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813-RADAR Observations of Close Approachers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception of Asteroid Impact, Credit: NASA
Astronomers measure an asteroid’s position on the sky using a two dimensional system similar to the latitude and longitude coordinates we obtain w...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
927: Listening To Whales / 928: Who Owns Seeds?, 8/24/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Listening To Whales" - Artificial intelligence is helping us understand whale communication better. So what's so important for whales to...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
The Attack of the Zombie Crabs (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs and making them infertile.

Bought by WFHB, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WVIA, KIYU-FM, KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Attack of the Zombie Crabs (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs and making them infertile.

Bought by KHEN-LP and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Attack of the Zombie Crabs (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs and making them infertile.

Bought by WTJU, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Can a doctor give you a prescription for solar panels?
From: Possibly
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A new program at the Boston Medical Center says it prescribes solar panels to patients. But we wondered, what does that really mean?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: Aug 19, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
This Week in Water for August 18, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The Military Defies an Order to Clean Up Groundwater. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KMXT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2024
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 7
812-The Bennu Files I
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Bennu, Credit: NASA/U. Arizona
A recent scientific paper characterizes the 123 grams of the regolith or surface material from the asteroid Bennu which NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecra...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, KRWG and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
This Week in Water for August 11, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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What’s the Environmental Record of Governor Tim Walz? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 6
811-Martian Meteorite Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Cacao, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Perhaps someday humans will travel to Mars, walk the surface of the red planet, and collect meteorites. Recent studies suggest Mars to be an excit...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
243: Got Dirt? Get Soil! Ditch the Plow, Cover Up and Grow Diversity, 8/14/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
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The profit-hungry agribusiness empire of the 20th century institutionalized farming practices that continue to degrade soils across the U.S. and gl...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Getting (Lead) Down To Earth
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Jess visits the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to unearth efforts by Dr. Aaron Celestian and his team to use a groundbreaking new min...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Should we use hydropanels to pull clean water out of thin air?
From: Possibly
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A new technology promises to suck water vapor out of the air and turn it into water that we can drink. How do they work and are these worthy invest...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KTNA, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Water for August 4, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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What’s the Climate Record of Kamala Harris? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2024
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 7
810-Humans Can
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: James Webb Space Telescope, Credit: NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope or JWST for short is a superb scientific instrument which is revolutionizing our understanding of the structure of t...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Amy Sutherland— "Lessons About Ourselves From Animal Trainers"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Reinforcement of desired behavior is the key to animal training. As humans, we are subject to the same way of learning. Amy Sutherland, author of, ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Season 1, Episode 62 - 'Biology of Wonder' feat Dr. Andreas Weber
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Let us tap into the aliveness of the world around us!

Bought by KZUM, WOJB, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 3
Could we use gym equipment to make electricity?
From: Possibly
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Brown University's gym recently installed machines that turn kinetic energy into electricity. Could these machines put a dent in our energy needs?

Bought by KTNA, WRFA-LP, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana


  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 3
809-How Close Can An Asteroid Approach
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist’s conception of Earth and an Asteroid , Credit: Texas A&M/NASA
The Earth Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance or Earth MOID for short is the closest an asteroid can come to our home planet on it's current orbit.

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KCHW, Raven Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
919: Love In The Time Of Extinction / 920: Deep Tracks (Live In Studio), 7/27/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Love In The Time Of Extinction" - You love your dog, your cat, your kids. But could you care about, even love, an insect? Maybe that sou...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
Paralysis by Pyrolysis: Lisa Song on Plastics Reduction Efforts
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lisa Song
This week on Sea Change Radio we speak to Lisa Song of ProPublica about her recent work spotlighting efforts by the plastics industry to make its f...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Bright Ideas Toward a Sustainable Future
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week: two technological innovations—both bright ideas, that could have huge impacts for useful, sustainable change for the future. The first i...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
What can organisms that changed the world teach us about climate change?
From: Possibly
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A new book by Possibly’s founder Stephen Porder titled Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future, explores the ra...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
808-Global Auroras on Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Ultraviolet View of Mars from MAVEN Satellite , Credit: NASA
When the Earth enters a stream of high speed protons and other charged particles in the solar wind or our home planet is impacted by a solar corona...

Bought by KCHW, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Plastic's Endless Toxic Existence with Erica Cirino
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Author Erica Cirino talks about her work at the non-profit Plastic Pollution Coalition.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2

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