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Brain_Talk_012_Albert_McKhann
From: Tiffany Hanssen
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The Science of Alzheimer's Disease.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
BT_011_Krakauer
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of Movement

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Brain_Talk_010_HALBERDA
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of Math Intuition.

Bought by Radio Newark, WTJU, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Brain_Talk_009_LIMB
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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Creativity and the Brain

Bought by Radio Newark, WTJU, KHSU, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 4
Brain_Talk_008_Landa
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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Autism: The Importance of Early Intervention

Bought by WTJU, Radio Newark, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 4
Brain_Talk_007_ROTHSTEIN
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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Finding a Cure for ALS.

Bought by Radio Newark, WTJU, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Brain_Talk_006_HUGANIR
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of Learning, Memory, Fear and PTSD.

Bought by Radio Newark and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Brain_Talk_005_ZEE
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of Vertigo.

Bought by WTJU and Radio Newark


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Brain_Talk_004_NATHANS
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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How the Eye Works

Bought by WTJU and Radio Newark


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Brain_Talk_003_DENCKLA
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of ADHD

Bought by WTJU and Radio Newark


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Heading to Hell in a Handbasket
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Paul Ehrlich, author of the iconic book The Population Bomb, reflects on the history of environmentalism and his gloomy outlook for the future. [Ep...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 46:21
Earth's Tipping Points & Abrupt Climate Change
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Richard Alley, a climate researcher and the host of PBS’s Earth: The Operators’ Manual, discusses rapid changes in Earth’s climate through history ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 27:55
Emerging Infectious Diseases
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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In this interview, we learn from James Holland Jones how diseases emerge and spread as humans encroach into the wilderness, and how the patterns wi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 37:41
Peter Kareiva, the Pragmatic Conservationist
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Peter Kareiva, the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, discusses his definition of nature and challenges the assertion that nature is fragi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:43
We Can't Save Everything
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Conservation biologist Terry Root discusses the road to triage and her somewhat controversial approach to saving species in the face of climate cha...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 37:16
Conserving Culture Through Biodiversity
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Luis Zambrano discusses preserving Aztec culture through a rare salamander in the Mexico City wetlands, and compares emerging conservation battles ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 22:05
An answer to the American education crisis
From: With Good Reason
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A psychologist and education specialist is finishing up a major study that looks at how teenage brains respond to mental exercises. His findings su...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
Men's Health Week With Dr. Paul Turek, The Turek Clinic
From: Jennifer Neeley
Series: The A-List With Jennifer Neeley
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Here, I talk with Paul Turek, MD (@TheTurekClinic), an internationally known thought leader in men's health treatment and research. The National In...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:07:18
NOVA Minute: Humans and Mass Extinction
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
Caption: Sam Bowring, Credit: MIT
Sam Bowring studies mass extinctions in the Earth's past. He says humans might not be around much longer... geologically speaking.

Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 3
NOVA Minute: Loneliness in Space
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
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NASA psychologist Al Holland describes the mental challenges astronauts might face during a 3-year mission to Mars.

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WEZU, WXDU, Radio Newark, KRUA and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 6
NOVA Minute: Diving in Underwater Caves
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
Caption: Kenny Broad
Anthropologist and explorer Kenny Broad studies some of the world's most dangerous places—underwater caves called "Blue Holes."

Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 3
NOVA Minute: Leeches
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
Caption: Mark Siddall, Credit: Sara Watson
Leech expert Mark Siddall explains why leeches can survive on nothing but blood.

Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 3
Do Sunscreens Really Protect You From Skin Cancer?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Public Science
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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We learn about ways scientists have attempted to educate the masses, via a 1960s radio show, 17th-century public demonstrations, and contemporary s...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:51
  • Purchases: 1
Self-esteem, relationships and physical health
From: Christopher Moyer
Series: PsychRadio
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Keeping the doctor away, with a little help from our friends.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1