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Episode 1 of Space Oddities discusses NASA's plans to keep the Earth from being contaminated with lunar germs during the Apollo missions. Unfortuna...
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- Added: Nov 01, 2022
- Length: 10:47
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Today, we have a question from Michael in Charlestown, Rhode Island. He wants to know: does a charger still use some power when it's plugged into a...
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- Added: Jul 07, 2022
- Length: 03:59
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The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party t...
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- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 05:00
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We're joined by Michael Running Wolf (Northern Cheyenne, Lakota and Blackfeet). He has a Master’s of Science in Computer Science, is a former engin...
- Added: Feb 01, 2022
- Length: 59:00
On this program we're joined by Liz Neely, the curator of Digital Experience at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe.
- Added: Jan 17, 2022
- Length: 59:00
This week on the show: How do astronauts deal with their sex drives when they're up in space for months on end? And why is it so embarrassing to ...
- Added: Oct 08, 2021
- Length: 30:00
From: Brian Bahouth
When I think of electric vehicles, I think sleek, futuristic, quiet, fast. But for years I’ve been hearing an electric 1991 GMC Rally/STX van whizz...
- Added: Jun 09, 2021
- Length: 07:00
Sebastian (Sebo) Diaz is a rising junior at the UofA studying Biomedical Engineering.
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 04:12
We're joined by Dr. Shannon McSheffrey, a medieval historian at Concordia University in Montreal. Professor McSheffrey's research interests center ...
- Added: Nov 24, 2020
- Length: 58:59
Who hasn’t inadvertently pocket dialed someone? Smartphones are ubiquitous, and so are the phone foibles of the digital age. Jocelyn Robinson tells...
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- Added: Sep 10, 2020
- Length: 17:42
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I am a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Psychology with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Arizona. I work in the CEN lab of Dr. Fellou...
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 04:51
This week on the show: Virus clouds, blood clots and Germany re-opens, oh my!
In this episode, a host's wife gets the results of her COVID-19 ant...
- Added: May 07, 2020
- Length: 30:00
Learn how to have unique travel experiences from home and gain some insights on family travel planning post coronavirus on World Footprints with Ia...
- Added: Apr 25, 2020
- Length: 19:16
This week, our hosts discuss various fun facts and the properties of electricity.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 12:10
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In this episode, our hosts will discuss the most notable Nobel prizes in history.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 10, 2020
- Length: 11:27
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Our hosts discuss the factors that create volcanoes and their impact on the world's carbon dioxide levels.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 12:08
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Dr. Rhett Allain analyzes the many features and factors that come with the common household refrigerators.
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- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 12:27
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This week on the show: Can you taste where a wine came from? -
Volcanic soils, limestone bedrock, steep slate slopes — isn’t it lovely to imagi...
- Added: Oct 16, 2019
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Sex, cats and race -
Germans are having less sex. Wherefore? The memories of a dead cat can’t be transferred to a new, cl...
- Added: Sep 25, 2019
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Intercourse and the art of communication -
People who are good with emojis have more sex, but hold your emoji horses befo...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Aug 29, 2019
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show: Goodnight, stars -
A viral video from the Netherlands shows how satellite constellations may end up ruining the night s...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jun 12, 2019
- Length: 30:00
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Jumping out of an airplane without a parachute?! We explore a study that explains how sometimes, if you look at the data in just the right way, bac...
- Added: Mar 19, 2019
- Length: 02:40
Programming programs to program their own programs. This is Episode 74 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 03:50
Neuroscientists have found that dogs might actually love their people.
- Added: Jan 29, 2019
- Length: 02:40
This week on the show: Can an electronic dog nose perform better than the biological one? Also, why sweat smells, a dip into perfume and Cambodia's...
- Added: Sep 25, 2018
- Length: 29:58
