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With its harbor closed because of silt and other sediment -- and no help in sight from the federal government -- the town of Leland found an unusua...
Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO
- Added: Apr 19, 2017
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 4
Trained dogs are helping localities find leaky sewer pipes that are polluting Great Lakes tributaries.
Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO
- Added: Sep 23, 2016
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 5
It currently costs $10,000 a pound to transport material from Earth into space. If humans want to live in space someday, those transport costs alon...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 06:14
- Purchases: 4
When we think of garage scientists, the eccentric, gray-haired Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future might come to mind. But these days, garages...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:47
- Purchases: 1
The first thing you should know about ironworkers is that they don’t make things out of iron, like horseshoes. They’re builders. Ironworkers from L...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 07:30
There are certain questions that get scientists really excited – discoveries that are big, tantalizing, and often, far out of reach. Even if they’r...
Bought by WDBM, WTJU, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 18, 2011
- Length: 08:40
- Purchases: 4
Peanut Butter and Jelly can save the world from global warming.
Bought by WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WFUV
- Added: Aug 06, 2007
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 4
Making the best use of the things in your own backyard.
- Added: Jul 24, 2007
- Length: 03:59
