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Do you hold your cell phone against your ear? Your user manual probably warns against it.
Bret Bocook knew how to use a cell phone. So he didn’t b...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Nov 03, 2014
- Length: 06:07
- Purchases: 1
Clean air is as valuable as clean water: both are essential requirements for human health and survival. Statistics and data on emissions from burni...
- Added: Sep 22, 2014
- Length: 05:10
100-second module, from our readings for May. An early computer composed classical music!
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will describe the objectives of the Global Partnership for the Oceans and outline the points...
- Added: Apr 21, 2014
- Length: 05:08
Prof. Tom Stoffregen of the U of Minnesota led a study showing that using iPads & other mobile devices often make people feel sick. He joined WTIP'...
- Added: Mar 04, 2014
- Length: 20:31
Making Sense of Affordable Healthcare for February 18, 2014. From Dr. Bob Lahita's Point of View
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 42:45
Hour long news program examines the democratic process and how technology has played a role. Co-hosted by Jonathan Alter and Lisa Mullins.
Bought by WUFT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB, KQED, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and more
- Added: Oct 14, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 19
Fresh water as a resource is under constant threat by over-consumption, toxins, pollutants and waste from industrial and agricultural production. I...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 05:06
As of January, there were over three quarters of a million apps available for our smartphones and iPods. Thanks to one occupational therapist, some...
Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 3
An exploration of the many ways in which genetics and new technologies are changing the world we live in and challenging long-held assumptions.
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 01:58:37
About 12 percent of women develop breast cancer. But years of studies have shown that for female flight attendants, nurses, factory workers, and ot...
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 09, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
Want to find the “smoking gun” for domestic water well pollution near fracking in Wyoming? Put a tracer in fracking fluids. That’s one recommendati...
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 01:50
The House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources holds a field hearing in Denver this week on proposed federal regulations for the process kn...
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 01:50
Generations discuss the changes in building materials
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Robert Wallace on his report "Living Well With Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Action".
- Added: Mar 07, 2012
- Length: 24:21
The working conditions of those who manufacture the products of technological innovator Apple are brutal.
- Added: Mar 01, 2012
- Length: 04:53
News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
- Added: Jul 20, 2011
- Length: 06:40
Materials scientist Stephen Steiner says that high-speed computers in the future might run on man-made diamonds instead of silicon.
Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 01:17
- Purchases: 3
Oil spills and how getting your hair cut could help to clean them up.
- Added: May 20, 2010
- Length: 10:12
Inside every kid is a scientist just waiting to get out and play.
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
- Added: Apr 30, 2010
- Length: 13:05
- Purchases: 1
In honor of National Poetry Month, Distillations looks at Lord Byron and his classic Don Juan. Also, opium and The Age of Wonder.
- Added: Apr 09, 2010
- Length: 11:41
What do Isaac Newton, yeast, and Harold Urey have in common?
- Added: Apr 07, 2010
- Length: 12:28
In this episode, host Meir Rinde and guest co-host Gigi Naglak give us a tour of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's new exhibit Marvels and Ciphers.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Apr 05, 2010
- Length: 10:30
- Purchases: 1
Reduce, reuse, recycle! This episode focuses on waste that has become a product of its own. Enter Jell-O and Vaseline.
- Added: Mar 12, 2010
- Length: 11:29
Get the skinny on trans fats and learn why a popular crash diet is not likely to help you shed pounds.
- Added: Feb 18, 2010
- Length: 12:15
