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Tecoma stans angustata is in the Bignonia family Bignoniaceae and there are a bunch of species of Tecoma starting here in the borderlands with our ...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:51
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I’ve known barn owls since I was a kid in Kentucky and I always saw them in barns roosting or nesting up high in the rafters. I remember finding a ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:43
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I have a bunch of photos from Christmas tree hunts and most of them are 35 mm slides. These few here were taken over the last several years. I alwa...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:07
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There are around 30 species of Porophyllum, the majority of which are found in Mexico and southward. Around me in the borderlands of Arizona Sonora...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:52
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A postcard from Earth's largest living being: the Pando Aspen Grove near Fish Lake, Utah.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: How do astronauts deal with their sex drives when they're up in space for months on end? And why is it so embarrassing to ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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Sebastian (Sebo) Diaz is a rising junior at the UofA studying Biomedical Engineering.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
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I am a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Psychology with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Arizona. I work in the CEN lab of Dr. Fellou...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
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This week on the show: Virus clouds, blood clots and Germany re-opens, oh my! In this episode, a host's wife gets the results of her COVID-19 ant...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Sex, cats and race - Germans are having less sex. Wherefore? The memories of a dead cat can’t be transferred to a new, cl...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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Well, I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to a desert rat and monsoon believer that I left some stuff out and so here is what I left...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 04:55
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This week on the show: Goodnight, stars - A viral video from the Netherlands shows how satellite constellations may end up ruining the night s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: In the heart of winter (at least in the northern hemisphere), we take a look this week at what the cold does to our bodies....

Bought by WNMU-FM and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: Can an electronic dog nose perform better than the biological one? Also, why sweat smells, a dip into perfume and Cambodia's...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:58
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Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go. The current and correct name for ...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:13
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Chuparosa is one my of favorite plants from back when we used to live outside of Tucson. I bet we had 5 or 6 of them planted at our little homestea...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:23
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A morning or two after I recorded this show I heard a scaled quail calling, so now I have both species calling starting at dawn and then off and on...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:20
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March 14th is Pi Day! The irrational number that is the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Its Pi day! 3.141592.........

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:09
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We have had 4-wheel drive vehicles for many years and we’ve always found it to be a great tool that can take the worry out of some roads. I just ha...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 05:16
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Will this Star Trek technology be a reality soon?

  • Added: Sep 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Fold.It screen shot
A web-based video game called FoldIt uses crowd-sourcing in the hopes of solving some very big -- er, tiny -- biological problems.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:17
Caption: Mass of maggots
One of the most disgusting creatures is in fact one of the most useful. Join Paula Kahumbu and Dino Martins on a smelly journey of discovery.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2010
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
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Market pressures are making it difficult for everyone to start businesses these days, even those businesses designed to relieve pressure.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1