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Asteroid hunters have discovered more than 90% of the Earth approaching asteroids whose impact could cause global climate change. It was thus unus...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Brian Africano's first Potentially Hazardous Asteroid discovery can come near to the Earth and Mars.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, KSFR and more


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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To give you an idea of the asteroid traffic in our neighborhood, on a mostly cloudy night, through holes in the clouds, in a space of less than 2 h...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KSFR, KUPR low power FM, Bandon Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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The large dangerous asteroids that we don't know about are what keep asteroid hunters going to the telescope.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KSFR, KKRN, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanographer at USF, points to a map of the Ixtoc-1 spill made from archival satellite data.
The 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil spill spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but has since been largely forgotten. More than 35 years late...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 09:50
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Nearby Earth like planets may orbit cool red stars.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Three potentially hazardous asteroids are discovered in rapid succession.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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An Earth approaching object once again comes within range of our telescopes.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer on how scientists know that climate change is not just due to the Sun.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 04:02
Caption: Wing sails on San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jason Albert
90% of the world's goods are carried by cargo ships. And the oceans they sail on are streaming with wind: High tech wing sails used on America's Cu...

Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Mosquito Net
According to scientists from all over the world approximately 1 million people die of malaria every year. The world community spends billions of d...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Duke Energy is now renting business rooftops to set up a distributed solar network. The project has timely benefits for several North Carolina bus...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
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Travels around Tasmania to learn about the fate of the little Devil

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3