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On today's episode you're going to hear an old story about a big red beet and a farmer who has to try and pull it from his garden. Join us!
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 4
Sports teach us fitness, dedication, honor, and so many valuable skills that will help us throughout our entire lives. Listen for an hour of great ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 54:40
- Purchases: 2
To control and steer kinetic energy
is an actuator's ultimate apogee.
This is Episode 89 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favo...
- Added: Aug 07, 2020
- Length: 04:34
An immigrant adjusting to new life in a new country has many challenges including how the community accepts them. Immigrants may feel they are on t...
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 05:58
In a country with a high divorce rate, immigrants have a different view of marriage.
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 03:30
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
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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
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
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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
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
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After six years, "Lost," one of the most successful dramatic series in prime TV has come to an end. Heidi Chang spoke with the cast and producers ...
- Added: May 27, 2010
- Length: 05:17
If you think songbird songs are wonderfully complex, you’re going to find this story simply amazing.
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
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
The biggest winner from Beijing, China's 2008 Olympic Games may be the environment.
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
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
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
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
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
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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
The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.
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- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
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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
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
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
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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
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: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2