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Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A Review of Director Jeff Nichols' Topical, Enigmatic Drama

  • Added: Feb 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
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Bringing countries together to protect our natural environment looks good on paper. Real good, in fact.

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Why build a house when you can grow one? So says sustainable building designers at Britain's University of Bath. They recently created a home from ...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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If you think songbird songs are wonderfully complex, you’re going to find this story simply amazing.

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  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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We all know divorce can be painful for those involved. And now, researchers at the University of Michigan have determined that divorce also hurts t...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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The biggest winner from Beijing, China's 2008 Olympic Games may be the environment.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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What does rain forest conservation have to do with preventing malaria? In the Amazon rainforest, the means to these two ends are virtually one in t...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Ever think to yourself, “California and Iceland sure have a lot in common”? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Nab a New York apartment with a river view? That's easy -- for a beaver named Jose.

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know bananas might soon slip into history? That's because from Paris to Peoria, we all eat only one variety, and it's vulnerable to a fungu...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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What if we traded asphalt jungles for grass-phalt jungles? That's happening. One September day each year, on National Park(ing) Day.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Did you know rice doesn’t need to grow in water? In fact, the main reason for rice paddies is to prevent weeds.

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Can a stock market tool save a species?

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For many who are environmentally-minded, the mere mention of DDT sets them on edge. Yet, like so many environmental issues, there is another side.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1