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295-Close Passes
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Small close approaching space rocks are part of our environment.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
256-Pale Blue Dot
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The light reflected by a distant planet can tell us if we could live there.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
227-Planet 9
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The search for the theoretical "Planet 9" has begun.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
219-Zero
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid's path around the Sun very nearly crosses that of Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Almost Awake
From: Sanjena Sathian
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Peter Morgan can decide what he wants to do in his dreams. A research psychiatrist at Yale University, Dr. Morgan studies and practices lucid dream...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 11:56
An Inevitable Human Weakness
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
When a scientist makes a mistake, it makes the news

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: :40
It Works
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
25 rats trained for a pilot medical project in Africa have identified 300 cases of early-stage TB - infections missed by lab technicians with their...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:12
To Err Is Human
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You heard about the woman who had the wrong embryo implanted. Because a scientist made a mistake it warranted a spot on the national news.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2009
  • Length: :39
A Pill That Combats Obesity
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Corporate America has produced a pill that combats obesity

  • Added: Mar 26, 2009
  • Length: 02:32
It Was More Humane To Burn Them At The Stake
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
25 million or so people in Africa have died from aids and almost that many have the disease.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:11
The Uncertainty Principle
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
the values of certain pairs of conjugate variables cannot both be known with arbitrary precision

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Dec 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
Our Early Ancestors Might Have Reproduced With Chimps
From: The humble Farmer
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The final speciation occurred around 5.3 million years ago

  • Added: May 28, 2008
  • Length: :52