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Scott Mason recently went through a serious health crisis during which he had a profound, life-changing dream. Scott gives a riveting description o...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 56:58
More ghostly encounters of a Third Kind with a woman named Sarah who seems to have something of a shine.
- Added: Oct 31, 2023
- Length: 25:23
Red wolves used to roam free across most of the eastern United States, from Maine to Florida, from Missouri to Texas, one of the top dogs in the fo...
- Added: Jul 16, 2018
- Length: 24:08
Florida is an ever-changing landscape. With little warning, what was once land, becomes water, and what was once water becomes land. Frequently. E...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 01, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s called “colony collapse disorder” or CCD.
A number of years ago US beekeeping operations realized they lost between 30 and 90 percent of their...
- Added: Nov 09, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
You’d have to go back more than 160-years to land upon the beginning of the story of the gene.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 06, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Researchers are changing the way we experience our world. They’re engineering scents that stimulate lost memories, they’re searching for the elusiv...
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Everyone has heard of the story of DNA as the story of Watson and Crick and Rosalind Franklin, but knowing the structure of DNA was only a part of ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A mother and a nurse created a device to help other breast-feeding moms.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 22:32
- Purchases: 1
Human Genomes are almost 100 percent identical. There is one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X...
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
TWICE EACH YEAR ...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Sep 26, 2013
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
This episode features stories about projects that might seem impossible at first: tiny house construction, moving by bike, "hacking" reality, and h...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
We’ve all heard the stories of self-driving cars and 3D printers, but it’s the folks like futurists Simon Anderson and Jack Uldrich who make a care...
- Added: Jul 16, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 1
Jessica Wapner, freelance journalist, open her book in 1959 when a chromosomal mutation, christened “the Philadelphia Chromosome.” Was discovered. ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
In her newest work, cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz turns her attention to humans with an investigation into human perception and a look int...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
Deaf people don't see better... they see differently.
Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 28, 2011
- Length: 03:17
- Purchases: 4
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.
- Added: Feb 19, 2008
- Length: :18