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Great Lakes pollutant lurks in your laundry pile
From: Great Lakes Today
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The United States and Canada are moving to ban microbeads -- the tiny plastic bits in toothpaste and facewash that are big water polluters. Now sci...

Bought by WKSU, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 7
The biggest Great Lakes stories of 2016
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lake Erie, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Great Lakes Today looks back at 2016's biggest stories.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 5
What's icy, metal and two miles long? A Great Lakes ice boom
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015, Credit: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015
As ice forms on Lake Erie, it creates problems for the huge power plants downstream. To keep electricity flowing to millions of residents in the No...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Maritime-themed school to open in Cleveland
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students at Toledo's maritime school, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The opening of a new maritime-themed high school was announced Tuesday in Cleveland. It joins the 3 other maritime schools in the Great Lakes region.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:10
  • 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
Erosion threatens homes on Lake Michigan
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: heavy machinery is used to move concrete along shoreline, Credit: Susan Bence
Lake Michigan is experiencing record high water levels – bad news for some residents along the western shore. Huge chunks of the shoreline are erod...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WILL, WCMU Michigan, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
Dogs sniff out pollution along Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Kenna checks a creek in Bridgman, Mich., Credit: Rebecca Thiele
Trained dogs are helping localities find leaky sewer pipes that are polluting Great Lakes tributaries.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
How safe is your beach? New test may provide answer
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Brianna Boggan takes a water sample at Villa Angela-Euclid Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Although a lot of beaches are tested for contamination in the water, many agencies use dated information to determine if it’s safe to swim. A new ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WCPN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp
Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
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
Death by Infection: Bacteria in a Post-Antibiotic World
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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The number of people dying from infections is likely to rise over in the coming years as more and more bacteria become drug-resistant. One of them,...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
Power Poses: Are They Ultimately Good or Bad?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Striking a power pose--standing like a superhero--may boost your confidence and get you short-term gains. But scientists don't yet know if, or when...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change: Affecting The Seasons?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Asteroid miners prepare to harvest outer space
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries and Dr. Glenn Lightsey discuss future missions at the Texas Spacecraft Lab, Credit: Audrey Quinn
It currently costs $10,000 a pound to transport material from Earth into space. If humans want to live in space someday, those transport costs alon...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 4
How Could Plastic Surgery Alleviate Migraines? And Why Are Some Neurologists Wary?
From: Michael Miller
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Some plastic surgeons are touting an unexpected benefit of cosmetic surgery: it may help alleviate migraine pain. But neurologists are skeptical a...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: A New Disaster
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Researchers prepare to take samples of the ocean floor using a multicore device.
Biologist Steve Murawski is leading a new team of researchers trying to figure out the long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon spill—not just on ...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2013
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1
Tough Winter for Montana Antelope
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Antelope trying to move through deep snow , Credit: David Grubbs, Billings Gazette
Biologists estimate thousands of pronghorn antelope died in Montana over the long, harsh winter...thousands more are stranded at the Fort Peck Rese...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
AUTISM CAUSE
From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
We need to move forward to find a cause for Autism without fear to question and innovate and just maybe get closer to understanding what we're deal...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 12:41
Microbes and Worms Turn Oil into Compost
From: Catherine Girardeau
Caption: Thomas Azwell with tea tank, Port Sonoma, CA, Credit: Catherine Girardeau
A UC Berkeley researcher is attacking toxic hydrocarbons left over from oil spills with microbes, earthworms, and a few acres of land. Catherine Gi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Overtreatment: How health care makes us sick
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Part 5: The Science Behind Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: Imerman Park sits on the flood plain of the Tittabawassee River. Signs along the trail warn visitors about dioxin contamination in some of the park's soil., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
Preview: The Trail of Dioxin and Dow
From: The Environment Report
Caption: Residents are warned by Dow to 'enter at their own risk', Credit: Vincent Duffy
A Preview of the series "Dioxin Delays" by the Environment Report

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
Kombucha
From: Loren Bonner
Caption: kombucha before and after brewing, Credit: Shuka Kalantari
LEARN HOW AN ANCIENT TEA IS TAKING OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES.

Bought by KRUA and WILL


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 2
Acidic Seas
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's global warming doing to the ocean?

Bought by KZYX, KRUA, KUOW, WRNC-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 6
Sage Grouse Strut
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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Noise from energy development may threaten Sage Grouse mating

  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 05:12