with many species pushed to the edge of extinction. The current system is a recipe for disaster: demand is up; exter...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 05:25
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...
- Added: Jul 06, 2015
- Length: 05:19
Our bodies host trillions of organisms that play a central role in our overall health and well-being. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Di...
- Added: Jun 25, 2015
- Length: 28:00
When it comes to sugar science, consumers have questions: Is table sugar metabolized differently than corn syrup? What are the safe upper limits of...
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- Added: Jun 19, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
One part per billion is equal to two tablespoons of sugar dissolved in an Olympic sized swimming pool. Drugs used to treat children for ADHD are e...
- Added: May 22, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
The role of soil microbes in human health is largely a mystery. The public is told that we need genetically engineered crops and their related herb...
- Added: Oct 24, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide has been linked to a mysterious fatal kidney disease among farmers in Central America, Sri Lanka and India. Join Food...
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- Added: Sep 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
The beverage industry spends billions of dollars each year convincing us that sugary beverages will make us “happy.” In reality, sugar-laden drink...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Politicians and analysts mark progress by quarterly earnings, but scientists who study life cycles in the real world may need years to document cha...
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- Added: Jul 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
The size of a nanometer -- one billionth of a meter – is hard to imagine, but a sheet of newspaper is 100,000 nanometers thick. Nanoscale materia...
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- Added: Jun 27, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Did you know that farmers who use pesticides are at greater risk for developing Parkinson's Disease (PD)? Or ...
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 28:00
The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that herbicide-resistant weeds have reached epidemic proportions, infesting 61 million acres and growing....
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 28:00
What happens to our bodies as we age and how can better nutrition and hydration help us age “well?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Diet...
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact con...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:57
Each year, 10 billion pounds of BPA (Bisphenol A) are produced and put into consumer products, ranging from food and soda cans to cash register rec...
- Added: Feb 11, 2013
- Length: 28:00
From rising oceans to widespread droughts, we can expect global climate changes to impact how and where we grow our food. Join Food Sleuth Radio h...
- Added: Dec 31, 2012
- Length: 28:00