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793-Close Space Rock

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Artists conception space rock and Earth, Credit: PIXABAY

Perhaps the most dangerous Amor asteroid is 2006 HZ51 .It was discovered by my team the Catalina Sky Survey. Fortunately the closest 2006 HZ51 wil...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, KRWG and more

790-Vivian’s Debut

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Artists Conception Earth and Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M

My new Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Vivian Carjaval was scheduled for three 13h long winter nights for her first solo observing run on our Schmidt ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

[Simulated Part Two] In bed with machines: a real-life and sci-fi exploration of sex robots

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials

Sex robots have been a sci-fi staple since the genre’s birth. Now that more advancements in technology are bringing early generation bots to life, ...

Bought by KWGS and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Constant Wonder - Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

What can turtles teach us about what it means to be human?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Constant Wonder - Snorkeling Right in Your Own Backyard

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Is snorkeling just for a tropical vacation? Well, Keith Williams wants people to look into their local freshwater, literally look into that water w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials

Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio, KGOU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more

017: You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark, 1/5/2024

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied

Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

Constant Wonder - A Pediatric Neurosurgeon Shares Stories of Triumph and Resilience

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

This pediatric neurosurgeon has saved the lives of countless children–from fetuses in the womb to teenagers. Here are their stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Constant Wonder - Can Iceland's Elves Save the Planet?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

A belief in elves–or in the possibility of elves–could change the way we care for our planet.

Bought by KUHF, GCR (Global Community Radio), KFCF FM, RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

770- Hycean Worlds

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: This artist’s concept shows what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data., Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University)

Hycean Worlds, with masses between Earth and Neptune which have thin hydrogen rich atmospheres above a liquid water ocean may be very common in ou...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, Raven Radio, KGLP, WTIP and more

769-Green Comet

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), Credit: Trevinca-Skies on Spain

Given the effects of climate change today who can predict what planet Earth will be like when C/2023 P1(Nishimura) comes back near our home planet...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KGLP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX and more

Constant Wonder - Going Blind With Vigor and Aplomb

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

When a congenital condition began to destroy Andrew Leland's eyesight, he decided that the result didn't have to be tragic.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP

Science unscripted - Birdsong and sexual harrassment

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

On this week's show, why are birds and the noise they make so good for us? Also, we learn why the response to sexual harrassment is so much differe...

Bought by WMFE and WFHB

Constant Wonder - Death-Defying Botanists Brave the Colorado

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

How a pair of courageous botanists became the first women to run the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP

America's Drug Price Nightmare: Public Production Can Save Lives

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

What progress is being made to tackle America’s killer drug price problem?

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK and more

Top of Mind - Who is Responsible for Combating Pollution?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

When we drink the water, breathe the air and dig in the soil in our communities, we expect it to be safe. Who is responsible for combating pollution?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more

Constant Wonder - Sprouting a Seed That Survived the Roman Siege

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

When Romans put down a Judean rebellion in 73 AD, they also extinguished the Judean date palm. Two thousand years later, an unlikely pair of scient...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Science unscripted 03/21/2023

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: Thin bodies & thin blood.

Constant Wonder - Dreams Before Dying

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Dr Christopher Kerr and his team have videotaped hundreds of terminally ill patients to hear about their end of life experiences. He's convinced th...

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Constant Wonder - Blue Mind: Finding Emotional Healing in Water

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Jay Nichols is convinced that water is very good for us. Not just the conventional wisdom of keeping hydrated, being in, near, on, or around water ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Constant Wonder - Infrasound

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Deep rumbles in the Earth, through the Earth. Frequencies below the threshold of human hearing. Infrasound, if we can detect it around volcanoes, m...

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a Connective Tissue Disorder is on the Rise, Maximum Health talks with experts: Mayo Clinic Medical Director of the Ehlers- Danlos Syndrome department, Dr Dacre Knight and Shelly EDS patient for over 30 years.

From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome a Connective Tissue Disorder is on the Rise, Maximum Health talks with experts: Mayo Clinic Medical Director of the Ehlers- ...

Bought by WYAP