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To prepare for climate change, sometimes it’s good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
“Pygmy possum” and “giant rat.” They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in th...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Sometimes you don’t have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular ...
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- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
We burn a lot of fossil fuels, and many of us would like to curb our dependence on foreign oil. Ocean tides and crashing waves could be at least a ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Pining for the past? Here’s something to ponder: Cities built predominantly before 1945, score better in sustainability rankings!
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever thought of using your loved ones as compost? Uh, I’d better explain...
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
A frozen zoo...for all animals? Well, no one’s making the Panamanian golden frog shiver in its terrarium. Instead, this is a unique way that the Sa...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
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 ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be.
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal’s head with its body. ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...
- Added: Dec 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
f you’re looking to save energy and cold, hard cash, check out the fridge.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve that can teach us a thing or two about national security.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What’s better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
In 1941, there were only fifteen Whooping cranes left in North America -- a flock from Canada that wintered in Texas.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A shark that strolls along coral on its fins. A shrimp with enough muscle and speed to shatter the glass in an aquarium. These and 48 other never-b...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
As oil prices rise and supplies decline, interest in wind energy is soaring. But finding sites for wind farms hasn’t been a breeze.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Maybe there’s hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Nab a New York apartment with a river view? That's easy -- for a beaver named Jose.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
“Regular, unleaded or decaf?” Coffee may keep our eyes open, but coffee grounds might, someday, fuel our cars.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
