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Jess speaks from her experience conducting deep ocean research to answer questions raised by UCS scientists and staff about the recent disasters of...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 19:00
This episode is a reminiscence…something I seem to be doing a lot of lately…and also a plea for getting our children and grandchildren out of doors...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 04:02
Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect I seem to run across a quote by the famous ent...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 05:09
One of the most magical moments of my childhood was when I first dug up potatoes in a garden and we later had some for dinner. I was awe struck! Th...
- Added: Mar 15, 2022
- Length: 04:59
The vast landscapes of the southwest are to die for and every once in a while I capture one with my camera. More and more I remind myself to just t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:56
How do we get the right information without falling down the rabbit hole of misinformation?
In our final installment of series on vaccine hesitanc...
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- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 57:18
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Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:16
Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:10
I suppose the thinking is that any wildflowers blooming along the side of the road will beautify that road and who cares what’s in the hydro-seed m...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:09
Episode 2 - 12/4/12 - An investigation into the case of Italian seismologists being convicted of manslaughter, more academic news, and the inside s...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 23:35
Episode 1 - 10/16/12 - The latest headlines in academia, a bake sale for planetary science, and The Thesis Defense: A game show where the questions...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 15:41
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 26, 2010
- Length: :18
- Purchases: 1
Minus 15 Percent Fat Free Milk Is Theoretically Possible
Bought by KUT
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 1
We read that pollutants are causing a sex change in fish.
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Jun 18, 2010
- Length: 01:13
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jun 16, 2010
- Length: :50
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 01:06
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 16, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Do people who live together gradually acquire the same habits?
- Added: May 14, 2010
- Length: 01:41
Putting a blind man's tooth in his eye enables him to see.
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: 01:21
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One gets news of medical breakthroughs by email
- Added: Mar 08, 2010
- Length: 02:16
Ruminations on legacy, death, and imperial policy.
- Added: Feb 06, 2010
- Length: 01:54
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
A descriptive first-hand account of what a severe case of E-Coli is like.
- Added: Oct 01, 2009
- Length: 01:53
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