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060324: Lungfish, 6/3/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about one of the planet's most ancient species that's still around today: lungfish. Dr. Irene Salinas is...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Consumer Ripoffs, Volume 1
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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Brian Dunning touches on the myriad rip-offs claiming health benefits with no real science to back them up. In this first volume of "Consumer Ripof...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Season 2 Is Coming!
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Thank you to all of our listeners for a fantastic first season of This Is Science with Jess Phoenix! We are grateful for your support, and stay tun...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: :32
The Play's the Thing
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Play's the Thing, Credit: Seth Shostak
Has children’s play become too safe? Research suggests that efforts to prioritize safety harms children’s mental and physical development during pl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KBBI Alaska, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
The BabySafe Project with Patti Wood
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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After discussing the environmental news, Patti & Doug talk about how and why to protect your baby from wireless radiation.

  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 29:10
How Should We Respond To Climate Change?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Steve Koonin, a former U.S. Secretary of Science, and Dr. Michael Greenstone, Director of the Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago,...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 1
798-Destination Enceladus
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Enceladus, Credit: ESA
Life on Earth appears to have formed in our oceans. Scientists are thus on the hunt for other worlds which have oceans of liquid water and thus po...

Bought by WTIP, KGLP, KRWG, KKRN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
2024-05-10 Big Plastic: The New Big Oil
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, GCR (Global Community Radio), WGCU and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 8
240510: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil, 5/10/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
052024: Water Treatment, 5/20/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This week on The Children’s Hour, how do cities and towns ensure the water coming out of our tap is clean, and where does it come from? Then, when ...

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Medical Cannabis -- Groks Science Show 2024-05-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Benjamin Caplan discussed his book, The Doctor-Approved Cannabis Handbook.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Bio-Regional Thinking and the Deep Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Bio-regions on Earth are organized into types, then realms, and are further distinguished and mapped for planning, strategizing, developing, and as...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (DW) 05/07/24 - Do you feel safe in your neighborhood?
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week we hear about what interventions might improve the perception of safety on residential streets. Also: a (relatively) new cognitive bias t...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Study: Data and the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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In this episode, we learn how leaders of a global network of arts and cultural districts regard their influence on community health and well-being.

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 11:07
Climate Connections May 13 - June 7, 2024
From: ChavoBart Digital Media
Series: Climate Connections
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This month on Climate Connections how Miami-Dade County is protecting public housing residents from dangerous heat waves, man converts his home to ...

Bought by WNIJ, KACU, WTJU, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, WNIN and more


  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 17
Nuts and Bolts
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Nuts and Bolts, Credit: Seth Shostak
How frequently do you think about fasteners like screws and bolts? Probably not very often. But some of them a storied history, dating back to Egyp...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
EU Energy and Climate Policy, Part 2
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Carlos Batlle, Visiting Scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative, and Jonathan Elkind, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia's Center on Global Ene...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Could we use a space umbrella to cool down the planet?
From: Possibly
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Literally blocking out the sun may sound extreme, but scientists are debating whether using dust particles to reflect sunlight away from the Earth ...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
AMOS 24-106: The Fate of New Zealand's Birds, 5/28/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Fate of New Zealand's Birds

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-104: Koalas Have Fingerprints, Too, 5/24/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Koalas Have Fingerprints, Too

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-102: Organ Failure, 5/22/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Organ Failure

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-101: Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches of Snow, 5/21/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches of Snow

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Science unscripted (DW) 04/30/24 - How science can help you shoot free throws
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Unhappy with your body? Deleting Instagram may help (if you're a woman). Also, forget 'cold tubs' if you want bigger muscles — and why do we consum...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Should We Be Afraid of Gene-Editing?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Should we use CRISPR to protect children from disease?

Bought by KICI Iowa City, Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2024-05-03 When California Dreams Hit Political Reality
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The Golden State has staked much of its reputation on its green credentials, with state leaders touting its role on the leading edge of global and...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10

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