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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 - Fear and Wonder in the Natural World

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

Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt makes a case for becoming rooted in nature. Sometimes, even with potential risks.

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

Constant Wonder - In Uganda, Healthy Communities Make for Healthy Wildlife

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

At the edge of the windy, impenetrable forest, disease can break through. From animals to humans, from humans to animals. The first ever wildlife v...

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

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.

148: Algae Farming Fish

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

We catch you up with an update on fluorescing animals and then jump right into new research on Long Fin Damsel fish that use Mysid shrimp to farm a...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

Science Drops!

From: Colette Kinsella
Series: Science Drops!

A series of 90-second quirky science pieces. Fun, fact-filled, entertaining, and educational.

Star Wars Robots

From: Science Update
Series: Science Update

How realistic are Star Wars’ lovable droids?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW

AMOS 17.056: Choosing the Perfect Date Movie, 3/20/2017

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Choosing the Perfect Date Movie

Your Brain on Movies, Pt. 2

From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain

It's the sequel! Psychologist Jeff Zacks returns to explain how our eyes and brains make sense of continuous movie edits.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix

Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Taste The Color Eight

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2011

On today's show, we hear two stories about a brain condition called synesthesia. That's when the stimulation of one pathway in the brain leads to a...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUOW

Musical Creativity

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: Thelonious Monk, Credit: Library of Congress

Musical creativity could be good for the aging brain.

Bought by WXDU

Building the geologic history of Game of Thrones

From: Generation Anthropocene

Ever wonder what Westeros looked like long before the Starks, Baratheons, Lannisters, or Targaryens roamed its surface? How far back can we really ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"

From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane

Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...