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These days, I can log on to my phone and pull up a file that’s stored thousands of miles away. It’s pretty awesome. But does access to all of this ...
Bought by KMXT, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Oct 05, 2022
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 3
Last week, we broke down the basics of how our electric grid works. Today, we're tackling a more specific question.
If we all switch over to elec...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 12, 2022
- Length: 03:41
- Purchases: 1
When I was a kid, acid rain was a hot topic. Now, I never hear about it. So we wondered, why doesn’t acid rain make the headlines anymore?
Bought by WRFA-LP and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jan 31, 2022
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 2
Today, we have a question from a listener. Margret Bulmer wonders whether solar panels still work in the winter when they’re covered with snow.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Dec 06, 2021
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
Have you ever seen one of those plastic bag collection boxes at the grocery store? Listener Phil Trevvett has, and he wants to know what happens to...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Nov 15, 2021
- Length: 03:38
- Purchases: 1
In another episode, we talked about electric cars and how they’re not only better for the environment, but also cheaper in the long run.
But it’s...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Nov 08, 2021
- Length: 03:15
- Purchases: 1
Listener Anne Cohen wants to know- is it better to keep my 2015 car with a traditional combustion engine, which gets close to 40 MPG, has about 50,...
Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KLCC
- Added: Oct 04, 2021
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 3
When I say the word Bitcoin, what comes into your mind? Digital money? Expensive? How about energy hog? It turns out, the cryptocurrency uses A LOT...
- Added: Sep 27, 2021
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
We’re hearing a lot of talk about infrastructure here in the US. Depending on what happens in Congress, we could be spending billions or even trill...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Sep 10, 2021
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
In the US, one out of five households don’t use a dishwasher because they think it uses more water and energy than washing by hand. So, we wanted t...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 2
Video games are now a spectator sports. And Dong Won, who’s 24, has made over $160,000 in prize money by playing in tournaments, sometimes for tens...
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 10:02
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 1
This Buddhist monk from Tibet went from learning how to switch a computer on to programming sophisticated, innovative software all on his own in ju...
- Added: Jan 03, 2011
- Length: 05:52
