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Sarah needs to fax a document, but doesn't have a fax machine or a land line. Ray and Tom help her find a way to do it over the internet instead in...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Everything's bigger in Texas. Even BOB! "BOB" stands for "Big 'ol Battery." The nickname conferred by locals in Presidio, Texas, to an experimental...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Nemo was the cutest little animated fish. In the movie, he gets lost in the big blue ocean and dad goes looking for him. Well, it turns out that fo...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man. Stamets is a "mycologist," or mushroom expert. He lives on Washington State's Olym...

Bought by KALH, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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After a forest fire, it's common for salvage logging companies to clear out damaged trees. But taking the wood too soon may interrupt a beetle doin...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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You might have heard of animals shifting their nesting dates in response to climate change. That's happening with turtles in the Midwest; in this c...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Are climate extremes killing lions in Africa? A team of biologists believe it's likely a significant factor.

Bought by WXDU, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma. Their female white rhinos ...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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What is green and gold and read all over? Give up? It's Southern California's Santa Monica Public Library.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Interest in developing new sources of renewable energy is on the rise, and scientists at Florida Atlantic University are going with the flow.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: The bees!

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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By 1999 the Round Goby, a harmless-looking little bug-eyed fish from the Black Sea, was found in all five of the Great Lakes. And it was wreaking h...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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In April of 1990, biologist David Jude pulled a little bug-eyed fish from the Saint Claire River near Detroit. It was a Round Goby. Immediately, al...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Hydrogen fuel cells could make for a better car. Proponents say if we can get past the technology's many hurdles, at a cost people can afford, they...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery. Thousands died from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours after jumps in partic...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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With wind turbines popping up all over the world, wind power is quickly becoming one of today's most popular renewable energy sources. But in the m...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Remember Pete Seeger's song, "Where have all the flowers gone?" He blamed their disappearance on young girls picking them. But with 8,000 flowers a...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For over 200,000 years, the Iriomote Cat lived in isolation on a tiny island between Taiwan and Japan. More recently, however, Iriomote Island has ...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Easing fossil fuel dependence involves more than energy-efficient cars and light bulbs. It also involves tofu.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Madelyn is looking for an easy way to create a slideshow video for her friends birthday. Tom and Ray help her out in this week's Ask Deemable Tech.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Brady is worried about his computer and other electronics being damaged during a thunderstorm. Tom and Ray give him some tips in this week's Ask De...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3