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Clever Apes: Secret lives of nuclear scientists

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Marius Stan and Dan Pancake lead double lives on top of their scientific pursuits.

We explore the secret lives of nuclear scientists and learn why these brainiacs are way more interesting than you’d have ever imagined.

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Nov 10, 2011
Length: 08:20
Purchases: 2

StoryCorps: Frank Kovac

From: StoryCorps

Frank Kovac talks about building the world's largest rotating-globe planetarium.

Bought by WEZU, Spokane Public Radio, and KUOW

Added: Aug 22, 2011
Length: 02:24
Purchases: 3

Crowd-sourcing Biological Solutions Through Gaming

From: Sarah Lilley

A web-based video game called FoldIt uses crowd-sourcing in the hopes of solving some very big -- er, tiny -- biological problems.

Added: Jul 22, 2011
Length: 06:17

Warning Signs

From: Sarah Lilley

Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jul 20, 2011
Length: 06:04
Purchases: 2

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From: Will Dewees

A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

Added: May 02, 2011
Length: 03:33

Clever Apes: Deconstructing Disgust

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

What is disgust, and where does it come from? Host Gabriel Spitzer explores why we've evolved with this emotion and what it says about us.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Apr 27, 2011
Length: 08:45
Purchases: 1

The Theremin: More Than A Musical Gimmick

From: Vermont Public

Caption: Kevin Colusa playing the theremin in his living room.

You may not know the name, but you'd recognize the sound: that spooky electronic music that's was a staple of science fiction movies. It comes a fr...

Bought by KUT

Added: Mar 14, 2011
Length: 06:57
Purchases: 1

Clever Apes: Apes in space

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Ham, the first chimp in space, Credit: NASA

In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer considers what science has to learn from flying saucers, what it might take for humans to colonize space in o...

Bought by WVTF, WTJU, KBGA 89.9 FM, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix and more

Added: Jan 28, 2011
Length: 12:59
Purchases: 6

Clever Apes: Decoding Science

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Gordon's pez: an image of tensor glyphs baffles a spouse., Credit: Courtesy of Gordon Kindlmann

Some tough science threatens an otherwise happy marriage, and some gifted students try to unravel relativity.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Oct 26, 2010
Length: 13:00
Purchases: 1

Experiencing Antarctica

From: Andrew Hiller

Caption: A view from the tent, Credit: Cari Corrigan

There are places in Antarctica so thick with meteorites that you can find them like a child would shells on the beach. Others plunge into the ice ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW

Added: Aug 31, 2010
Length: 08:50
Purchases: 2

The Glide of A Lifetime: Part I

From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing

Caption: A glider about to begin its journey in the Atlantic Ocean from the Jersey shore., Credit: Coastal Ocean Observation Lab

Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn pilot underwater robots all over the world, sampling the ocean half a world away and saving lives in the process, b...

Added: Jul 14, 2009
Length: 10:50

Cyber Fiber

From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing

Caption: Cyberinfrastructure allows online access of underwater observations to anyone in the world in real time.

John Orcutt and Frank Vernon are wiring the ocean to the Internet. And their goal is to let anyone anywhere tap into the vast data stores.

Bought by CKMO

Added: Jun 23, 2009
Length: 08:10
Purchases: 1

Sonar in the Sea

From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing

Caption: Kelly Benoit-Bird adjusting the sonar before beginning her experiment., Credit: Nick Kelsh

Kelly Benoit-Bird works on all kinds of ocean animals ranging from zooplankton to whales. And ocean observatories could make her science even more ...

Added: Jun 23, 2009
Length: 07:15

Home Brewing

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

brewing beer in the driveway

Bought by WABE, KUT, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Added: May 17, 2008
Length: 07:34
Purchases: 5

Double Pressure

From: Berkeley J-School

Market pressures are making it difficult for everyone to start businesses these days, even those businesses designed to relieve pressure.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: May 02, 2008
Length: 04:14
Purchases: 1

Tipping Point Jumps Shark!

From: Merle Kessler

Tipping point meme loses lustre! Ian examines why.

Added: Feb 10, 2008
Length: 02:39

The Trouble with Cyborgs

From: Merle Kessler

IF everybody's a cyborg, who's doing tech support?

Bought by KZYX

Added: Feb 06, 2008
Length: 02:46
Purchases: 1

Deep Voices = Sex Appeal?

From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio

Scientists study if if true that women like men with deeper voices

Bought by WHYY and 90.5 WSNC

Added: Jan 04, 2008
Length: 03:10
Purchases: 2

Audio postcard from Costa Rica: The Search for the Red-eyed Tree frog

From: ComRadio

WPSU student intern David Klatt is in Costa Rica this semester. Recently, he ventured into the rainforest in search of the red-eyed tree-frog . . ....

Added: Oct 24, 2007
Length: 03:34

Who's Driving that Car?

From: Philip Graitcer

Building a Robotic Car

Added: Jul 09, 2007
Length: 03:28

Cell Tower

From: Lu Olkowski

Don Ingber is a cell biologist from Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital. One day he saw a piece of modern sculpture and was inspired to mak...

Bought by Remix Radio