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35-An Asteroid With A Ring

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

For hundreds of years the Saturn was the only planet known to have rings. Now we know that Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune also have rings. Recently ...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WKCC and more

Added: Apr 17, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

Futurework

From: Spectrum Radio

IEEE Spectrum Radio explores what the workplace will look like and what the meaning of work will be 30 years into the future.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KHNS, KTSW 89.9, WUFT, KUER and more

Added: Apr 11, 2014
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 54

34-Number 5000

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

The 5000th near Earth Asteroid found by the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey was published early in 2014. This group has discovered 47% of the Eart...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WKCC and more

Added: Apr 10, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

The 10,000 Year Explosion – How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Parts One & Two

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Radio Curious revisits a two part conversation with Gregory Cochran, physicist, anthropologist, and co-author of the book “The 10,000 Year Explosio...

Added: Apr 08, 2014
Length: 58:03

32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid With A Moon

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Astronomers are discovering that many asteroids have a peanut shape and that some have small moons.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KSFR, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Apr 08, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

30-Asteroids On An Inside Track

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Only 13 out of the more than 10,000 Earth approaching objects have their orbit completely within that of the Earth.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Mar 27, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

The Age of Radiance

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Bestselling author Craig Nelson provides an in depth examination of the history of the Atomic age from x-rays to the 2011 meltdown in Japan.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Mar 20, 2014
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

28-Finding An Asteroid for Astronauts

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

A prelude of a manned flyby of Venus and Mars could be a manned mission to an asteroid. The search for an appropriate asteroid continues.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KREV-LP and more

Added: Mar 20, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

27-A Lucky Friday the 13th

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Friday the 13th of 2029 will be a lucky day for the Human race when the asteroid passes very near the Earth.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Mar 20, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

26-Binary Asteroids

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Binary asteroids are relatively common and would present a challenge if one of the were heading for Earth.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Mar 13, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

25-Fireballs

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Fireballs are meteors brighter than the Planet Venus.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Mar 13, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

Beautifully Bright Black Holes

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe

Physics professor Henric Krawczynski describes how an instrument called X-Calibur will study "beautifully bright" black holes. Krawczynski and his ...

Added: Mar 12, 2014
Length: 09:00

Into the Heart of Mathematics

From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore

Math unfairly gets a bad rep in popular culture, but what's so scary about it? Mathematics professor John. E. McCarthy attempts to demystify mathem...

Added: Mar 12, 2014
Length: 13:51

24-Jupiter Friend or Foe

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Jupiter was once thought to provide a shield which has prevented impacts from objects in space. Modern calculations find that Jupiter sends some o...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

23-Capturing an Asteroid

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

NASA is planning an Asteroid Redirect Mission which will place a small asteroid in orbit about our moon. There it can be visited and studied by hum...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Mar 06, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

22-Asteroid 2013 TV 135

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Asteroid 2013 TV135 is a potentially hazardous asteroid which at first appeared to be on a collision course with planet Earth. Subsequent observat...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC and more

Added: Feb 28, 2014
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

Lunar Mysteries

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe

Dr. Bradley Jolliff describes how lunar samples and orbiters provide insights into the history of Earth's closest neighbor.

Bought by XRAY.fm

Added: Feb 17, 2014
Length: 13:12
Purchases: 1

Two Guys on Your Head: Attractiveness and Opportunity

From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head

When it comes to what society finds attractive many factors play a role. Evolutionarily speaking we tend to be attracted to symmetry, and markers t...

Added: Dec 20, 2013
Length: 07:20

Episode 17 (2013-01-23)

From: Ruji C.
Series: Ruji C.'s "The Meta-Podcast"

Klaatu from the podcast "GNU World Order" interviews me about e-cigarettes, and we get some unintentional vocal effects on his track due to feedbac...

Added: Aug 25, 2013
Length: 21:08

52 Hz

From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds

Caption: A humpback whale surfacing, Credit: Craig Shank

52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Hark!, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTIP and more

Added: Jul 15, 2013
Length: 07:00
Purchases: 6

Almost Awake

From: Sanjena Sathian

Peter Morgan can decide what he wants to do in his dreams. A research psychiatrist at Yale University, Dr. Morgan studies and practices lucid dream...

Added: Nov 14, 2012
Length: 11:56

Island Stories: Virginia's Restless Archipelago Part 3

From: Charles McGuigan

Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers., Credit: Charles McGuigan

Some 40 years ago the Nature Conservancy began buying up the barrier islands of Virginia and the riparian areas on the mainland. Today they own all...

Added: Oct 24, 2012
Length: 27:13

The Tympanic Eclipse

From: Britt Wray

Caption: Getting cultural theory out of the books and putting it into your ears!

The Tympanic Eclipse is an audio series that brings cultural theory out of its stuffy scholarly tomes, and puts it into your ears. Together with e...

Added: Oct 17, 2012
Length: :00

The Cell's Mystery

From: Sara Robberson

Caption: Dr. Inoue and his "Shinya Scope". , Credit: Photo by Chris Inoue

Dividing cells are what make up all life. The idea of cell division was first published in 1855, but for nearly a century scientists debated, “How?...

Bought by Listenwise and WAMC Northeast Public Radio