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If Oumuamua is a "scout," then for what cosmic army? And other dealings with strange things in the skies.
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- Added: Jan 21, 2019
- Length: 28:00
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Helping the environment isn’t just about recycling and abandoning plastic straws. WXXI’s Caitlin Whyte explored the concept of citizen science, and...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2018
- Length: 03:48
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Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is very common around out little homestead. There are thickets of it all along the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. It ...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 11:28
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
Earthquakes occur on faults and fault ruptures many miles beneath the surface. Dr. Lori Dengler says we needn't worry about storms and surface wat...
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- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
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On this segment of Shaky Ground, Geologist Lori Dengler takes on tales of earthquakes swallowing up hapless critters.
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- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:23
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The next earthquake is likely to happen when you least expect it. Relatively infrequent events are hard to plan for. Geologist Lori Dengler advise...
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- Added: May 10, 2018
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- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
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At one point when I was reading about the age of water I came across some research indicating that some of the water molecules we drink could be 4....
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:09
I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:42
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
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
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
Cool as a cucumber curved with quite the camber. This is Episode 61 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 05:14
Picture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. This is Episode 58 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favor...
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:44
Quarter for your thoughts about quaternions?
This is Episode 57 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...
- Added: Mar 11, 2018
- Length: 05:01
What is a raptor?
Naturalist Ken Burton offers up some details on these amazing birds, including addressing the concept of convergent evolution.
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- Added: Feb 28, 2018
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Velvet mesquite is the predominate native mesquite of southern Arizona. If you go west toward California, you will start running into western honey...
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 05:18
I was incorrect about the species of Acalypha in this show. The correct name is A. phleoides (the former A. lindheimeri), not neomexicana as I stat...
- Added: Dec 31, 2017
- Length: 05:16
I don’t think there is anything more heartbreaking than seeing a road killed pet. Well, honestly, I have a hard enough time with road killed wildli...
- Added: Dec 31, 2017
- Length: 05:28
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
How can sound heal a body? With our guides, Susan Rogers—who recorded albums for Prince and David Byrne—and hypnotherapist Daniel Ryan, we explore ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 35:28
A first-person account of being a standardized patient and discovering the importance of the doctor-patient relationship.
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- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 06:12
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