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What are the five areas of our collective existence on earth where the ocean matters most? If we are looking for a context to drive motivation and ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 04:48
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Brian Dunning examines some interesting beliefs around food and whether or not they are supported by science.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Jess digs into the science of soils and farming in the century of climate change with Dr. Rick Cruse of Iowa State University.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:49
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Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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Microbiologist Irene Garcia Newton shares her knowledge about the many organisms involved in keeping a colony of honeybees healthy.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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Take a peek inside the fruit fly kitchen on the Indiana University campus.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: Phytoplankton (and algae) form the lowest trophic level, the base of the aquatic food web, Credit: NOAA | www.noaa.gov
Food webs describe who eats whom in an ecological community. In the aquatic food web, humans feed down the food chain, consuming lesser and lesser ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 05:27
Caption: Bacteria to the Future, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why did the chicken take antibiotics? To fatten it up and prevent bacterial infection. But farms have become superbug factories, threatening our l...

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
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An interview with Dr. Richard Deckelbaum, the Director Of The Columbia University Institute Of Human Nutrition. In addition to directing the insti...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 32:19

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
Would You Eat Fruit That Smelled Like Garbage?

  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
Is It a Waste to Wash Your Recyclables?

  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: May 14, 2018
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  • Added: May 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: May 08, 2018
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  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
Warmer Waters Could Make Shellfish Dangerous

  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Skeptic Check: Not So Sweet, Credit: Seth Shostak
Obesity, diabetes, heart disease … maybe even Alzheimer’s. Could these modern scourges be caused by sugar? A journalist says there’s evidence sug...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: A Moment of Science
Does an Onion a Day Keep the Doctor Away?

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
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Did you know that our industrial methods of food production were developed for efficiency, but neglected to take into consideration the unintended ...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that dietary supplements are not tested for safety or effectiveness before going to market? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered...

  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Frozen tuna in the hold of a fishing ship. , Credit: Alex Hofford | Greenpeace | MarinePhotobank.org
World fisheries are in crisis, with many species pushed to the edge of extinction. The current system is a recipe for disaster: demand is up; exter...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 05:25