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TESS’s Breakthrough Discovery of Long-Period Exoplanets TOI 4600 b and c
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
Human beings have discovered over five thousand five hundred exoplanets. Over 80 percent of them have orbits shorter than 50 days which would place...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 04:37
Making Waves
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess is joined by Amani Webber-Schultz and Jaida Elcock, shark scientists and co-founders of the nonprofit organization Minorities In Shark Sciences.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
RESCUE, part 4: The Fallacy of Denial
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with observations about the climate future and our relationship to facts and truth, the spread o...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 05/10/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The stuff you breathe out can tell an enormous amount about your health — and intentions.

  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Hearts in the Ice: A Citizen Science Adventure of a Lifetime
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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With the Hearts in the Ice expedition set to begin one month from now, World Ocean Radio is revisiting a special episode dedicated to the upcoming ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
Concerns about legalizing marijuana? Use revenue to support social and emotional learning
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Feel Better and Live Healthier
Children who experience social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools are less likely to drink alcohol, take drugs, or smoke. On the plus side the...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 52:25
Hearts in the Ice
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Citizen Scientists Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby , Credit: Hearts in the Ice
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to two women who are planning to embark on an unsupported exploration in the Arctic: 270 days...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
217: The Echo Chamber / 218: Repeat When Necessary, 11/4/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Echo Chamber" - Conservative pundit Charlie Sykes criticized Donald Trump, becoming a left-wing darling. How'd that happen? Welcome ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Sean Solomon on the Climactic End of the MESSENGER Mercury Mission
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft is shown flying over Mercury's surface displayed in enhanced color., Credit: NASA/JHU APL/Carnegie Institution of Washington
We open with the countdown to destruction--the MESSENGER spacecraft’s impact on Mercury ended its spectacularly successful mission. Principal Inve...

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  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
2014: The Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion spacecraft is recovered by the USS Anchorage, Credit: NASA
Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Cassini is Safe! Mission Update From Project Scientist Linda Spilker
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mighty Saturn and its rings, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft., Credit: JPL/NASA
Project scientist Linda Spilker returns with a regular update on Saturn, its moons and rings not long after learning that the mission is funded thr...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Jay Barbree on "Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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In his 55 years as NBC’s space correspondent, Jay Barbree has won the respect and friendship of many astronauts. Neil Armstrong stands above them a...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Why The Road Ahead For Psychology is Narrow
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Jean Piaget was born in 1896 in Switzerland, and he died in 1980. His background was in biology and he became especially fascinated with studying ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
A Starlight Festival Cassini Mission Update
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker joins us at the first Starlight Festival in Big Bear Lake, California. The science leader of the ongoing Sa...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Shame and Guilt
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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What happens when we feel guilt and shame? Our hearts may pound, we may feel sad, we might even want to cry. Physiologically our response to both s...

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Two Guys on Your Head: The Persistence of False Beliefs
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Our world these days is laden with a constant flow of information. It’s unavoidable. But how do we determine what information to believe? Once we...

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Microbes in Orbit--Cheryl Nickerson's Pioneering Biomedical Research
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cheryl Nickerson in her ASU lab, Credit: NASA
You may have heard that the sometimes deadly Salmonella bacterium becomes stronger in microgravity. That was just one of the promising results of e...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Does Size Matter When it Comes to Meetings?
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Does size matter… when it comes to meetings? Well, actually, yes it does. It’s not a myth. Contrary to popular belief, when it comes to meetings...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Two Guys on Your Head: Personality Tests
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Two Guys on Your Head: Amos Tversky and Daneil Kahneman
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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As human beings, we are, in fact, creatures. Like any other living organism, energy conservation is of highest priority to our vibrant being, whet...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Things to Come: Previewing 2014 Solar System Exploration With Emily Lakdawalla
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Evangelist Emily Lakdawalla
24 spacecraft are either busy exploring the solar system or speeding toward an exciting destination. The Planetary Society's Senior Editor takes u...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Two Guys on Your Head: Relationships and Technology
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
235: Blue Marble
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
224: Reciprocity Part II
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Man throwing cast net , Credit: Mangrove Action Project | MarinePhotobank.org
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
Space Dives
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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This week on Into It, Andrew Bales explores space dives, an extreme jump that tests the limits of technology and the wills of dare devils.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1