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The Loh Down on Science - May 2024

From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science

Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like … how healthy is yogurt really… Do school uniforms improve grades… and can we get e...

Bought by KPOV, Tri States Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KVSC

The Loh Down on Science - April, 2024

From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science

Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like … how healthy is yogurt really… Do school uniforms improve grades… and can we get e...

Bought by KKRN, KPOV, Tri States Public Radio, and KVSC

The Loh Down on Science - March, 2024

From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science

Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… do animals “break up”... is there a way to stop gaining weight when you quit smoki...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Tri States Public Radio, KKRN, KPOV, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more

The Number of Squirrels in NYC Parks in a Nutshell

From: Rebekah Robinson

Caption: Curious squirrel, Central Park, New York, Credit: basair is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0

How many squirrels are there in Central Park? It’s not just a trivia question for a dinner party. The answer tells us a lot about the urban environ...

631: Solace Of Nature / 632: Going Underground, 10/23/2021

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Solace Of Nature" - Wherever you live — city or country, East coast, West coast, or in between — we share common, contemplative experien...

Solidago Missourinsis- Goldenrod

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...

613: Plants As People / 614: Guilt Tripping, 8/21/2021

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...

173: Mushroom Lightning

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

There's a long tradition of Japanese folklore around the possible relationship between large mushroom harvests and lightning. Researchers decided t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP

577: The Power Of Pleasure And Joy / 578: Making Waves (Live), 4/17/2021

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "The Power Of Pleasure And Joy" - Joy, pleasure and delight feel good. But are they also politically powerful? HOUR TWO: "Making Waves...

Lake Powell Pipeline a “monkey wrench” in the future of Colorado River management

From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare

The Utah Board of Water Resources proposes to construct, operate and maintain the 141-mile long Lake Powell Pipeline, a project that would convey w...

Bringing Back the Tide, Stories of Marshes Restored

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

With a little help, carbon eating, coast protecting marshes are on the mend

Bought by WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WFHB, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

Volcanoes

From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio

Our hosts discuss the factors that create volcanoes and their impact on the world's carbon dioxide levels.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio

Verbena neomexicana

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

I’m telling you, late summer and fall are great times to get out into the hills, especially if you want to find interesting plants. While you’re ou...

Wolfberry Song

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

I wrote this song about Lycium fremontii when I was managing the native plant nursery of Desert Survivors on West Starr Pass in Tucson. The nursery...

Rock Hounds: Agate Show coming to Brainerd

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices

Caption: a few members of the cuyuna rock club

The Cuyuna Rock, Gem & Mineral Society will host the 16th annual Agate and Mineral Show this Saturday and Sunday (May 5-6) at the Crow Wing County ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh