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Science unscripted (DW) 04/16/24 - Are songs becoming stupider?

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

We're assuming at one point or another that you have heard (probably from an older relative?) that music is in decline. Songs these days just aren'...

Maria Gallucci: Zero Emission Marine Vessels

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

When it comes to energy transitions, marine vessels tend to get overlooked, even though they are some of the worst polluters of our oceans and air....

Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show

Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang

🍄✨ Exciting News for Nature and Wellness Enthusiasts here on the Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series ✨🍄 Join us for a grou...

California Termites and the Atmosphere

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

California is famous for its picturesque sunsets, year-round mild weather, excellent surf, and largely progressive politics, including forward-thin...

Imagining where love came from: Sonnet for the Primordial Gravity Waves

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets (Bookshop.org), Credit: Susan Cook

The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to those who offered proof of the existence of Primordial Gravity Waves. Einstein theorized they were ...

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On the death of Stephen Hawking "Sonnet for The Black Hole" "Sonnet for A Loss"

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets , Credit: Susan Cook

Stephen Hawking has died who brought us all to imagine what black holes are and to recognize ourselves in them and him.

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Sonnet for the Higgs Boson. The God particle.

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Upon the passing of Dr Peter Higgs, a Sonnet to explain how the Higgs boson comes into our lives.

Bought by KICI Iowa City

The Distance of Time: An American Sonnet about Relativity

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Poetry makes everything accessible, even the Special Theory of Relativity.

Science unscripted (DW) 03/26/24 - Eclipse hunting? Drive carefully!

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Once in a while on Science uncripted we have concrete advice for listeners that might save their lives. If you're planning on watching the solar ec...

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Talking across Disciplines with the Chair of the NEA and the Director of the Census Bureau

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

A special edition of Art Works a conversation between NEA Chair Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos, moderated ...

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TIM TRAVERS AND THE TIME TRAVELER'S PARADOX -- Stimson Snead and Samuel FD Dunning Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Sam Dunning and Stimson Snead talk jibs, self-acceptance, and the power of entropy.

Andrea Thompson: Battling Extreme Heat Fatigue

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

While you're shoveling snow out of the driveway this week, you may not want to hear about extreme heat - but then again, maybe you do! This week on...

The Guru of Healthy Aging

From: Nicole Christina
Series: Zestful Aging Podcast

Over the past 40 years, Dr. Ken Dychtwald has emerged as a foremost visionary and original thinker regarding the lifestyle, marketing, health care,...

“From Heritage to Health:” Bringing the diverse cultures of everyday life to medical care.

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

A Conversation about “From Heritage to Health:” which demonstrates how storytelling and the arts can help medical professionals better treat cultur...

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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 01/23/2024 - Video games help you recover from work

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week we dive into whether video games help us recover from work stress. (Spoiler: They absolutely do. But there is a catch.)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMFE, and WFHB

Daniel Kammen: The Perils of Deep-Sea Mining

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

Most of us have never been there but according to a quick Google search, some of the things you might see at the bottom of the ocean include sea sp...

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Science unscripted (DW) 01/09/2024 - Weekly roundup — Buk, buk, buk, buk... ba-gawk!

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Chickens can communicate emotions (like exasperation), and we humans can understand it. Also, our listeners have a wild variety of new status symbo...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMFE, and WFHB

To the First Images Seen of A Black Hole

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: " Breathing: American Sonnets" (Shermans.com), Credit: Susan Cook

Black holes still doing what they do. Re-visiting Einstein imagining his most important discovery.

Bought by KICI Iowa City

How Einstein Understood E=mc Squared

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Poetry Month and Einstein creating E=mc squared

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Science unscripted (DW) 01/02/2024 -The status symbols they are a-changin’

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

An expensive car, a shiny watch, a hot body, video game skins, a vegan diet — regardless of how different they can be, status symbols will always b...

Bought by WFHB, WMFE, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

Science unscripted (Spectrum) 12/26/23

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Thanks for listening to (or watching) our show this year. And please don't forget these quick tips on how to have a safe and fun party on December 31.

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Science unscripted - Homeopathic sugar balls for Christmas!

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Pain might rob your Christmas cheer - And drag you through depressing muck - But don't you worry, and don't you fear - For you, dear listener are i...

Bought by WMFE

Conversations: Pooja Lakshmin, MD

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations

Psychiatrist Pooja Lakshmin speaks about her book "Real Self-Care", which challenges mainstream notions of self care and offers a new framework for...

Conversations: Hannah Wunsch, MD

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations

Critical care physician Hannah Wunsch speaks about her book The Autumn Ghost, which tells the story of a polio epidemic in Copenhagen in the 1950s,...

Embracing the Unknown: How Uncertainty Unlocks Wisdom in Our Later Years

From: Paul VOGELZANG

📣 Exciting Episode Release! 🎧 🌟 Join us on The Not Old Better Show as we explore 'Embracing the Unknown: Wisdom in Uncertainty' with acclaimed auth...

Bought by WHFR

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