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Researchers are investigating a method of creating power from fast moving streams in Nepal. Sometimes these micro-hydro minigrids work and sometime...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 16:08
- Purchases: 1
Manasseh Franklin wanted to make the melting of glaciers more real to people through her writing. So on an Alaskan rafting trip, she followed water...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Jun 17, 2019
- Length: 23:41
- Purchases: 1
When Ryan and Sinehan Lessard first started dating, they discovered they have something strange in common: after they die, they both want to “becom...
- Added: Jan 19, 2017
- Length: 31:12
If you’re even the least bit interested in solar power, you’ve probably come across an obscure, hard-to-parse, seemingly conflict-free term: net me...
Bought by WMMT
- Added: Jan 16, 2017
- Length: 39:36
- Purchases: 1
When Tony Bosco turned 30, he decided he wanted out of the rat race. So he went to his hometown in New Jersey, walked into the woods, and stayed th...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 09, 2016
- Length: 23:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s not surprising that many of the medicines we use today are derived from plants. The surprising part is how similar the molecular components of...
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 35:36
The “Save the Whales” movement of the 1970’s was instrumental in putting a stop to commercial whaling. But even as humpbacks and other whale popula...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 27:48
Biocontrol feels like the pinnacle of human arrogance. We’re trying to play God, taking a delicately balanced ecosystem and stomping all over it w...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 29:35
- Purchases: 1
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...
- Added: Jun 10, 2016
- Length: 27:59
A couple years ago, this young composer discovered that rhythm manipulation affects us on a deeper level than anyone had imagined. This piece was p...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 04:42
