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Would you let a bot interpret your dreams? Should you? Katherine speaks with Joanna of Blue Lotus Queendom about the pleasures and pitfalls of usin...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 55:12
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Can our sense of smell tell us things that our other senses can’t?

Bought by KMUN, WNED Buffalo, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
It's not about how much money you have, it's how you spend it. Scientists prove that experiences are more worth it than material things.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
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Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the importance and the origin of Pi: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 12:11
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez converse on the topic of Mars and the factors that are unique to the planet.

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 12:38
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Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the quirkier sides of science.

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 11:40
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Arachnophobes BEWARE! Imagine a spider that uses special silk to lift something that's 50 times bigger than itself. There is a video! You must wat...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:59
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What is that weird smell? It's called trimethylamine (TMA) and for most of us it stinks like rotten fish. For a small percentage of people it smell...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:04
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What if we burned calories the same way cars use gas for fuel? Amy fell down the comparison hole trying to figure out the "car calories" for humans...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:54
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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...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
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When music comes on, can you clap along or do you struggle to find the beat? If you have a hard time keeping up with the rhythm, there's a reason a...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
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In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will is a janitor at MIT--he solves some impossible math problems and shocks the professors. That origin story is t...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
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In these episodes, Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the many purposes and origins of Fire.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2020
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of Culture Clique we take a look at the night sky. Professor Jennifer Anderson guides us through some spectacular sights that will ...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 26:47
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Guests include The Trashcan Bandits, Christie Daniels and Jennifer Calvert ND

  • Added: Sep 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
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Sending a little love to our listeners in the Southern Hemisphere. It might be summer here, but it's the middle of winter down south. Turn on some ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains co...

  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
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African Wild Dogs appear to vote on pack activities by sneezing.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
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How can we harness the power of games for education? In Part 1 of the episode, the podcast explores how the PAX South 2017 gaming conference inspi...

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 40:18
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March 14th is Pi Day! The irrational number that is the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Its Pi day! 3.141592.........

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:09
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Compare and contrast: "adiabatic" versus "a diabetic"?

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Talking about eutectic points of solid mixtures.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
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Beth Shapiro explains the science of de-extinction.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 31:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Marta Zaraska discussed the biological, cultural and historical reasons behind our obsession with meat.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 32:55