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The Fuel Duel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Face it. We’re energy junkies -- and our fix is getting more expensive.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Invasive Tallow Turned Particleboard
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The forests of America face double jeopardy these days. First, there’s pressure to harvest wood from native forests...And second, some non-native t...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Darwin to DNA -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
James Schwartz discussed the history of the gene from Darwin to DNA.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:49
  • Purchases: 2
A T-Rex Named Sue
From: Kara Sautter
Caption: Sue at the Stearns County History Museum, Credit: Minnesot Public Radio
A cast of the largest and most complete T-Rex ever found has traveled to the Stearns County History Museum in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:22
The Time Traveler: a Man, a Dream, a Machine
From: Emily Corwin
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A boy's grief led him to an extraordinary discovery...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KUT, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2009
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 5
Uranium Wars -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-30
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Amir Aczel discussed Uranium Wars.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Going Bananas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know bananas might soon slip into history? That's because from Paris to Peoria, we all eat only one variety, and it's vulnerable to a fungu...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Discovering New Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember these lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi? "Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you got till it’s gone?"

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Save White Rhino
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Predicting Hurricanes
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Hurricane Katrina demonstrated just how destructive wind and water can be. New research into the genesis of these powerful storms could help coasta...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Interconnect: Joseph Priestley: Science, Religion & Politics
From: John Hingsbergen
Series: Interconnect
Caption: Cheri Lawson & John Hingsbergen
Joseph Priestley: Science, Religion and Politics

  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 27:59
Technological Innovations -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. W. Brian Arthur discussed the nature of technology.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 32:12
  • Purchases: 1
Alzheimer Research -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Mark Underwood discussed Alzheimer research and prevention

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
Polar Bears Threatened
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Animated Polar Bears are the cutest creatures. Remember the commercial with the adorable Polar Bear drinking a soda? In the real world though, Pola...

Bought by WTIP and KOSU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Roads and Health
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Rocky Flats Declared Clean
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It took ten years, but one of the country’s worst toxic waste sites is clean.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Cochlear Implants -- Groks Science Show 2009-08-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Valeriy Shafiro discussed the mechanisms of normal hearing and cochlear implants.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: 31:48
  • Purchases: 1
Spy Technology -- Groks Science Show 2009-08-05
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Robert Wallace discussed the secret world of spycraft.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 1
Frogs and Toads -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Lang Elliot discussed the songs of frogs and toads

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 30:23
  • Purchases: 1
Symbiotic Symbiodinium
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In recent years, scientists have watched in dismay as large parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have died off. Fortunately, they’re beginning t...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cleaner Commute
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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These days, Americans are driving three times as many miles per capita as they did in 1980. Not only are longer commutes driving us crazy, they’re...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Conservation for Cheetahs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Checkup for Leopards
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Moon Expeditions -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Andrew Chaikin discussed Voices from the Moon

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 22, 2009
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 2
The enigma of existence -- and the economy -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Jim Holt, Credit: Michael Todd
ThoughtCast speaks with science writer Jim Holt about his upcoming book on the "Puzzle of Existence", followed by interviews with MIT economist Jam...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 56:22
  • Purchases: 1

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