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Caption: Disco the talking parakeet., Credit: Courtesy of Judy Bolton
A newly discovered brain structure in parrots hints at new mechanisms in brain evolution.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Touching the miniature buildings on the map activates auditory information and directions. , Credit: University of Buffalo
3-D talking maps use a variety of sensory modalities to help the visually impaired find their way around college campuses and other institutions.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Heightened curiosity about one subject primes people to learn less interesting information as well.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Using origami techniques to make real life Transformer robots.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Improving computers by making them think more like humans.

Bought by KMXT and WXDU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week the Global Guru explores why there are so many barbershops -- sometimes a dozen in a single block -- in Tanzania.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
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Thom Steinbeck, son of novelist John Steinbeck, discusses his father's unique method of encouraging his sons to read.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Who could guess that a shovel of dirt would reveal a long-lost treasure?

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30