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The Mystery and Physics of World Trade Center Seven
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: David Chandler at KBOO
David Chandler on 9/11 Speak Out and the Physics of 9/11

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Nov 04, 2017
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 2
Fog as Drinking Water
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Cal State University Monterey Bay college professor Daniel Fernandez talks about his fog catchers and how they can convert fog into water.

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2017
  • Length: 52:11
  • Purchases: 1
C-Hit The WorkUp: Eldercare
From: Lynne DeLucia
Caption: PRX default Piece image
More than 34 million Americans provide unpaid care to an older adult every year, according to AARP. Managing an aging parent’s health care can be c...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 07:40
Sound Ecology: Martens and Fishers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights two small mammalian predators of the Pacific Northwest: the marten and the fisher.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Botulism killing birds on Lake Michigan
From: Great Lakes Today
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We travel to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan, where officials are finding dozens of dead birds washed onto the beach. Scientists...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WLPR , and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 4
Can we sell cattails -- and save wetlands?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Harvester amid the cattails, Credit: Sam Corden
Researchers are harvesting invasive cattails, and seeking commercial uses for them

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 4
Drilling into a side of an ocean trench....for science
From: Amy West
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By sending pipe from a moving ship roughly three miles down to collect sediment and rocks a third of a mile beneath the sea floor in an ocean trenc...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors
From: Gordon Whiting
Series: In Deep with Angie Coiro: Live at Kepler's
Caption: Angie Coiro, author Beth Pratt Bergstrom and California mountain lion P-22, Credit: Gordon Whiting
Did you know that a mountain lion, known as P-22, lives in the middle of Los Angeles, that the Facebook campus in Silicon Valley provided a home fo...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 1
Up in Smoke: Second Opinion
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: This Won't Hurt A Bit
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This week in Second Opinion we go a little further with all things smokable. Why do people do it?

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 26:57
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: Positivity and Progeria
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This story on The Rough Draft Diaries was given to us by Lexi Staples and it involves the Kudzia family. Tune in to hear how Heather Kudzia chooses...

  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
The Challenge of ALS
From: Avery Hall
Caption: In eye-popping plaid pants and a pea-green jacket, Dr. Bedlack wears positivity into his office at the Duke ALS clinic., Credit: Avery Hall
ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Kathleen Delate Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that organic farming systems can reduce nitrate pollution, improve soil and food quality, all while providing bountiful yields? Join F...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Discovering Dark Matter
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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Astronomer Ramanath Cowsik describes the history of dark matter and how his discovery influenced the way scientists think about dark matter in the ...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:00
The Write Question - Jeremy N. Smith - 221
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jeremy N. Smith talks about his book Epic Measures, the true story of a 20-year, 500-scientist, $100-million moonshot attempt to track and quantify...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Save the Vaquitas!
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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High schooler William Whittenbury attacks the dire situation of the endangered porpoise - the vaquitas. William hopes to change the fate of the vaq...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:03
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones!
From: Josh Clement
Series: All Things Natural With Ed Kanze
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They rock and roll them. We're talking about those boulders we all see in the woods. Geologists call them "erratics."

  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:53
Once More With Feelin' -- Groks Science Show 2014-08-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Sliman Bensmaia explains the sense of touch.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMUD, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 4
Panopticon
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Privacy: Going... going... gone!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the CERN particle accelerator in Switzerland, announced the debut of the World Wide Web, marking...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Let There Be Light
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Fusion - Everlasting and Clean Energy
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For the past fifty years physicists around the world have been trying to create a fusion power reactor, harnessing the processes deep inside of sta...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
The Business with Bees
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
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An exploration of the causes behind honeybee population declines, featuring discussions with beekeepers and scientists.

Bought by WSKG, WNIJ, Boise State Public Radio, KSFR, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 12
The Winona Works Project: Biology Professor
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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You're listening to Culture Clique, and our series on the Winona State University Winona Works Project. With interviews conducted by students from ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 21:12
Dolphins ~ Stenella attenuata and Stenella longirostris
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Where there is tuna, there are dolphins.... not always a good thing,

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2
207: 21st Century Working Waterfront
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Civilization was built by the sea. The 20th century waterfront was an accumulation of functions that were best placed on or near the coast. As popu...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
Hungarian Meadow Vipers ~ Vipera ursinii rakosiensis
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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There’s a snake in the grass—but the viper in this Hungarian meadow is more threatened than a threat, at least to people. As new ways of farming re...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:27
Heading to Hell in a Handbasket
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Paul Ehrlich, author of the iconic book The Population Bomb, reflects on the history of environmentalism and his gloomy outlook for the future. [Ep...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 46:21