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Discover what happens when science education collides with business and government.
Bought by KVSC and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Jun 10, 2015
- Length: 09:34
- Purchases: 2
In December 2012, a two-ton instrument built to detect cosmic rays ascended into the Antarctic sky, carried by a balloon the size of a football fie...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 14:00
Human beings are a social species. Part of our natural programming, which has evolved as we’ve evolved with the rest of the planet into our current...
- Added: Mar 07, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Writer’s block! That phrase might induce panic and a recollection of a familiar experience. It’s a very common phenomenon. So, what is it?
When...
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 07:19
“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Bradley Jolliff describes how lunar samples and orbiters provide insights into the history of Earth's closest neighbor.
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 13:12
- Purchases: 1
Are you an auditory learner or a visual learner? If you answered "yes" you would be right. We use all our senses to learn and process information....
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
As human beings, we are, in fact, creatures. Like any other living organism, energy conservation is of highest priority to our vibrant being, whet...
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 07:20
It’s that time of the year when we resolve to drink less, exercise more, save money, etc. It may feel really good to intend to do “better” in the n...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMPG, and Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Dec 27, 2013
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 3
Prof. Doug Wiens describes his explorations of Antarctica. Wiens uses seismographs to study the physics behind ice movement and examine questions a...
- Added: Dec 20, 2013
- Length: 12:26
How do our internal clocks stay synced to our environment? What exactly do they control? Prof. Erik Herzog explains how the brain's "master clock" ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 14:48
- Purchases: 1
Life is terminal. Whether we like it or not, time marches on, and as it does, we age. One of the most challenging realities for everyone to face ...
- Added: Dec 05, 2013
- Length: 07:20
If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Nov 11, 2013
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Even though football teams who consider themselves to be rivals often like to highlight their supposedly apparent differences, in actuality, rivals...
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 07:20
Failure is a scary word that carries a very negative connotation. “I’m a failure.” “He’s a failure.” “I don’t want to be a failure.” The word ‘...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 1
Before the launch of the Voyager probes, Carl Sagan was given the daunting task of assembling a guide to all things human. Something that would fit...
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 01:44
In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head the doctors Art Markman and Robert Duke discuss “distance” with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy.
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 07:29
One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relati...
- Added: Apr 14, 2013
- Length: 23:30
It’s the end of 2012, and producers Mike Osborne, Leslie Chang, and Miles Traer get together to chat about the past year of Generation Anthropocene...
- Added: Apr 14, 2013
- Length: 31:18
Cancer, the word terrifies us. When we hear someone we love has cancer, we panic, feel angry and fearful. Having personally had skin cancer, and kn...
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 44:44
George Adamson could think like a lion and be like a lion. David Coulson describes a terrifying experience with George and Maggie and Dennis? Maggi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 05:19
What do the poisoned Emperor Claudius, the Aztec storm deity Quetzacotl and a 5,500 year old Ice Man have in common? They were all crazy about mush...
- Added: Mar 14, 2012
- Length: 01:02:07
- Purchases: 3
Dr. Sharon Moalem discussed how sex works.
Bought by KPIP-LP and KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: May 20, 2009
- Length: 29:52
- Purchases: 2
Wireless USB device creates cordless connectivity between peripherals
- Added: Jul 30, 2006
- Length: 03:57