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Caption: Depression On The Color Wheel, Credit: Stephanie Mooney 2016
Recent studies show that Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, may not be a real disorder after all.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
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If you send scientists to the beach, they may come back with the next way to produce biofuels. But it takes a lot of collaboration along the way.

  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:36
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It's like gang warfare, but with really tiny gang members. Some microbes provide their relatives with protection, emitting antibiotics that kill of...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Music-induced hearing loss and the shifting borders between noise and music.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 2
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High schooler William Whittenbury attacks the dire situation of the endangered porpoise - the vaquitas. William hopes to change the fate of the vaq...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:03
Caption: Quick! Blow out the candles so we can cut the cake!, Credit: Nathan D. Friend
OUCH! Keano's mouth gets burned — by chocolate! Michelle Dutro and Keano Martinez first hear from Lizzie Kirchner's family who explains the process...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
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Fad diets and sensible eating

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KISU, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 3
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Diamond, Demetrius, Josh and Kevin interview Jamin Bogi (Group Against Smog and Pollution), Phil Johnson (The Heinz Endowments) and Neil Donahue (C...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: Shellfish larvae at Penn Cove Shellfish Farm., Credit: Hillary Sanders
Shellfish farmers, researchers, and chefs share their concerns about water contamination in the Sound and the danger is poses to shellfish.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Two professors walk up to a lunch truck, and the conversation they have there may change the way we study microbiology. Sometimes science has a lot...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:21
Caption: Knocked Out, Credit: Daniel Brown
This award-winning story profiles one student athlete who suffered a sports-related concussion, and it follows the physical, emotional, & mental tr...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
When a new Public Safety Building was built in Cambridge, being green was taken into consideration.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
Caption: Yale Central Power Plant, Credit: Yale Office of Sustainability
A piece about power and where it comes from. Increasingly, with all of the scientific and popular interest in Global Warming, newspaper articles ar...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
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Terrascope Youth Radio's Alexandros Zervos tests Eitan Stern-Robbins' knowledge of Super Volcanos.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
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Chicago Public Schools only graduates about half of its seniors each year. To engage kids and keep them in class, some schools are trying unique an...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:32
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Ever had trouble keeping your motivation during the winter?

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
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A piece investigating the FIRST Robotics program, which seeks to interest high school students in science and engineering.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Maker's Quest 2.0 story
A new study shows that teens who think they'll die young are seven times more likely to contract HIV.

Bought by WMNF and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
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After Texas Horned Lizards were found living at Tinker Air Force base, government biologists and private researchers began to study the animal. Pi...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, YouthCast, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 3
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Antony Jaureguí questions why he doesn't question energy use.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
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This piece takes a look at nanomedicine in the fight to combat breast cancer.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:23
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Penn State University is looking pretty green these days, but don't worry, the school's blue and white colors have nothing to do with it. Last week...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Noah takes us behind the scenes on what makes radio work.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1