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The crashing surf, gleaming sunshine and warm beaches make coastlines look like...well, a relaxing place. But for the creatures that live there, it...
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Are you worried about global warming? Well, here's an idea. How about rocketing one trillion miniature umbrellas into orbit somewhere between us ...
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:23
Russian cosmologist Alex Vilenkin on the search for other universes, and the end of our own "O-region" -- on ThoughtCast!
Bought by KPVL and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jun 30, 2007
- Length: 29:45
- Purchases: 2
Tropical rainforests are home to a spectacular variety of frogs. This rich diversity of species helps drive conservation efforts in the tropics. Th...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Domestic tranquility has its place, but we all need a little walk on the wild side from time to time. And, apparently, the same goes for bees...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:17
Don Ingber is a cell biologist from Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital. One day he saw a piece of modern sculpture and was inspired to mak...
Bought by Remix Radio
- Added: Jun 16, 2007
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 26, 2007
- Length: 01:46
The plusses and minuses of CT scanning for lung cancer
- Added: Apr 26, 2007
- Length: 01:24
Stomach stapling surgery is not just for obesity anymore - now it can reverse diabetes
- Added: Apr 26, 2007
- Length: 01:42
Doctors used to remove kids' tonsils to prevent sore throats....now they do it to correct sleep problems
- Added: Apr 26, 2007
- Length: 01:50
A tiny marine shrimp called "krill" may affect the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
We've all heard of "homeland security." But what's "biosecurity"?
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Ann Druyan Interview, KSFR pledge pitch
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Mar 30, 2007
- Length: 22:03
- Purchases: 1
Bats - the more you know about them, the more fascinating these winged mammals become.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Killer storms may actually stabilize coastal wetlands.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Why do humpback whales sing? Some researchers are trying to solve that mystery as they take you on a wild adventure in Hawaii. Experience some cl...
Bought by PRX Remix, Here and Now, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, The Nature Podcast, KRCC-FM and more
- Added: Mar 14, 2007
- Length: 09:49
- Purchases: 6
Two encounters with Jupiter, as we get a status report from Alan Stern on the eve of the New Horizons flyby, and we talk with folksinger Cheryl Whe...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM
- Added: Feb 26, 2007
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 2
The year 2006 was a heady one for the Laotian rock rat, a rodent thought to have gone extinct about 11 million years ago.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Cougars are important predators in many ecosystems. But the magnificent cats are elusive by nature, making it tough for conservationists to track t...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Who could guess that a shovel of dirt would reveal a long-lost treasure?
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 01:34
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 01:35
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 01:33
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 01:35
