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Buds on the Tracks: Prehistoric Plants Thrive in D.C.'s Subway

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin

What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

Bought by WABE

Added: Oct 26, 2015
Length: 05:52
Purchases: 1

Medical Profile Feature

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Getting individualized care feels rare in the health industry, but in extreme cases, like cancer, it’s key. Researchers in Virginia are taking indi...

Bought by KENW and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Aug 31, 2015
Length: 03:31
Purchases: 2

Curing Violence Like an Infectious Disease

From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark

Caption: Dr. Gary Slutkin and Autry Philips, Credit: Bill Healy

American communities are still reeling from recent gun violence, including the June mass shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., and the gang vio...

Bought by KRZA and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Aug 01, 2015
Length: 12:06
Purchases: 2

Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Added: Jul 16, 2015
Length: 09:32
Purchases: 4

Is braille relevant in a digital age?

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: "Read" in braille, Credit: ARTWORK BY ANGELA JOHNSTON

Marco Salsiccia is a huge movie buff. He owns hundreds of DVDs. They fill his small apartment in the Sunset District. Some are piled on his dining ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Jul 16, 2015
Length: 08:26
Purchases: 1

Star Wars Brought This Couple Together -- and it's Helping to Keep Them Together

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

A pair of lovers get ready to welcome a new addition to their movie marathon dates.

Added: Apr 24, 2015
Length: 02:58

Dragons of Inaction Feature

From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials

Today, about half of all Americans believe in human-caused climate change, and yet, few Americans modify their behaviors in any serious ways. Allis...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KCMJ Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, WEZU and more

Added: Apr 10, 2015
Length: 03:44
Purchases: 6

The Spiritual Edge: The key to happiness? It's in the science

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Spiritual Edge

Caption: Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Science Director at the Greater Good Science Center and co-instructor of The Science of Happiness, Credit: Liz Mak

U.C. Berkeley is known for its world-class scientists, in disciplines like physics, chemistry or biology. But just a few blocks away from campus, y...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Mar 24, 2015
Length: 08:48
Purchases: 1

Welcome to the future, Sir: At the cusp of virtual reality

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Programmers show off their virtual reality experiments.

Cris Miranda believes in the promise of virtual reality. After decades of hype, 2015 may be the year that it breaks into homes around the country.

Added: Feb 04, 2015
Length: 11:41

Silicon Valley's Prehistoric Past

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Construction site at the Calaveras Dam in the East Bay hills.

When work began to rebuild the Calaveras Dam, Paleontologist Jim Walker was called to the scene to hunt for fossils. He expected to find a few, but...

Bought by KUOW

Added: Jan 12, 2015
Length: 05:50
Purchases: 1

New Ultrafast Camera Could Help Turn Science Fiction Into Reality

From: Veronique LaCapra

Caption: This diagram shows how the new imaging technique works., Credit: Lihong Wang, Washington University

Researchers at Washington University have invented an imaging system that can take a hundred billion pictures in a second -- fast enough to record ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jan 06, 2015
Length: 03:34
Purchases: 1

Frugal Science: How one lab is using toys to make chemistry accessible to the world

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: A pile of foldscopes, Credit: Prakash Lab

I am in a lab tucked away in the basement of a Stanford University engineering building. Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash is showing me a tiny...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Dec 28, 2014
Length: 07:09
Purchases: 2

The Making of the Disease Detectives, Or the Case of the Nutty Dish

From: Philip Graitcer

Caption: Disease Detective Badge, Credit: CDC

They’re called disease detectives – the nation’s medical eyes and ears on the lookout for disease outbreaks and bioterror attacks. They’re the Epid...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio

Added: Aug 25, 2014
Length: 09:04
Purchases: 3

Scientists Work to Protect Region's Last Coastal Wilderness

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: Virginia's barrier islands shelter more than 250 species of raptors, songbirds and shorebirds., Credit: Lindsay Renick Mayer

Efforts are underway to restore the fragile ecosystem of the shifting, changing land masses known as Virginia's barrier islands.

Bought by WTJU

Added: Feb 27, 2014
Length: 06:13
Purchases: 1

Science Straight Up (Feature)

From: With Good Reason

There’s a national conversation about promoting science education for students, but what about science after graduation? Allison Quantz has the sto...

Bought by WABE, WXDU, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 31, 2014
Length: 02:39
Purchases: 3

Healing Power of Curcumin (Feature)

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Some people eat ginger to calm their stomachs, and Peter Rabbit’s mother gave him a dose of chamomile tea to cure his ailments. One Virginia resear...

Bought by KENW, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WXDU

Added: Jan 24, 2014
Length: 02:43
Purchases: 4

Teaching Intelligence (Feature)

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

As the son of the great civil rights attorney, Oliver Hill Sr., Oliver Hill Jr. knows a thing or two about fighting for equality. He says that toda...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and WXDU

Added: Jan 24, 2014
Length: 02:31
Purchases: 3

East Coast Volcanoes (Feature)

From: With Good Reason

Hundreds of millions of years ago, tectonic plates were shifting and volcanoes erupted along the Eastern Coast of the United States. But discoverie...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Dec 16, 2013
Length: 02:47
Purchases: 1

Meetings Make You Stupid (Feature)

From: With Good Reason

Ever been called on in a staff meeting and felt like you weren’t nearly as brilliant or articulate as usual? Well, you’re not alone. One researcher...

Added: Oct 07, 2013
Length: 02:36

The Elusive Digital Stradivarius

From: David Schulman

Caption: Data from 12 different locations let violinmaker Joseph Curtin digitize a violin's sonic fingerprint., Credit: David Schulman

The sound of a fine acoustic violin is deviously hard to mimic. But a leading maker now has a digital prototype designed to sound the equal of a St...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, Troy Public Radio, Hark! and more

Added: Jul 15, 2013
Length: 07:38
Purchases: 17

Chemistry Magic

From: With Good Reason

In mid-May, more than 1500 high school students competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The winning projects included a p...

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio