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These days, it’s popular for countries to make pledges about when they’ll be carbon neutral. But there’s one country that’s already there. Actually...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Dec 15, 2021
- Length: 03:53
- Purchases: 1
The answer lies in drag: every time you double the speed you travel in a car, the energy you use quadruples. That’s because you’re fighting against...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 04:02
- Purchases: 2
It depends. When you’re driving slowly around town, it’s better to keep your windows down. But on the highway, it’s better to turn on the AC.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 1
In general, if you're traveling alone, driving creates two times the emissions of flying in a plane. Driving with just two people in the car makes ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 05, 2020
- Length: 03:42
- Purchases: 1
Technically yes. There are some car hobbyists who have done this, but there's no streamlined approach to converting your car. The process would be ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 29, 2020
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 1
It has been 20 years since the world woke up to the news that a half mile diameter asteroid, 1997 XF11, discovered by Space Watch on Kitt Peak, had...
- Added: Aug 17, 2018
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 7
Imagine a spacecraft traveling at a speed that would take it from New York to Tokyo in less than a minute, a mere 4 million miles from the surface ...
- Added: Aug 16, 2018
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 6
A huge Earth approaching asteroid is discovered right before the 2018 monsoon rains settled into the American Southwest. This weather imposed bre...
Bought by KENW, WLPR , KRZA, WTIP, KUPR low power FM and more
- Added: Aug 09, 2018
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 8
Prof. Doug Wiens describes his explorations of Antarctica. Wiens uses seismographs to study the physics behind ice movement and examine questions a...
- Added: Dec 20, 2013
- Length: 12:26
A woman who usually does her "birding" in New York City's Central Park shares some of her reactions after experiencing the Sandhill Crane migration...
- Added: Apr 15, 2007
- Length: 02:51
