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Owning The Clouds
From: Steven Jackson
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Cloud seeding -- intervening in clouds to squeeze out precipitation -- is done all over the world. But it's not an exact science; we still have muc...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 3
Blue screen of death
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Chicken Whisperer
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Ski Champion's Invention Transformed The Sport
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2
Digital Detox
From: John L Myers
Caption: Digital Detox, Credit: http://thedigitaldetox.org/
Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
An Extra-Chilly Successor To Hubble
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Scientists working on the Webb Telescope say it's so revolutionary, it’s like “our generation’s Apollo.”
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4
The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/
After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
B-Side: Nerds and Games
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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B-Side's Tamara Keith went to the E For All video game convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center in search of both games and nerds. They wer...

Bought by Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Robot Toy Store
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Visit to New York City's Only Robot Toy Store

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 14:33
Bees in Danger!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Are cell phones killing bees?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 02:28
B-Side: Gossip
From: B-Side Radio
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On this edition of B-Side, we're talking about gossip and other ways we share information as host Tamara Keith leads the crew in a virtual game of ...

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Facebook
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Short piece on what is and isn't "private" on the Internet

Bought by BSR Radio, WSCS-FM, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 3
Long Tail Schmong Tail
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new book suggests that niche markets will take over. Ian's not buying it.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
When your computer hates you.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Brits are developing a computer that reads your mood. Erg.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
Checkout checking out?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Unintended consequences of automated checkouts considered.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Googling Google
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What happens when you google Google. Don't do it!

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Web animation: a new genre of family entertainment
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Web animators whose art lands in the intersection of cute and ironic are drawing unbelievable numbers of fans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
Self-Cleaning Fabric
From: Jacob Adelman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Hong Kong researcher creates a fabric that cleans itself in sunlight.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
Over-Identified
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Identity theft: how can they steal us when we don't know who we are?

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
David Byrne Does PowerPoint
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Trust David Byrne -- master of image, music, and text -- to reveal the creative potential of Microsoft PowerPoint.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 22, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2