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breakpoint
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Stop everything! We've hit a breakpoint, and things are gonna get dicey. This is Episode 65 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fav...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Smart Photonics
From: Gerard Lokhoff
Series: Innovators
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Star Trek fans probably know the cyborg character Data with a photonic memory. As with many concepts conceived by the writers of the scifi show, a ...

  • Added: May 20, 2018
  • Length: 27:39
Rock Hounds: Agate Show coming to Brainerd
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: a few members of the cuyuna rock club
The Cuyuna Rock, Gem & Mineral Society will host the 16th annual Agate and Mineral Show this Saturday and Sunday (May 5-6) at the Crow Wing County ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
Mexican Campion
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Sometimes the setting of the moon is as spectacular as the rising. As it slides down toward the mountains in the horizon it appears larger and larg...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 05:19
tappet
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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No, it's not an alternative slang form of "tap that," but it is a part that really gets us going.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
eutectic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Talking about eutectic points of solid mixtures.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
brainwriting
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Andrea Harris
From: KXCI
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I am a senior at the University of Arizona studying East Asian Studies and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:58
Adam Kai Aragaki
From: KXCI
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My name is Adam Kai Aragaki – I’m currently a junior at the University of Arizona, studying Biochemistry as well as Molecular and Cellular Biology.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
Fall Asteraceae Festivals
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Fall is just a blast with all the late season blooming plants, so maybe instead of a festival for all the different species, we could consolidate a...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 05:01
Lanius Ludovicianus
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The Loggerhead Shrike is common, but still a fun sighting when your are out in the field.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 04:55
Sound Ecology: Macrofungi
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Mycologist Terry Henkel discusses the diversity of fungi, loosely called mushrooms, and their importance to ecosystem health and the Klamath bioreg...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Nathan Pino on Fulbright ON
From: Daris Hale
Series: Fulbright On
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Nathan Pino describes his experiences while being a Fulbright Scholar in Trinidad and Tobago.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 09:43
Dance: It's Only Human
From: Katie Burke
Caption: Oxford University evolutionary psychologist Bronwyn Tarr with Carimbó dancers., Credit: José Roberto Corrêa
Evolutionary neuroscientist Bronwyn Tarr was in a remote area of Brazil to begin an experiment. On her first night there, she heard distant drumbea...

Bought by PRX Remix and KUER


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 2
90 Second Naturalist December 2015
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KMUN, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 25, 2015
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 3
How We Learn Language
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Can you remember what it was like for you to learn your native language? Probably not, but why is that? As humans, we begin learning to speak our...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Making of the Disease Detectives, Or the Case of the Nutty Dish
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Disease Detective Badge, Credit: CDC
They’re called disease detectives – the nation’s medical eyes and ears on the lookout for disease outbreaks and bioterror attacks. They’re the Epid...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 3
Improving Your Health with Cats and Dogs -- Groks Science Show 2014-07-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
A discussion of research findings that show how cats and dogs can boost our health and well-being.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 26:05
  • Purchases: 3
17: Most Relaxing Song (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Helping oysters help us -- Groks Science Show 2013-06-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. George Waldbusser discusses oysters and ocean acidification.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
28: Early Electronic Music
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: A public domain image of the telharmonium in 1897
There's a man who's spent his whole life developing his own library of Electronic music examples.

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
23: The Great Animal Orchestra
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Following his influential career in music and composition, Bernie Krause decided to leave music behind and devote his efforts to studying the sound...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 23:50
  • Purchases: 1
17: Most Relaxing Song
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by WJCT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 19:07
  • Purchases: 2
Jack and the Microbiome -- Groks Science Show 2013-01-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert joins us to discuss the Earth Microbiome Project.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 31:58
  • Purchases: 4
Fire together, wire together -- Groks Science Show 2013-01-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason MacLean joined us to discuss this Hebbian plasticity and the past, present, and future of research on neuronal networks.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 4