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A generational discussion on the development and importance of Radiation Therapy in cancer treatment.

  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 51:26
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A look back at how outsiders have influenced medicine throughout time.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:51
Caption: Advertisement encouraging people to donate a kidney., Credit: Science Museum, London, Wellcome Images
Rethinking the ethics of organ transplants.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 21:10
Caption: East Bay Muslims pray atop a UC Berkeley hill, Credit: Hana Baba
About 20 Muslim families are gathered on a hilltop outside the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, just after sunset. A water fountain bubbles, w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sarahi Salamanca and her team are building a website that will aggregate videos to promote immigration reform, Credit: Audrey Dilling
We’re at the FWD.us “DREAMer Hackathon.” Twenty DREAMers and mentors from local tech companies, all in one big room, scrambling to write code that ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
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Every day, millions of people who take medications also drink grapefruit juice. I do. But most don’t realize the combination can be toxic and even ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
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Millions of Americans take statins, such as Lipitor and Zocor, which are cholesterol lowering drugs. Along with preventing heart disease, these dru...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
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Our immune system weakens with age. After about 75 or 80 we’re pretty much open season to the bugs out there.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
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A new study finds high altitude mountain climbing alters the brain. The MRIs of climbers revealed microhemorrhages in the brain that may result in...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Humans have wanted to know tomorrow's weather for as long as there have been todays. Only in the last few centuries, however, have we begun making...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A student presents the product JustMilk, a plastic nipple shield HIV positive moms could use to prevent the spread of HIV to their children
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:47