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The Exoplanet that Shouldn't Exist
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Astronomers have found a planet around a red giant star that should have been destroyed, yet it still exists, leaving astronomers to wonder why the...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 1
Proxima Centauri b: The Closest Exoplanet To Us
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Did you know that the closest star to us has a planet around it that may be habitable? In 2016 astronomers discovered a planet around the red-dwarf...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
JWST Measures Temperature of Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Of all the exoplanets we’ve discovered so far, the most exciting when it comes to finding life elsewhere, reside in the system known as TRAPPIST-1.

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Exoplanets Are Everywhere
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Did you know that the discovery of other planets in orbit around other stars is a very recent one? Only 25 years ago, we had no idea there were an...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Promise of Kepler-22b
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Today, we are going to explore a remarkable world that lies beyond our solar system: Kepler-22b. This planet is one of the first confirmed exoplane...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Rogue Planets: Not All Exoplanets Orbit Stars
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
One of the most exciting recent discoveries in astronomy has been the existence of planets around other stars.

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
What is an Exoplanet?
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
There are many types of planets around other stars

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome to Exoplanet Radio
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Exoplanet Radio takes you on a journey to the farthest and coolest planets in the galaxy. Every day we will share with you some of the most amazing...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Harriet Tubman, Global Warming, Library Fines
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Harriet Tubman; Topic 2 - Global Warming; Topic 3 - Library Fines

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 6
Sound Ecology Mountain Beaver
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The mountain beaver is an important part of ecosystem health. Research Ecologist Bill Zielinski wrote this segment about this little-known mammal.

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Martens and Fishers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights two small mammalian predators of the Pacific Northwest: the marten and the fisher.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Marsh Wren
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: three-spined stickleback
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An Audio postcard highlighting the tiny, beautiful and behaviorally unique three-spined stickleback fish.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 2
Panopticon
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Privacy: Going... going... gone!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the CERN particle accelerator in Switzerland, announced the debut of the World Wide Web, marking...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Too Much Of A Good Thing
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Stem Cells - Self-help health care
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For most of human history, famine was only a single bad harvest away. Now, thanks to modern agriculture and fertilizers, we’ve almost eliminated hu...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
James Irwin (Astronaut), August 8, 1991
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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As a child in the 1930s, Irwin predicted he would travel to the moon ... at a time when anything written on the topic was clearly labeled "science ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Donald Jeffrey Herbert (Mr. Wizard), June 13, 2007
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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If his name doesn't ring a bell, it's because we knew him ... millions of television viewers ... from the 1950s all the way through to the Nickelod...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Martha Washington (Last Passenger Pigeon), September 1, 1914
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Not THAT Martha Washington, but a 29-year-old Passenger Pigeon who spent her entire life in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. Of billions of birds f...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Hawaiian Awa (Kava)
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Jason Keoni Verity opened the first awa (kava) bar in Hawaii, Credit: The Honolulu Advertiser
For centuries, the kava plant has played an important role in many Pacific Island cultures, where it's valued for its natural calming effects. In ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 08:06
jet - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "jet"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:03
gnome - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "gnome"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
How Oceangoing Greenhouses Changed Global Commerce
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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How early, miniature greenhouses aboard ships helped shape global commerce

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Chilling Inspiration: How Clarence Birdseye Launched Frozen Foods
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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Traveling to the Territory of Alaska as a biologist, Clarence Birdseye observes how the Natives preserved food, inspiring a revolution in the food...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00