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In Western civilization, human beings are considered the exceptional species and uniquely intelligent. Yet science is consistently revealing our in...
- Added: Feb 20, 2023
- Length: 28:30
This week on the show:
Denying COVID was 'airborne' — and later acknowledging it was — will likely go down as one of the worst mistakes ever made i...
- Added: Sep 09, 2022
- Length: 30:00
At my age I should being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I like to tell our daughters Katy and Sarah that some da...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 04:23
The riparian woodland Ms. Mesquitey and I were hiking in is at around 6,000 ft. in elevation. I think that may be the upper limits of the elf owls'...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:33
Tecoma stans angustata is in the Bignonia family Bignoniaceae and there are a bunch of species of Tecoma starting here in the borderlands with our ...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:51
Our one flowering wildflower on this wonderful day was the very pretty perennial called penny cress or candy tufts. It is the former Thlaspi fendl...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:36
We revisit Sarah Aronson's interview with Doug Chadwick from 2017. Wildlife biologist and author Doug Chadwick engages in a lively discussion aroun...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jan 26, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
No joke, the best and last line of defense to protect the drinking water for an entire city in Poland is eight clams. Let's chat about bivalve scie...
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- Added: Sep 16, 2020
- Length: 04:52
- Purchases: 1
So many native plants are ready for some of that monsoonal moisture and I am too. Come on summer rains!
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:55
Mala Mujer or Cnidoscolus angustidens is an interesting plant in Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family. It’s found in southeastern Arizona and south in...
- Added: Jun 19, 2019
- Length: 05:09
You know we’re causing a problem for the planet when even the viruses think we’re the worst disease the Earth has ever seen.
- Added: Oct 02, 2014
- Length: 07:53
THIS WEEK: Splitting the Clapper Rail; bird feeding help for condo owners; a swimming songbird; and, are you out there, Saskatchewan?
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 30:00
THIS WEEK: Is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? Help is on the way for the Wood Thrush, but will it arrive in time? And we answer a listener's question a...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 30:00
Summer storms send many desert frogs and toads into a raucous reproductive frenzy. What role do their choruses play in their hasty courtship?
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- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
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Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 51:29
- Purchases: 2
They eat roadkill. They urinate on themselves. When frightened, they vomit. The turkey vultures have returned. Why does this harbinger of spring ha...
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- Added: Mar 22, 2011
- Length: 04:30
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Creosote’s therapeutic applications would make any biotech CEO green with envy. What are this desert shrub’s medicinal properties? And why is it su...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Prof. Peter Ward discussed the Medea Hypothesis.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Aug 18, 2009
- Length: 26:14
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jun 28, 2007
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 1
