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A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
From: Tradeoffs
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A group of nurses in Baltimore wants to bring basic care to every person in a neighborhood regardless of age, health, income or insurance. Can this...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 22:55
AMOS 24-125: Slingshot Spider, 6/24/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Slingshot Spider

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-124: See Yourself As Others See You, 6/21/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
See Yourself As Others See You

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-123: Faultland, 6/20/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Faultland

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-122: Cotton Wrinkles, 6/19/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cotton Wrinkles

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-121: This Tarantula Has Got the Blues, 6/18/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
This Tarantula Has Got the Blues

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-120: Seeing Yellow, 6/17/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Seeing Yellow

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Animals Being Jerks
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Animals Being Jerks, Credit: Seth Shostak
They’re cute and cuddly. But they can also be obnoxious. Science writer Mary Roach has numerous tales about how our animal friends don’t always bow...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WRGY, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Could Hydrogen Be Our Energy Future?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Julio Friedmann, a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, and Dr. Steve Hamburg, the Chief Scien...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (DW) 06/04/2024
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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The vending machine experiment (or why you don’t live in a tree)

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Marc Cornier, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses the brain’s role in weight control and obesity.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that our brains play an important role in regulating appetite and food intake? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, M...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Great River -- Groks Science Show 2024-06-05
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Boyce Upholt discussed his book, The Great River.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Climate Connections June 10 - July 5, 2024
From: ChavoBart Digital Media
Series: Climate Connections
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This month on Climate Connections Maine college builds climate-friendly dorm out of wood, cancer patients can face treatment disruptions during ext...

Bought by KACU, WTJU, Northwest Public Broadcasting, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 18
Post Social Media
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Post Social Media, Credit: Seth Shostak
Before you check your social media feeds today. And post. And post again. And get into an argument on Twitter, lose track of time and wonder where ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Lungfish
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about one of the planet's most ancient species that's still around today: lungfish. Dr. Irene Salinas is...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, KMXT, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KECG and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Will Solar & Wind Power Our Future? Part 2
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Leia Guccione and Robert Bryce continue the conversation about whether or not solar and wind could one day power the world.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 03, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 1
801-Jacqui’s PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Astronaut on an Asteroid , Credit: NASA (Advanced Concepts Program)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting with our small but mighty Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when sh...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KKRN, KUGS Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Alexis Temkin, Ph.D., Toxicologist, Environmental Working Group, discusses the 2024 Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that pesticides are widely used in U.S. agriculture and residues may remain on and in the foods we eat, even after washing or processi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Trauma Valley -- Groks Science Show 2024-05-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Banning Lyon discussed his book, The Chair and the Valley.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Science unscripted (DW) 05/28/2024
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What to do when your hair falls out

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s not just facts that inform our decisions. They’re also guided by how those facts feel. From deciding whether to buckle our seat belts to addre...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM, WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Why did I see a bunch of dead fish in the Providence River?
From: Possibly
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One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Raven Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 3
800-Telescope Reborn
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: In an artist’s rendering, light from quasars passes through intergalactic clouds of hydrogen gas. The light offers clues to the structure of the distant cosmos, Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld and DESI
In an astonishing rebirth, the Mayall 4-m telescope has jumped to the forefront of astronomy once again because it is sturdy and precise enough to...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: May 26, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
AMOS 24-119: Male Mammals Aren't Always Bigger Than Females, 6/14/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Male Mammals Aren't Always Bigger Than Females

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-118: Robert Hooke's Cork Surprise, 6/13/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Robert Hooke's Cork Surprise

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

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