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Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of Americans will suffer from a “mental disorder” at some point in their lifetime, making the once “abn...
Bought by WEZU, WXDU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRIR
- Added: Jul 18, 2014
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
Hawaii’s birds face multiple threats, but one small thrush on the island of Kaua’i is a success story – so far.
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
3-D scaffolding in cells helps scientists understand a patient’s cancer cells and personalize treatments.
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Bone house wasps place dead ants in their nests to ward off predators and parasites.
- Added: Jul 06, 2014
- Length: 01:00
This week we're asking what it takes to get us to give, and how we know if we're doing it right.
Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WKCC, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jun 26, 2014
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 5
On this week's episode, stories about looking for answers in the wrong places, mercury in the water, and...bigfoot.
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Jun 08, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Insects will go to great lengths to pass their genes down to the next generations, including resorting to “power tools” to bore deep into unripe fr...
- Added: Jun 08, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Diabetes has been known to doctors for thousands of years. How was it treated before the discovery of insulin? What new ways are being developed to...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
The Earth gets almost all of its energy from the Sun. It grows plants and creates our climate. Even the fossil fuels we burn are the remains of pla...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Musical creativity could be good for the aging brain.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 3
New research sheds light on physical adaptations that allowed saber-tooth cats to hunt prey.
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Some animals took to the skies long before the advent of wings.
- Added: May 03, 2014
- Length: 01:00
It may seem hard to imagine, but we have more microbial cells in our guts than we have human cells in our bodies. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and R...
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 28:01
There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Home videos could be a tool for lowering the age of autism diagnosis.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Apr 19, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Ever wonder what Westeros looked like long before the Starks, Baratheons, Lannisters, or Targaryens roamed its surface? How far back can we really ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 05, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Beaked whales set the record for the deepest and longest dives of any marine mammals.
- Added: Apr 05, 2014
- Length: 01:00
New guidelines could maximize transplant success by better matching donated kidneys with recipients.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Satellites and unmanned aircraft could help shed light on the lives of one of the world’s most elusive eagles.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Added: Mar 24, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Humans relate better to robots that avert their eyes at well-chosen moments.
- Added: Mar 17, 2014
- Length: 01:00
The Hawaiian crow is recovering from a devastating population crash, with help from us.
- Added: Mar 17, 2014
- Length: 01:00