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240-Why
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What motivates asteroid hunters?

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


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
238-Now Three
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Catalina Sky Survey now operates three telescopes, 24 nights per month, in the Catalina mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.

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


  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
227-Planet 9
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The search for the theoretical "Planet 9" has begun.

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


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
226-Cosmic Campground
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
210-Life's Core
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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All life has a common core which can guide our search for life outside of our planet.

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


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
208-Hot Lunation
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My team the Catalina Sky Survey discovers 89 new Earth approaching objects in 24 nights.

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


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
178-Monster Telescope
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A huge new telescope is under construction. It's data is likely to revolutionize our view of the Universe.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, and KENW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 11: Dr. John Boik - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
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Bobby speaks with Dr. John Boik, founder of the Principled Societies Project, which is a science-based effort to design and test pioneering systems...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 50:59
Understanding Alzheimer's with Gerise Thompson
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: http://www.alz.org/brain/09.asp, Credit: Alzheimer's Association
On this edition of "Culture Clique" Gerise Thompson, Regional director for the Alzheimer's Association visits with KQAL's Terese Tenseth. Chances a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 46:19
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering To Forget In The Digital Age
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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What is the importance forgetting has played throughout human history? What will be the effects on society, relationships and humanity now that so...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 58:02
What Is Marijuana Made Of?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana has caused considerable debate and political discussion, but just what is in this plant which creates such co...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:34
Do We Really Need Dietary Supplements?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Do we need supplements to our diet? Does a normal balanced diet of food supply us with the nutrition we need?

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Why Do Gorillas Have It So Easy?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
What Happens When Modern Science And Buddhism Meet?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Can modern scientific methods and meditative spiritual theory compliment each other? In the past it may have seemed that Buddhist beliefs in re-inc...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 46:35
  • Purchases: 1
One Bryant Park
From: Science & the City Podcast Series
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Take a tour of the greenest building in Manhattan.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 19:56