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416-Odd Ball
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A small asteroid soars into the lonely space high above and below the plane of our solar system.

Bought by KENW, KKRN, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
415-Well Done
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A three football field sized asteroid survives on a harrowing path around our Sun.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sheep Face Recognition
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Sheep can recognize human faces.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Geese vs. Hunters
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Geese are holing up in the big city during the winter to avoid hunters.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
403-Double Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A strange object consisting of two mile diameter asteroids surrounded by a gas cloud is orbiting our Sun.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KSFR, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely #114 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Do we behave rationally? You might be surprised how often our decision-making deviates from what is in our best interest. Behavioral economist Dan ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
400-Roving Venus
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the ...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
399-Moons of Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Poison Frogs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Why don’t poison frogs poison themselves?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pumpkin Toadlet Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Tiny orange frogs called pumpkin toadlets can’t hear their own calls.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
395-House Sized Space Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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There are approximately 3.2 million Earth approaching asteroids similar in size to the Chelyabinsk impactor which injured nearly 1,500 people and d...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
387-Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Florence is the largest asteroid in more than 100 years to approach the Earth.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KPIP-LP, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Guide Dog Success
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
What predicts a puppy’s later success as a guide dog?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
379-Flying Mud Balls
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The most common type of asteroids are likely to have started out as giant convecting mud balls which could still exist at the center of large aster...

Bought by KENW, WEJP-LP 107.1, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
377-Insider
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Large asteroids lurking inside the Earth's orbit can be hard to spot.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, KRWG, WLPR , KENW and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
375-Chelyabinsk Sized
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Small Earth approaching asteroids are part of our environment.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KRWG, KENW, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Time Blindness: Jack Alpert #222
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
Piece image
Frustrated at the abysmal rate of adoption when seatbelts were introduced into cars in the 1960s, Jack Alpert quit his job as an automotive enginee...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
371-2 Headed Space Worm
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Will Earth evolved Biology allow humans to create sustainable colonies in space, on the Moon, or on Mars?

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
367-Future Impactor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A 33 foot diameter asteroid has about a 1% chance of impacting the Earth in the distant future.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KRWG, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
355-2 Suns
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
It is possible for a habitable planet to exist in a solar system with two suns.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KTRT RADIO INC and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 17.102: Can Plants See?, 5/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Can Plants See?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
336-Meteorite Mystery
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The mystery of the missing Antarctic meteorites.

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 17.060: Speaking with Tongues, 3/24/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Speaking with Tongues

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.049: Cockroach Milk, 3/9/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cockroach Milk

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:00