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Cosmic Conundra
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Cosmic Conundra, Credit: Seth Shostak
We examine some of the most recent, perplexing questions about the cosmos. Could massive asteroid impacts be as predictable as phases of the moon? ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KTSW 89.9, WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Thinking About Thinking
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Thinking About Thinking, Credit: Seth Shostak
Thoughts about thinking: how scary-smart crows fashion tools and can recognize you by sight … scientists who simulated, neuron-by-neuron, a piece ...

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Going All to Species
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going All to Species, Credit: Seth Shostak
The fossilized bones of Homo naledi are may hold a special place in our ancestry: a link between us and our ape-like ancestors. Some anthropologis...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRIR, KCMJ Community Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 26
WorldCanvass: Our Lives Online (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass participants explore the power of social media, discuss the societal and economic importance of internet access, help us understand bi...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 26:48
WorldCanvass: Our Lives Online (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass participants explore the power of social media, discuss the societal and economic importance of internet access, help us understand bi...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 25:17
WorldCanvass: Our Lives Online (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass participants explore the power of social media, discuss the societal and economic importance of internet access, help us understand bi...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 26:13
No Face to Hide
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: No Face to Hide, Credit: Seth Shostak
Face it – your mug is not entirely your own. It’s routinely uploaded to social media pages and captured on CCTV cameras with – and without – your ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, Indie3 Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 22
The Light Stuff
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Light Stuff, Credit: Seth Shostak
The light bulb needs changing. Edison’s incandescent bulb, virtually unaltered for more than a century, is now being eclipsed by the LED. The cre...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WUFT, WMUU-LP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Beyond Earth -- Groks Science Show 2017-01-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
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Amanda Hendrix and Charles Wohlforth discuss a future in the outer solar system.

Bought by KREV-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 2
U of MN engineering students create cool robots
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Every year, students taking the U of MN intro to engineering class are charged with designing a robot that does something 'useful.' WTIP's Dave Ter...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 16:53
Skeptic Check: Fear Itself
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Fear Itself, Credit: Seth Shostak
Shhh. We have to make this quick. There are a lot of scary events going on in the world. You may also worry about the stuff they might not be tel...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Lawrence of India -- Groks Sciecne Show 2016-11-09
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Larry Brilliant discusses the disappearance of smallpox.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 27:23
  • Purchases: 1
What Lies Beneath
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: What Lies Beneath, Credit: Seth Shostak
What you can’t see may astound you. Beneath the oceans’ churning surface, oceanographers have recently discovered the largest volcano in the world...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 24
And To Space We Return
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: And To Space We Return, Credit: Seth Shostak
Earth may be the cradle of life, but our bodies are filled with materials cooked up billions of years ago in the scorching centers of stars. An as...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Hidden History
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Hidden History, Credit: Seth Shostak
Archeologists continue to hunt for the city of Atlantis, even though it may never have existed. And paleontologists now suspect that it wasn’t jus...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Moral's Law
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Moral's Law, Credit: Seth Shostak
“If it bleeds, it leads” they say in the news biz. Indeed, headlines are often no more than a long list of moral atrocities. Yet one man argues t...

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 18
Calling the Shots -- Groks Science Show 2016-09-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jennifer Reich discussed why parents decide not to vaccinate their children.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WYAP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 3
Skeptic Check: Skeptic Seth
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Are you skeptical? Do you readily accept the claimed benefits of organic milk, or the whitening ingredients in your toothpaste? What about the da...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, CHSR-FM 97.9, KUNM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Sex Post Facto
From: Gary Niederhoff
Caption: Sex Post Facto, Credit: Seth Shostak
Birds do it, bees do it, but humans may not do it for much longer – at least not for having kids. Instead, babies will be made in the lab, with ge...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2016 Geotech Review -- Groks Science Show 2016-09-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Our resident geotech join us to talk about the leaning tower of San Francisco, the California High Speed Rail, Techron gas, and renewables in Texas.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 22:08
  • Purchases: 3
The Evolution of Evolution
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Evolution of Evolution, Credit: Seth Shostak
Move over, Darwin. With genetic engineering, we can make radical changes to species in just one generation. As humans begin to tinker with their ...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Asteroids!
From: Gary Niederhoff
Caption: Asteroids!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Everyone knows that a big rock did in the dinosaurs, but smaller asteroids hit Earth much more often. An astronomer describes the odds that your de...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Medical Mishaps -- Groks Science Show 2016-08-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
RJ Austin discussed dealing with medical mistakes.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 3
They Know Who You Are
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: They Know Who You Are, Credit: Seth Shostak
You’re a private person. But as long as you’re on-line and have skin and hair, you’re shedding little bits of data and DNA everywhere you go. Fin...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KTSW 89.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Restless Creatures -- Groks Science Radio Show 2016-08-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Matt Wilkinson discussed the diversity life though the lens of locomotion.

Bought by 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 3