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Is it better to drink beer from a bottle or a can?

From: Possibly

Summer is the perfect season to kick back and crack open a cold one. But, when you’re trying to pick the perfect beer, do you ever wonder whether i...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jul 06, 2020
Length: 03:52
Purchases: 1

Do we need to refrigerate our eggs?

From: Possibly

Here in the US, most of us put our eggs in the refrigerator. But in many other countries, eggs can stay on the counter. So, could we save energy he...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 29, 2020
Length: 03:58
Purchases: 2

Does speeding waste gas?

From: Possibly

The answer lies in drag: every time you double the speed you travel in a car, the energy you use quadruples. That’s because you’re fighting against...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 24, 2020
Length: 04:02
Purchases: 2

What's The Most Energy Efficient Way To Boil Water?

From: Possibly

Would a microwave oven or an electric stove use more energy to boil a cup of water?

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jun 24, 2020
Length: 04:06
Purchases: 1

What's The Most Efficient Way To Wash Your Dishes?

From: Possibly

In the US, one out of five households don’t use a dishwasher because they think it uses more water and energy than washing by hand. So, we wanted t...

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 24, 2020
Length: 02:29
Purchases: 2

Should you use your car's AC or roll down the windows?

From: Possibly

It depends. When you’re driving slowly around town, it’s better to keep your windows down. But on the highway, it’s better to turn on the AC.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jun 24, 2020
Length: 03:08
Purchases: 1

How can we reduce food waste in the quarantine?

From: Possibly

Today we’re answering a question that has been on a lot of people’s minds during the COVID-19 quarantine: while we’re limiting trips to the store, ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KMXT

Added: May 26, 2020
Length: 03:31
Purchases: 2

Rat People of New York

From: Karen Robins

Animals are easy to love - most of them. But it takes a special breed of human to fall for one particular type animal.

Added: Jan 15, 2016
Length: 08:18

Home Rain Barrels

From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: Pathways to Sustainability

Caption: Home rain barrel, Credit: Shana Weber

Rain Barrels at home are an easy inexpensive way to make a real difference for local water quality. And why pay for water you can get for free?

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and WORT

Added: Apr 11, 2014
Length: 02:23
Purchases: 2

Upstream

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Atlantic salmon numbers are dropping all over the world. In the US, they can only be found in seven rivers. All of them are in Maine.

Added: Aug 07, 2013
Length: 05:54

Seeing the Marfa Lights, rough audio

From: Katie Ball

Some "happy" tourists wait for the Mysterious Marfa Lights, just outside of Marfa, Texas. (This is rough, unedited audio with a lot of wind noise. ...

Added: Jul 20, 2011
Length: 07:14

21. France Was Years Ahead

From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry

Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks

In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...

Added: Jul 19, 2010
Length: 05:34

Boots Worth the Trek

From: Todd Bookman

Tucked in the woods of Intervale, New Hampshire, the Limmer Boot Company has been handcrafting custom hiking boots for 91-years. Despite a steep pr...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio