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eutectic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Talking about eutectic points of solid mixtures.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Wronskian
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing the "Wronskian" of differential equations.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
brainwriting
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Ecology: Murres
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting nesting murre colonies along the northern California coast. For air during late spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: three-spined stickleback
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An Audio postcard highlighting the tiny, beautiful and behaviorally unique three-spined stickleback fish.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 2
Coast Report
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If we gave our coastlines an environmental report card, what grade should they get?

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Health Factors Threaten Gorillas – But Why?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease.

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Coal Gasification
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it's among the top contributors to carbon di...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Recipe For Plastic Decomposition
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's good to know that tomorrow's scientists are solving environmental problems today. Meet Daniel Burd from Waterloo, Canada. Daniel's interested ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Brighter Bulbs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What do you get when you cross folk art with photonic technology? A very bright idea.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Farming The Wind
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something ...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Arctic Fisheries
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1945, John Steinbeck wrote a novel called Cannery Row. In it he told the story of life in Monterey, California -- a thriving fishing port at tha...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
High Fashion Green, For Less
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged recently.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Glass Bottle Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, just two generations ago, it was unheard of not to recycle glass beverage bottles. Today, that idea itself is getting recycled.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Few Plants Thrive With Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you can't stand the heat...hang in there? That's what some species are doing in response to climate change.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Products For Responsible Consumers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Is it 'hip,' or 'cool,' to be environmentally sustainable? That's a question that some of the biggest companies are asking about the world's most p...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Grasslands Ecosystems Best Left Wild
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Which is better? A picture perfect golf course, or a wild and wooly prairie? Well, when it comes to ecosystem health, the more native plants -- the...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Saving The Penguin
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sometimes, creating a preserve can help endangered species fast, like South Africa's Cape penguins. Until recently, this endangered bird, and the o...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Green Skyscrapers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The new frontier isn't to the north, south, east, or west. It's up, as in skyscrapers. And, the tallest? The Burj-Khalifa tower in Dubai.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Recycled, Again
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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"Cradle-to-Cradle" is the newest buzz in green manufacturing circles. It's the next evolution of the idea of "Cradle-to-Grave."

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Greenest Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that's not always the case.

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Misplaced Mussels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alien mussels are muscling their way into our waterways. And like unwelcome guests, once the move in, they're almost impossible to move out!

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Tale Of Two Heads
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Seems there are some strange critters living in water. Take for example the anglerfish with its glow-in-the-dark lantern on its forehead.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Eaters
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Scientists in Denmark are looking at a species of sea...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Emission-Free Ride
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If your friends call you an "early adopter," you'll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak's way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2