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Second that Emotion
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Second that Emotion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why flies in milk gross you out and other voyages through human emotion.

Bought by KSKQ and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Bug Off!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bug Off!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time; stories from the frontier of epidemiology.

Bought by WVTF, KSKQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Seth's Tool Shed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Tool Shed, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Mosquito
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Mosquito Net
According to scientists from all over the world approximately 1 million people die of malaria every year. The world community spends billions of d...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org
The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: A world without oil; plus 30 years of the space shuttle
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: betterplace.com website, Credit: betterplace.com
Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; plus, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 37:05
  • Purchases: 1
Translating Good Intentions to Good Inventions
From: Grace Hood
Caption: A student presents the product JustMilk, a plastic nipple shield HIV positive moms could use to prevent the spread of HIV to their children
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Is the New Hot Yoga Really Good for You?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Hot yoga is more popular than ever, with more types of yoga turning of the heat. Is it ok to do?

  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Natural Philosophy -- Groks Science Show 2010-04-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marcelo Gleiser discussed a Tear at the Edge of Creation.

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
Could chemicals in the environment like plastics and pesticides be responsible for early puberty?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical ne...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:01
Do Older Dads Produce Kids with Lower IQ's?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
A T-Rex Named Sue
From: Kara Sautter
Caption: Sue at the Stearns County History Museum, Credit: Minnesot Public Radio
A cast of the largest and most complete T-Rex ever found has traveled to the Stearns County History Museum in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:22
One School District's Unlikely Solution to Budget Woes...Crayfish
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Like many public school systems, Oakland Unified School District was facing serious budget shortfalls when it devised a system to save more than 20...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
Mindful Body -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jeffrey Brantley discussed achieving a mindful body.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2009
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Brains -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Charles Fernyhough discussed what it is like inside a baby's mind.

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2009
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 2
Why Files -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David J. Tenenbaum discussed the why files

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 2
Human Biology -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Hannah Holmes discusses the biology of the well-dressed ape

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2009
  • Length: 30:31
  • Purchases: 1
Foreign Transplants -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Daniel Asa Rose discusses his search for a kidney in China

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Recycling -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Byron Elton discussed carbon recycling technology.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Barons -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Edward Humes discussed the new generation of Eco Barons.

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  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Cold Fusion -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Michael McKubre and Dr. Irving Dardik discussed the advances in cold fusion research.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, and KVSC


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 3
Flotsametrics -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Curt Ebbesmeyer discussed flotsametrics and the floating world.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 2
Accelerating Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Gregory Cochran discussed how civilization accelerated human evolution.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Supersense -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Bruce Hood discussed the origins of superstitious beliefs and why we believe in the unbelievable.

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2009
  • Length: 26:48
  • Purchases: 4