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Most of the 5000 exoplanets discovered so far have been found using methods that don’t actually see the planet at all. Brightness dimmings and sta...
- Added: Aug 31, 2023
- Length: 03:52
We live in a golden age of exoplanet discovery. Not only are we searching for and finding new worlds around other stars all the time, but as our t...
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 04:01
A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c, which is one of seven rocky planets orbiting an ultr...
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 04:00
Astronomers estimate that there are more free roaming planets in our galaxy than there are planets in orbit around stars.
In fact, rogue exoplanet...
- Added: Aug 30, 2023
- Length: 04:00
One of the most exciting recent discoveries in astronomy has been the existence of planets around other stars.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Aug 13, 2023
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
There is a floor tile that uses the power of footsteps to generate electricty!
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Spinal cord injuries are mostly considered irreversible. Scientists from Duke University are changing that by utilizing virtual reality technology.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:31
Air, water, and art. The three things a Dutch artist is using to lead an environmental change.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:13
Inspiring social change with photographic art to to showcase the severity of E-waste.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A local energy crisis inspired one Rwandan youth to begin developing sustainable technologies for his village and his country.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Social enterprising helps impoverished small share farmers in Africa and Asia save money through cellular technology.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Cigarettes are horrible for you, but their butts are quite useful for recycling. A garbage startup in New Jersey is turning trash into outdoor furn...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Move over Tesla, a collaborator of Swiss Companies has created a prototype dump truck that might even be able to sell electricity back to the grid!
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A clever re-using of plastic brings cool comfort to millions.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Added: Jun 01, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 4
Close friends show similar brain patterns.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KTSW 89.9, KENW and more
- Added: Feb 02, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 6
A trickle of data from the New Horizons spacecraft is building into a flood of new findings.
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Mar 23, 2016
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
Scientists take a close look at a single celled creature with a complex eye.
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
A newly discovered brain structure in parrots hints at new mechanisms in brain evolution.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jun 27, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
For most of human history, famine was only a single bad harvest away. Now, thanks to modern agriculture and fertilizers, we’ve almost eliminated hu...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Diabetics suffer from many health complications and disabilities, but they’re not the only ones who are affected by their condition. In this episod...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
One promising new treatment for diabetes is transplanting healthy pancreatic cells into diabetics to restore their ability to digest sugars. What a...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
New guidelines could maximize transplant success by better matching donated kidneys with recipients.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
One architecture professor is giving trailer parks a good name. Michael Berk of Mississippi State University has developed award-winning mobile hom...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The compact fluorescent light is way more efficient at converting electricity to light than the incandescent bulb.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
