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743-Alex’s Catch(531)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroids, Credit: NASA
On a cold windy night, with clouds frustrating his search, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors while obs...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
738-Tiny Visitor(526)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Near Earth, Credit: ESA
A tiny space rock passes through the cloud of communications satellites surrounding the Earth.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
719-What A Night(505)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist's Conception Benu and Asteroids, Credit: NASA
To give you an idea of the celestial traffic in our neighborhood, on a recent clear night, using our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, my C...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WTIP, KICI Iowa City, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
698-Aliens?(484)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Planetary Alignment over Australian Radio Telescope, Credit: Graeme L. White & Glen Cozens (James Cook University)
Most Astronomers find it hard to believe that given perhaps a trillion planets in the Milky Way alone that our Earth is the only one which hosts li...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
597-Aging Satellites
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
If we don't place some new space weather observing satellites into orbit it is possible that you will wake up one day to no electricity, no cell p...

Bought by KCHW, KENW, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 13
Exploring Alzheimer's
From: Hold That Thought
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David Holtzman, professor and chairman of the neurology department at the Washington University School of Medicine, explores Alzheimer's disease an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
Catching Cosmic Rays
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
Piece image
In December 2012, a two-ton instrument built to detect cosmic rays ascended into the Antarctic sky, carried by a balloon the size of a football fie...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 14:00
Lunar Mysteries
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
Piece image
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
Voyager -- Groks Science Show 08-18-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Stephen Pyne discussed the history of Voyager.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 24:56
  • Purchases: 2
How Do They Live to Be 130?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The Day The Earth Stood Still

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: :50
Broadband and Lonely Russian Women
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Does increasing broadband only increase the volume of junk email?

  • Added: Apr 03, 2010
  • Length: :59
It Works
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
25 rats trained for a pilot medical project in Africa have identified 300 cases of early-stage TB - infections missed by lab technicians with their...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:12
Concorde
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
With the Concorde soon to stop flying, an era of air transport has come to an end. Unknown to most people the era ending is the 1950s, and the Conc...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:51
Google
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
But information, of course, isn't knowledge ... and therein lies Google great success.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:47
SCUBA diving
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Every breath a SCUBA diving takes is due to Jacques Cousteau. We think of him as just a television showman of sorts, yet he was a real innovator i...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:37
HeLa Cells
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We owe a major step in the eradication of polio, and a host of other diseases, to one unsung person. I'd say hero, but this person never knew what ...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 2
Volkswagen Beetle
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How the Volkswagen Beetle started ... and ended.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:54
Sliced Bread
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is sliced bread really one of the "best things?" Yes!

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:49
Strollers
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Maclaren Stroller: Build like aircraft landing gear.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:26
Boeing 7E7
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Boeing's 7E7 jet - now the 787 - uses high tech to use less fuel

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:51
Lego
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Lego toy company has hit hard times with the advent of electronic toys.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
L.A. Water Supply
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
I stand a top Los Angeles at the Getty Museum looking at one of the great engineering wonders of our time: The LA Water Supply.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:46
To Err Is Human
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You heard about the woman who had the wrong embryo implanted. Because a scientist made a mistake it warranted a spot on the national news.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2009
  • Length: :39
Energy Efficient Refrigerator
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can save on electricity if you never open the door

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
Digital Photographs
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Commentary on digital photograph storage

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:10