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  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:15

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
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Brian Africano's first Potentially Hazardous Asteroid discovery can come near to the Earth and Mars.

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


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Cal State University Monterey Bay college professor Daniel Fernandez talks about his fog catchers and how they can convert fog into water.

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2017
  • Length: 52:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Biochemist Dana Wetzel dissects a fish exposed to oil in the lab., Credit: David Levin
Scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, are leading a new experiment that will help uncover the effects of oil spills on fis...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
Caption: Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanographer at USF, points to a map of the Ixtoc-1 spill made from archival satellite data.
The 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil spill spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but has since been largely forgotten. More than 35 years late...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 09:50
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
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"Ultraconserved elements" could be the most important parts of our genome, but scientists have no idea what they're for. And after a decade of stud...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
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The number of people dying from infections is likely to rise over in the coming years as more and more bacteria become drug-resistant. One of them,...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
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Striking a power pose--standing like a superhero--may boost your confidence and get you short-term gains. But scientists don't yet know if, or when...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mural portrait of Esteban Cuaya-Muñoz at the Oakland Museum of California, by artist Brett Cooke
In November, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approved legislation allocating $300,000 to help San Franciscans who want PrEP to get access to i...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:21
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Some plastic surgeons are touting an unexpected benefit of cosmetic surgery: it may help alleviate migraine pain. But neurologists are skeptical a...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 1
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A recent release of an environmental report provides insight in to the Mississippi River's condition.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
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A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:05
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When you think of climate change, you might think of melting ice shelves. Heat waves. Shrinking habitat for animals and plants. You might not think...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Looking up and out of the mouth of Horse Cave, Kentucky, Credit: K. Gourlay
Caves may lie beneath our radar, but they play an important role in many Southeastern U.S. ecosystems. They filter water and shelter diverse wildli...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3