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Wiser -- Groks Science Show 2021-02-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dilip Jeste discussed his new book, Wiser.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Videojuegos por una causa
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Te pasas la cuarentena jugando a videojuegos? Aprende como tú y tu ordenador podéis ayudar a los científicos a encontrar una cura para el nuevo co...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Compras del pánico
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Qué hace que durante una pandemia se acabe el papel higiénico? Los tiempos de incertidumbre hacen tomar decisiones irracionales cuando vamos al su...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Mascota virus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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El coronavirus ha cambiado nuestras vidas haciendo que muchos teletrabajen. A medida que los gatos invaden nuestros fondos de pantalla en el Zoom, ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Metales poderosos
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Quieres protegerte de una pandemia? Aprende de la historia y comienza a trabajar con ... ¡cobre!

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fur-onavirus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The coronavirus pandemic has many of us working from home. As cats invade our zoom backgrounds, many are wondering if their pets can get sick, too.

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Mighty Metals
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Want to protect yourself from a pandemic? Take a page out of history’s book and start working with... copper!

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Panicked Purchases
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Why would a pandemic lead to toilet paper hoarding? Uncertain times result in irrational decisions when faced with the aisle of a grocery store. Th...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting the Herd
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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All contagions come to an end. But how? Herd immunity is inevitable. How we get there is up to us.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mask
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Masks are not just for villains and superheroes! For centuries, we have depended on face masks for protection. From handkerchiefs to the N-95, how ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gaming For a Cause
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Spending your quarantine gaming? Learn how you and your computer can help scientists search for a cure to the new coronavirus! All while you sleep!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Soapy Surfactants
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Is washing our hands with soap really the best we can do to protect ourselves from coronavirus? Let's take a look at the history and chemistry of s...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Welcome! from Sandra Tsing Loh
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Loh Down on Science host Sandra Tsing Loh intros the Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Literary Ringtails
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
Gaillardia pulchella
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I suppose the thinking is that any wildflowers blooming along the side of the road will beautify that road and who cares what’s in the hydro-seed m...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:09
2 - The Pathogen
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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If you like having a brain but don't really care about having skin, please listen to this episode.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Under the Sea
From: Rosa Olson McKenzie
Series: Google It, Bitch
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Tim and I talk about the mysteries of the deep blue.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 31:15
Inca Doves and Jojoba
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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March 11, 2017 Inca doves are found all along the borderlands and southward into Mexico. The common name should probably be Aztec dove, as the Inca...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 05:26
Movie Medicine - Part 1
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: This Won't Hurt A Bit
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Medicine in the Movies! This week we examine medical procedures in cinema.

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 31:55
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 10: Love
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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LOVE!! Why is it so hard to find?! The seemingly endless options of online dating should make it easy, right? Is there data that can predict lastin...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 32:11
Yale’s Debra Fischer and the Ever More Precise Search for New Worlds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: In this laser frequency comb, colorized for illustrative purposes, the solid lines are the star spectrum and the dots are the artificial laser spectrum. The dark gaps in the star spectrum represent different chemical elements in the starlight. Long-term s, Credit: European Southern Observatory
It’s terribly hard to find exoplanets that look like our homeworld. The search requires development of astoundingly powerful and precise instrumen...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
#485: August 3, 2014
From: Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds
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THIS WEEK: Splitting the Clapper Rail; bird feeding help for condo owners; a swimming songbird; and, are you out there, Saskatchewan?

  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
#486: August 10, 2014
From: Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds
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THIS WEEK: Is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? Help is on the way for the Wood Thrush, but will it arrive in time? And we answer a listener's question a...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 30:00