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Caption: 2017 Ig Nobel ceremony, Credit: courtesy improbable.com
The 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes were recently awarded at Harvard University. They're given every year for scientific achievements that first make people l...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 18:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Will your device design withstand repeated autoclaving?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Why doesn't solder rhyme with older?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Trying not to talk in circles here.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
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I'm orthogonal, and I've never felt so right.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
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A tool for pirates navigating the oceans, and more, yarrr...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Not just a murderer, folks, as automotive engineers and technologists know.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Discussing this scale to measure average kinetic energy of matter.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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How is an autogyro different from a helicopter?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Compare and contrast: "adiabatic" versus "a diabetic"?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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An introduction to this series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

Bought by WETD and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
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In this edition of Gus' Wild Side, we learn about the marbled murrelet....and also hear about Gus and his wife's encounter with a biologist who see...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
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This is Eat The Invaders - our occasional segment where we take a bite out of invasive species populations. On the menu today, one of the scariest,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 16:07
  • Purchases: 1
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The IgNobels are awarded every year at Harvard University for research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. WTIP's Mike Reeves cha...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 13:54
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Well is it? This is the very subject Rob MacClanahan explores on his pilot broadcast of THE TIME TRAVELER on 95.1FM KFOK Georgetown...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:18
Caption: In the video, the spiny water flea is depicted as an aggressive military general.
There are a lot of invasive species vying for the public’s attention, especially in the Great Lakes. So researchers trying to raise awareness about...

Bought by WCPN and WBFO


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: EIS Badge, Credit: CDC
As the Zika virus spreads throughout the Western Hemisphere, dozens of medical epidemiologists are following its course and developing strategies t...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:31
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In this episode, we have given up sitting for two weeks. You know, that practice of putting one’s butt in a chair? Yup. We kissed that goodbye and ...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 33:50
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When you look up at the sky the last thing you probably think about is the law. But space is exactly where the next frontier of law is being played...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 3
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A sound rich narrative interview with former Washington state park ranger and storyteller Jody Maberry

  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 17:53
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A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Quick! Blow out the candles so we can cut the cake!, Credit: Nathan D. Friend
OUCH! Keano's mouth gets burned — by chocolate! Michelle Dutro and Keano Martinez first hear from Lizzie Kirchner's family who explains the process...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
Caption: Black Prairie plays a concert for 52 wolves at Wolf Haven sanctuary in Washington State., Credit: Carli Davidson
There's a music industry for pets out there. But what kind of music do animals like? A woman who studies how non-human creatures go mad throws conc...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, 'The Sea', New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Tom Coates in his tweeting house., Credit: Liz Pfeffer
In the Oscar-nominated film "Her," director Spike Jonze imagines a world where computers are so human-like they have their own feelings. Whether th...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
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Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30