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Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
šŸŒŸ Dive into the Luxurious World of Silk! šŸŒāœØ Join us as we unravel the threads of history with Aarathi Prasad in our latest episode šŸŽ§šŸ“–. Discover how...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 25:16
Caption: Artists Conception Of Earth And An Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M/NASA
After months of training Tracie came full circle during her first solo 3 night observing run on the 60 inch telescope as she hosted groups of visi...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Juleigh Mayfield
Intersex advocate Juleigh Mayfield was forced to transition to female in her forties.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 06:12
Caption: Vesta, Credit: NASA
Since larger space rocks are rare, it was surprising when my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groller found a half mile diameter asteroid travel...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
Unlocking the Secrets of Honey Bees: Smithsonian Associate Thomas D. Seeley Reveals 20 Mysteries and Their Crucial Role in Biodiversity šŸšŸ“ššŸ” Get rea...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 21:43
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Some patientsā€™ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly tur...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 24:06
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One doctor debates whether to work for the nation's largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 17:43
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A group of nurses in Baltimore wants to bring basic care to every person in a neighborhood regardless of age, health, income or insurance. Can this...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 22:55
Caption: Halley's Comet, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Kacper Wierzchos was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Draco with the Steward Observatory Bok 90 inch telesc...

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Astronaut on an Asteroid      , Credit: NASA (Advanced Concepts Program)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting with our small but mighty Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when sh...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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A documentary about the decline in bird populations in the Great Lakes region and how the causes also are a warning for humans.

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  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: In an artistā€™s rendering, light from quasars passes through intergalactic clouds of hydrogen gas. The light offers clues to the structure of the distant cosmos, Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld and DESI
In an astonishing rebirth, the Mayall 4-m telescope has jumped to the forefront of astronomy once again because it is sturdy and precise enough to...

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  • Added: May 26, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
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As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 18:33
Caption: Milky Way Rising Over the Gila Wilderness, Credit: Steven Miller
The Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary and the Aldo Leopold Gila Wilderness in New Mexico are gateways to nature where man is only ...

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  • Added: May 19, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
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Caption: Enceladus, Credit: ESA
Life on Earth appears to have formed in our oceans. Scientists are thus on the hunt for other worlds which have oceans of liquid water and thus po...

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  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Asteroid 2014 JO25, Credit: NASA Goldstone RADAR
It is essential that asteroid hunters keep track of potentially dangerous asteroids to make sure that their orbits havenā€™t changed as they encounte...

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  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
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Caption: Bill Shanabruch leads Conservation Landscaping Workshop.
Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 26:08
Caption: Bill Shanabruch, Credit: Charles McGuigan
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 24:26
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Patients are now mostly protected from surprise bills, but doctors and insurers are still fighting about the prices.

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 17:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets (Bookshop.org), Credit: Susan Cook
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to those who offered proof of the existence of Primordial Gravity Waves. Einstein theorized they were ...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets , Credit: Susan Cook
Stephen Hawking has died who brought us all to imagine what black holes are and to recognize ourselves in them and him.

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Upon the passing of Dr Peter Higgs, a Sonnet to explain how the Higgs boson comes into our lives.

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Poetry makes everything accessible, even the Special Theory of Relativity.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: :51
Caption: Comet ISON, Credit: HST
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Taurus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona wh...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Milky Way Rising Cosmic Campground, Credit: David Thornburg
In 1924 the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico became the first designated wilderness and is an island from which to view the natur...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8