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Alexis Temkin, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Environmental Working Group, discusses the 2024 Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that pesticides are widely used in U.S. agriculture and residues may remain on and in the foods we eat, even after washing or processi...

  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
Trauma Valley -- Groks Science Show 2024-05-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Banning Lyon discussed his book, The Chair and the Valley.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Science unscripted (DW) 05/28/2024
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What to do when your hair falls out

Bought by Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s not just facts that inform our decisions. They’re also guided by how those facts feel. From deciding whether to buckle our seat belts to addre...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Why did I see a bunch of dead fish in the Providence River?
From: Possibly
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One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...

  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:48
Will Solar & Wind Power Our Future? Part 1
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Robert Bryce, a best-selling author, and Leia Guccione, Managing Director of Carbon Free Electricity at RMI, discuss solar and wind energy.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 1
800-Telescope Reborn
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: In an artist’s rendering, light from quasars passes through intergalactic clouds of hydrogen gas. The light offers clues to the structure of the distant cosmos, Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld and DESI
In an astonishing rebirth, the Mayall 4-m telescope has jumped to the forefront of astronomy once again because it is sturdy and precise enough to...

Bought by WTIP, KGLP, KRWG, KKRN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: May 26, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
AMOS 24-119: Male Mammals Aren't Always Bigger Than Females, 6/14/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Male Mammals Aren't Always Bigger Than Females

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-118: Robert Hooke's Cork Surprise, 6/13/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Robert Hooke's Cork Surprise

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-117: Heat Lightning, 6/12/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Heat Lightning

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-116: Why One Rotten Apple Can Spoil the Barrel, 6/11/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why One Rotten Apple Can Spoil the Barrel

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-115: Speedy Snails, 6/10/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Speedy Snails

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-114: Discovered in a Museum Drawer: Simbakubwa Kutokaafrika, 6/7/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Discovered in a Museum Drawer: Simbakubwa Kutokaafrika

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-113: The Fruit That Grows on Trees (Literally), 6/6/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Fruit That Grows on Trees (Literally)

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-112: Why Can't We Remember Dreams?, 6/5/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Can't We Remember Dreams?

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-111: Otter Heroes, 6/4/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Otter Heroes

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-110: Predominant Animals of the Future, 6/3/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Predominant Animals of the Future

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-108: Saved by the Boil, 5/30/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Saved by the Boil

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-109: Cold Parenting and Telomeres, 5/31/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cold Parenting and Telomeres

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-107: Color-Coded Glass, 5/29/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Color-Coded Glass

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Peter Annin, author of Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming Our Water.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that astronauts’ liquid wastes are recycled into drinking water in space? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melind...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (DW) 05/14/2024 - Do drugs make us more creative?
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week's program - What (and how much) you should eat if you're pregnant. How do elephants greet one another? And a definitive answer to a qu...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
From: Tradeoffs
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As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 18:33
Educability -- Groks Science Show 2024-05-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Leslie Valiant discussed his book, The Importance of Being Educable.

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


  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
How can buses become a climate solution?
From: Possibly
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The transportation sector is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gasses in the U.S., and cars make up most of those emissions. So how can public ...

  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 03:55

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