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Most of the 5000 exoplanets discovered so far have been found using methods that don’t actually see the planet at all. Brightness dimmings and sta...
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 03:52
We live in a golden age of exoplanet discovery. Not only are we searching for and finding new worlds around other stars all the time, but as our t...
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 04:01
A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c, which is one of seven rocky planets orbiting an ultr...
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 04:00
Astronomers estimate that there are more free roaming planets in our galaxy than there are planets in orbit around stars.
In fact, rogue exoplanet...
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 04:00
One of the most exciting recent discoveries in astronomy has been the existence of planets around other stars.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Aug 13, 2023
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
A DC mother helps her son with cancer get his appetite back through the power of nutritious foods and helps others along the way.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:33
Spinal cord injuries are mostly considered irreversible. Scientists from Duke University are changing that by utilizing virtual reality technology.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:31
Leftover coffee grounds are saving lives as the main ingredient for an essential slow-burning fire source In sub-Saharan Africa.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Protecting your skin from the sun is a must. So is protecting coral reefs from toxic sunscreen.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Move over Thomas Edison! A resourceful teenager creates electricity in his South African village using mostly trash and food scraps.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Move over Tesla, a collaborator of Swiss Companies has created a prototype dump truck that might even be able to sell electricity back to the grid!
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Bees are good for much more than stinging. With bee populations rapidly declining, Cedar Rapids is finding a way to give them a second shot.
- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Added: Jun 01, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 4
Close friends show similar brain patterns.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KTSW 89.9, KENW and more
- Added: Feb 02, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 6
A trickle of data from the New Horizons spacecraft is building into a flood of new findings.
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Mar 23, 2016
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
Scientists take a close look at a single celled creature with a complex eye.
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
A newly discovered brain structure in parrots hints at new mechanisms in brain evolution.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
For most of human history, famine was only a single bad harvest away. Now, thanks to modern agriculture and fertilizers, we’ve almost eliminated hu...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
One promising new treatment for diabetes is transplanting healthy pancreatic cells into diabetics to restore their ability to digest sugars. What a...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
New guidelines could maximize transplant success by better matching donated kidneys with recipients.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Since the early 1990s, wildlife researchers with Operation Migration have been using ultralight aircraft to literally teach endangered birds a new ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
