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Outside/In takes you on a journey to a 10-x10 plot and uncover the secrets you’d never know to find. Today, a close up on a spot you may otherwise ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 11:21
  • Purchases: 1
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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Animals are easy to love - most of them. But it takes a special breed of human to fall for one particular type animal.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 08:18
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
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They rock and roll them. We're talking about those boulders we all see in the woods. Geologists call them "erratics."

  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:53
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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
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There’s a national conversation about promoting science education for students, but what about science after graduation? Allison Quantz has the sto...

Bought by WABE, WXDU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
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One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relati...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:30
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You might not know what foley is, but you know what it sounds like.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Wocka wocka!, Credit: snorgtees.com.
In this episode, chemistry takes center stage. First, why science and comedy make gut-busting bedfellows. Then the history of science as popular en...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 21:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The 'Shimmer Wall'
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
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People used to think alarm calls made by birds just meant "danger, danger!" But it turns out, birds are more specific than that. They can even aler...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
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In one of the most entertaining episodes of Radio Rounds to date, hosts Lakshman Swamy and Yojan Patel speak with the one of a kind “ZDoggMD,” the ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Geek or chic? You be the judge!, Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user Bylzz.
This episode wonders if it's becoming chic to be a geek. First, we see how pop culture portrayals of scientists have boosted their reputations with...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 11:21
Caption: Marius Stan and Dan Pancake lead double lives on top of their scientific pursuits.
We explore the secret lives of nuclear scientists and learn why these brainiacs are way more interesting than you’d have ever imagined.

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
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A group of ordinary people ponder a dairy question.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:33
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What would life be like without a sixth sense? Check out more in Aaron's blog www.minnesotabrown.com.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 03:45
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The real story of krypton

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Fire, from a chemical perspective

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:31
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Chemistry on both sides of the law.

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 11:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Mistletoe: Used in folk medicine on every continent

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with David Wilson, the creator and curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 13:23