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Episode 122: Professor Quaalude
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:12
AMOS 19.225: A Rock in a Rowboat, 11/11/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
A Rock in a Rowboat

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.223: Waking Up Sleeping Bacteria, 11/7/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Waking Up Sleeping Bacteria

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.214: Smart Phone Dependence, 10/25/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Smart Phone Dependence

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.209: Did Theia Bring Water to Earth?, 10/18/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Did Theia Bring Water to Earth?

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.205: Antarctica Biodiversity and Penguin Poop, 10/14/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Antarctica Biodiversity and Penguin Poop

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.204: Help on Horseback, 10/11/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Help on Horseback

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.176: Cold Parenting and Telomeres, 9/3/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cold Parenting and Telomeres

  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.173: Warm Winds in Antarctica, 8/29/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Warm Winds in Antarctica

  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
547-Impact Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A given piece of ground on Mars receives several times more space rock impacts than a similar sized area on Earth. Perhaps, in the future the Marti...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
545-Celestial Congestion
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Imagine being under a clear natural night sky, with no moon, waiting to see stars down to the horizon, the Milky Way, star clusters, planets, the z...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
A Crisis in the Desert
From: City High Radio
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Seventeen-year-old Paloma Martinez lives in Tucson, Arizona. She's heard that a global water crisis might be coming, and her mom thinks Tucson is g...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 14, 2019
  • Length: 13:49
  • Purchases: 3
S2 E4 Enjoy Your Life
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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When caring for a young woman with a brain cancer diagnosis, medicine resident Colleen Farrell comes to grips with her own mortality.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 33:36
539-Close Approaches
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
During a recent 30 day period, 11 small space rocks passed closer to us than the Moon. If one of them were to enter our atmosphere and you were di...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 19.100: Have We Found the Cause of Alzheimer's Disease?, 5/20/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Have We Found the Cause of Alzheimer's Disease?

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.099: Sleep Deprivation and Clogged Arteries, 5/17/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Sleep Deprivation and Clogged Arteries

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.086: Why Do Humans Like Coffee?, 4/30/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Do Humans Like Coffee?

  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.082: The Spider That Gives Milk, 4/24/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Spider That Gives Milk

  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.077: How Cranes Communicate, 4/17/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Cranes Communicate

  • Added: Apr 12, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
Imperfect Pitch: the promises and perils of personal genomics
From: Elaine Vitone
Series: Pitt Medcast
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Our guests, Jeremy Berg (editor of Science magazine) and Mylynda Massart (a primary care physician with a special interest in genetics), discuss ho...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:20
534-Followups
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Without followup data, many if not most of the Earth approaching objects would be lost as they move away from us leaving us with no idea when they...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
53: Barbed Wire Phones
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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One more example of how farmers MacGyver everything. No phone lines? Use the fence.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
533-100 Moons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small telescope makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the celestial visitors to our neighborhood.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 19.071: Vikings Made Cats Bigger, 4/9/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Vikings Made Cats Bigger

  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.061: Ionic Flight, 3/26/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Ionic Flight

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:00

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