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The Loh Down on Science - May 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like … how healthy is yogurt really… Do school uniforms improve grades… and can we get e...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Loh Down on Science - April, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like … how healthy is yogurt really… Do school uniforms improve grades… and can we get e...

Bought by KKRN, KPOV, Tri States Public Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Loh Down on Science - March, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… do animals “break up”... is there a way to stop gaining weight when you quit smoki...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Tri States Public Radio, KKRN, KPOV, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 6
Meteorite!
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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The first meteorite to crash land into Earth - and have its date recorded - impacted the hamlet of Ensisheim (in modern-day France, then Austria) o...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 09:33
StoryCorps Griot: Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Thomas in his lab., Credit: Public Domain
Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris remember their mentor, Dr. Vivien Thomas, a surgical researcher who developed groundbreaking medical techniques.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Poetry Walk Reception 2021
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Poems were written, submitted, read and even etched in concrete! Today on Art Beat we get a taste of the 2021 Winona Poetry Walk. A reception for t...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 27:08
Videojuegos por una causa
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Te pasas la cuarentena jugando a videojuegos? Aprende como tú y tu ordenador podéis ayudar a los científicos a encontrar una cura para el nuevo co...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mascota virus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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El coronavirus ha cambiado nuestras vidas haciendo que muchos teletrabajen. A medida que los gatos invaden nuestros fondos de pantalla en el Zoom, ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Metales poderosos
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Quieres protegerte de una pandemia? Aprende de la historia y comienza a trabajar con ... ¡cobre!

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fur-onavirus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The coronavirus pandemic has many of us working from home. As cats invade our zoom backgrounds, many are wondering if their pets can get sick, too.

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Mighty Metals
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Want to protect yourself from a pandemic? Take a page out of history’s book and start working with... copper!

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Panicked Purchases
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Why would a pandemic lead to toilet paper hoarding? Uncertain times result in irrational decisions when faced with the aisle of a grocery store. Th...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting the Herd
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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All contagions come to an end. But how? Herd immunity is inevitable. How we get there is up to us.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mask
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Masks are not just for villains and superheroes! For centuries, we have depended on face masks for protection. From handkerchiefs to the N-95, how ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gaming For a Cause
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Spending your quarantine gaming? Learn how you and your computer can help scientists search for a cure to the new coronavirus! All while you sleep!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Soapy Surfactants
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Is washing our hands with soap really the best we can do to protect ourselves from coronavirus? Let's take a look at the history and chemistry of s...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Welcome! from Sandra Tsing Loh
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Loh Down on Science host Sandra Tsing Loh intros the Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Love, Hate, and Sex from the History of Science
From: Distillations
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This Valentine’s Day we could have just brought you some sappy love stories from science’s past. But instead we offer you three tales of lust, lone...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:17:06
Tornado
From: Ibby Caputo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of a tornado, from three perspectives.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
Butter vs. Margarine
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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One of America's most bizarre food battles

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2017
  • Length: 20:52
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 23: Between A Rock And A Holy Place
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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This is the first episode in a three-part summer series, called Science Camp, where we’re exploring the human side of science. Ryan Haupt had a lot...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KSFR, PRX Remix, and KRZA


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 24:03
  • Purchases: 4