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AMOS 17.117: Lucy in the Sky, 6/13/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Lucy in the Sky

  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Communicating Science Effectively
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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We hear from two experts in science communications, and talking about climate change. Edward Maibach is a widely recognized expert in public health...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Renewables and Solar are the Future
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Featuring interviews with Stanford Professor, Mark Z. Jacobson about efforts to go 100% renewable by 2050, and CEO of NEXTracker, Daniel Shugar abo...

Bought by KZYX, KFOI Radio, Radio Catskill, and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
AMOS 17.113: Asian Clam Clone Wars, 6/7/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Asian Clam Clone Wars

  • Added: Mar 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
How Ecosystems Change Due to Climate Change
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Two UCSC professors discuss their research into how water resources and whole ecosystems are changing and adapting to climate change.

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
How Plants Adapt to Our Changing Climate
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this episode, Dr. Michael Loik, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at UCSC discusses how plants adapt to changing climates, based on s...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
AMOS 17.099: Sauna vs. Dementia, 5/18/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Sauna vs. Dementia

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.094: Text Neck, 5/11/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Text Neck

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.090: Time Heals All Wounds...but Younger Wounds Heal Faster, 5/5/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Time Heals All Wounds...but Younger Wounds Heal Faster

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.083: Becoming Multicellular, 4/26/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Becoming Multicellular

  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.081: Powerful Popcorn, 4/24/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Powerful Popcorn

  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Carbon Eating Microbes Make Fish Food
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Merc Martinelli and Brian Sefton, owners of Oak Bio, discuss their company's plans to use carbon from the atmosphere to create products like fish f...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
AMOS 17.080: Your Genes and Caffeine's Effects, 4/21/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Your Genes and Caffeine's Effects

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.077: Digital Tim-ber!, 4/18/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Digital Tim-ber!

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Cooling the Planet with Ocean Currents
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this show we interview Dr. Alan Miller of "Cool it, Earth!", a company working to use ocean thermal energy technology (OTEC) to produce clean en...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Sea Level Rise and the Future of Megacities
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Dr. Gary Griggs, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences talks abo...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
AMOS 17.014: The Movie Doesn't Stink, but the Audience Does, 1/19/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Movie Doesn't Stink, but the Audience Does

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
2016 IgNobel prizes awarded
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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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
Episode 223: Jimmy Fingerbutton and the Perpetual Motion Machine
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented a perpetual motion machine. I was the first person he showed it to. I guess he figured I had the right qual...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 11:38
Indoor Marijuana and Electric Power Reality
From: Cannabis Radio News
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In the Oregon State Legislature, since the beginning of the 2015 session, the Joint Committee on Implementing Measure 91 has held a series of infor...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:42
Asteroid miners prepare to harvest outer space
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries and Dr. Glenn Lightsey discuss future missions at the Texas Spacecraft Lab, Credit: Audrey Quinn
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
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 6 - Postcards From The Edge
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
A technologist's house finds its voice on Twitter
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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
Biohacking project a glowing controversy
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A still from the BioCurious Kickstarter video
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
Distillations #178: Air Monitoring
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Easily available equipment, like cameras, can be put to use by citizen scientists., Credit: Flickr user Mike.
In this episode, we look at how civic scientists can gather useful data on their surroundings. We go to the Bay Area where a series of rooftop carb...

Bought by KPVL and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 15:35
  • Purchases: 2