PRX - Pieces for Topic: News

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

24 results


Science unscripted (Spectrum) 10/12/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
Piece image
This week on the show: Like the COVID-19 vaccines? Then you'll love the way mRNA is being tried out on certain cancers. Also, a human stool sample...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 09/14/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
Piece image
This week on the show: What can we learn from a bunch of rhesus macaques playing video games and 'choking' under the pressure? Also, it may be be...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 05/11/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
Piece image
This week on the show: The more people who vaccinate, the quicker life goes back to normal. But is there a (proven) way to convince the "on the fe...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
World in Progress 04/29/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
Piece image
This week on the show: Who owns space? - We dive deep into outer space. Who owns space? Who owns mineral resources and water? The race is on — i...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 04/13/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
Piece image
This week on the show: What is going wrong in the minds of conspiracy theorists when they end up jumping to false conclusions? Also, why are peopl...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 01192021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
Piece image
This week on the show: As Germany doubles down on the lockdown, new data suggests vaccines will keep us all safe for a long, long time. But even a...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 24/03/20
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
Piece image
This week on the show: The coronavirus lockdown - Never in history have so many human beings been stuck inside their homes. This social isolatio...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
388-40 Years
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Your representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WOUB, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
352-Worth Tracking
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A 400 foot diameter space rock's path could bring it to within an Earth diameter of the surface of our planet.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
344-Gnats
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Small asteroids swarm about the Earth in its orbit around the Sun like gnats around an outdoor light in the summer time.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
343-Mars Window
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The path to Mars will be very busy in 2020.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, WLPR , WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
342-That's Close
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A small asteroid, which could pass under a basketball hoop, missed the Earth by about 9,000 miles.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KKRN, and KRWG


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
340-Carson's Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
In the distant future, Carson's first comet discovery is likely to impact a planet or be ejected from the solar system.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KRWG, KKRN, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
327-Suddenly Bright
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Large asteroids can approach the Earth, suddenly, without much warning.

Bought by Radio Newark, KENW, KMXT, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
326-Asteroids 2016
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
2016 was another record year for asteroid hunters during which we discovered 1,894 new Earth approaching objects.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
311-Bright and Bald
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Humans are developing the ability to study an Earth approaching object to prepare for one that is on an impact trajectory with our home planet.

Bought by WTIP, Radio Newark, KMXT, WLPR , KENW and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
300-Biggest Ear
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
China has built and is operating the world's largest Radio telescope.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KGUA, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
299-Sporadic Geysers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted geysers erupting from Jupiter's Moon Europa.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
292-Disintegrating Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a disintegrating comet 67 million miles from us.

Bought by WLPR , Radio Newark, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
291-Rose Rules
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Anyone who thinks women can't do computers and science needs to meet my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Rose Matheny.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , Radio Newark, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
286-Neighboring World
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Astronomers have discovered an Earth sized planet orbiting the closest star to our Sun.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, Radio Newark, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
203-Big Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A rare very large Earth approaching object is discovered in an unusual place in the sky.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Climate Change: Affecting The Seasons?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
Piece image
Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: A New Disaster
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Researchers prepare to take samples of the ocean floor using a multicore device.
Biologist Steve Murawski is leading a new team of researchers trying to figure out the long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon spill—not just on ...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2013
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1