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We look at some "rules" of the language that were mostly just made up so people could feel like they were speaking proper English.
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Might it be possible to teach a pigeon how to "read" a label for a person who can't read? Is there the possibility of a future where pigeon service...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 20, 2020
- Length: 04:15
- Purchases: 1
In the late 19th century, London had the beginnings of homeless shelters. They weren't always comfortable (try sleeping in a four-penny coffin), bu...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
Before they even hatch, Yellow Legged Gull chicks seem to be communication to their nest mates. Amy dives into the how and why.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 1
We're not sure if it’s a magic number, but there are an awful lot of compositions out there with three movements. This week on Wind & Rhythm, we li...
Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMFA, and WUAL
- Added: Jan 30, 2019
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 4
The Surprising Way Babies Learn
- Added: Apr 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Sauna vs. Dementia
- Added: Mar 02, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Your Genes and Caffeine's Effects
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Single Fish Female Seeks Good Father
- Added: Feb 03, 2017
- Length: 02:00
The Sun Just Blew Up!
- Added: Jan 04, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Ken Golden isn't your typical mathematician. He's the Indiana Jones of Mathematics. He gets up from behind his desk, armed with mathematical theory...
Bought by KALW, Troy Public Radio, Radio Newark, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 10
Buck Benson of WTIP chatted recently with Dr. Sam Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, about an...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 21:52
- Purchases: 1
As the Large Hadron Collider goes into hibernation for the winter, producer Andy Duckworth visits the Atlas experiment at Cern, Geneva, to ask, wil...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 21, 2011
- Length: 24:18
- Purchases: 1
The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is fast approaching. Nancy King, with the radio program "With Good Reason," discovered that many of our cur...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Jul 25, 2008
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 1
