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20220523: The Universe, 5/23/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, we go far out into space with Dr. Katie Mack, a theoretical astrophysicist whose current focus is on the timeline...

  • Added: May 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
214: Sky Puppies
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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While baby Egyptian fruit bats start life getting carried around, once they get too heavy, their mothers leave them in a cave while they forage. It...

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  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
212: Peanut Butter Diamonds
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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With enough pressure and heat, just about anything with enough carbon in it could become a diamond. And thankfully for us, when a scientist was ask...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
201: Ancient Prosthetic Eye
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 2007, a woman's 5,000 year old skeleton was found in Burnt City, Iran. She was at least six feet tall and had what researchers think may be the ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
209: Detachable Tails
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Knowing and Doing: The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we're referencing a recent post entitled The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science: Exploring the Space Between Knowing an...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:39
207: Cockroach Personalities
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Anything that scatters when you turn on the light...does it have a personality? Is the cockroach urge to run an indicator of a bold or timid world ...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 03/15/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: 'Nobody in Ukraine is safe' - We spoke to a theoretical physicist on the ground in Ukraine about his life, his work dur...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Jones- "Tracing The Y Chromosome"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness Professor Steve Jones, author of the book, Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteri...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
World Ocean Explorer: Introducing a Virtual Aquarium Project
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we introduce listeners to World Ocean Explorer, a new, revolutionary and immersive 3D virtual aquarium project the W2O team has been deve...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:17
206 part two: Skeet Shooting Fish
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Sure, Archerfish can use a squirt of water to knock prey into the water to be eaten. But researchers wanted to know, could they count?

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
206 part one: Goldfish FOV
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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You've heard of an ROV, a remotely operated vehicle. But did you ever think you'd see an FOV, a fish operated vehicle? Israeli scientists have atte...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
How to Understand the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing the importance of ocean literacy and ocean education to transform our understanding of the ocean's ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 05:15
204: Baker Miller Pink
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1978, Dr. Alexander Schauss and a research assistant mixed 1 gallon of white latex paint with a pint of shiny red and created P-618 aka Baker Mi...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
202: Honeypot Ants
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine you're an ant living in an arid climate. There's no grocery stores! How do you keep enough food on hand for when things are scarce? You won...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Public School Ransomware, Cosmic Dust, Voice Cloning
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: How to protect schools from hackers trying to get children's information. Topic 2: Hundreds of space rocks and dust are falling through Ea...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
197: Singing Gorillas
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Give a captive gorilla tasty food, they often vocalize in ways that sound a lot like singing. It's so charming! But scientists thought this "singin...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
193: Navy Seals
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
190: Beard Power
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Those of you with a thick beard, that hair does more than make you look suave or rugged. Turns out, a beard might be protecting your face. There's ...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
20220110: Earthquakes & Volcanoes, 1/10/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we’re learning all about earthquakes and volcanoes with Dr. Mousumi Roy, a University of New Mexico professor of ...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
20220103: Porcupines, 1/3/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This week on The Children’s Hour we learn all about porcupines from the leading researchers in New Mexico, kids in the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring ...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Top of Mind - Reading, Growth Drug, Jew-ish Food
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Print versus Digital; Topic 2: New Drug for Dwarfism Sparks Controversy; Topic 3: Cuisine Reinvented by the Global Diaspora

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 7
188: Trash Parrots
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Forget raccoons digging into your trash cans, Australia has giant parrots snacking out of trash bins. Some family groups of Sulfur-crested cockatoo...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
A Promising Treatment Option for Patients Diagnosed with Head-and-neck Cancer
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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In this episode of The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland, Ph.D. talks with Eyal Talor, Ph.D., a clinical immunologist with over 25 years of hands-on ma...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 48:50
The PRECEDE Study: Transforming the Early Detection and Prevention of Pancreatic Cancer
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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A new, international collaborative initiative called The Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection or PRECEDE Consortium, which includes more than 35 leadi...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 48:17

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