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339-No Need To Smile
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The company called Planet has 149 satellites orbiting the Earth which are imaging the Earth's entire land area every day.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
AMOS 17.102: Can Plants See?, 5/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Can Plants See?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
338-Psyche Bound
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A spacecraft will be launched to visit a small metal world whose composition is likely to be worth 10,000 quadrillion dollars on today's market.

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
336-Meteorite Mystery
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The mystery of the missing Antarctic meteorites.

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
330-Comet Johnson
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Comet Johnson will be visible to humans before it starts its trip to the stars.

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
325-Marrakech
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An observatory near Marrakech, operated remotely from France and Switzerland, is discovering new members of our solar system.

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 17.060: Speaking with Tongues, 3/24/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Speaking with Tongues

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
324-Newborn Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Astronomers are able to view the rare occurrence of planets in formation with the ALMA radio telescope in Chile.

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 17.049: Cockroach Milk, 3/9/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cockroach Milk

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.035: Storing Data with DNA, 2/17/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Storing Data with DNA

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.033: How Cold Does It Feel?, 2/15/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Cold Does It Feel?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.026: The Brain of the Psychopath, 2/6/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Brain of the Psychopath

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
322-Dust Stories
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Tiny messengers from outer space enter our atmosphere every day.

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
318-Caves of Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It is intriguing to consider that deep inside Mars all of the necessary ingredients for life may be present together.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
317-Psyche Water
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Psyche is a small world about 116 miles in diameter and is composed of almost pure nickel-iron metal.

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 17.008: Another Mystery of King Tut's Tomb, 1/11/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Another Mystery of King Tut's Tomb

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
Sy Montgomery, author of "The Soul of an Octopus"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Sy Montgomery about her book “The Soul of an Octopus, A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness.”

  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
306-Egg Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The NASA/JPL Mars Curiosity Rover discovers a meteorite on Mars.

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
303-CRASH
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Traveling to Mars is a risky business.

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Oil Boom Earthquakes
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Huntington Beach, 1926, Credit: Photo Courtesy of the Orange County Archives Barbara K. Milkovich Collection CC BY 2.0, via flickr
Did early 20th century oil wells in southern California trigger major earthquakes?

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
302-Sensing A Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Combining Art and Science gives us a new way to appreciate the wonders of the Universe.

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
TEP 01 - Born to Run
From: Warren Miller
Series: The Empowered Patient
Caption: Dr. Kalpana DePasquale and Warren Miller
"The Empowered Patient" (TEP) is a new health program -- feature-length for public radio stations, and each segment available in as a podcast -- th...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 20:21
Goats Learn from People
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Domestic goats learn to do a challenging task by watching humans do it first.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6