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Judy Irving talks discovery, falling in love, and sacred moments.
- Added: Oct 26, 2014
- Length: 22:31
Even the most casual followers of energy policy have become aware of the controversy surrounding the massive expansion of fracking in this country ...
- Added: Aug 20, 2014
- Length: 30:00
Back in 1958 Popular Science published an article about General Motor’s plan to build self-driving cars guided by electrical cables in roadways. Gi...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
The most common element in all accidents is the human element. In the quest to eliminate driver error and make our roads safer, we’ve been searchin...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Believe it or not, electric vehicles used to be more popular than gasoline engines. The first practical electric car in 1884, and for decades many ...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Imagine waiting to catch a train. You show up at the station and wait for the familiar clanking of wheels and squealing of brakes. This time, howev...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Physicists are approaching closer and closer to one of the Holy Grails of modern science: creating self-sustaining fusion reactions on Earth, and u...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 02:00
For the past fifty years physicists around the world have been trying to create a fusion power reactor, harnessing the processes deep inside of sta...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 02:00
By the middle of the 20th century electromagnets were common and engineers had begun experimenting with using them to levitate vehicles, including...
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Taking the listeners back into the early history of the universe, this introductory episode explains what fusion is, how it powers stars, and how i...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 23:05
Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This...
- Added: Apr 16, 2014
- Length: 24:31
Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. The ...
- Added: Apr 16, 2014
- Length: 22:54
Is organic food worth a higher price at the check out? Chuck Benbrook, Ph.D., Washington State University, helps us do the food math. Join Food Sl...
- Added: Mar 27, 2014
- Length: 28:00
When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...
- Added: Feb 08, 2014
- Length: 07:20
When Klaas Martens transitioned to organic farming, his neighbors at the local coffee shop bet how long it would be before he went broke. But Marte...
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Can organic farming feed the world? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with New York State...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Saxis, a tiny fishing community off the east coast, has lost so much shoreline it’s almost an island now.
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
Saxis, a tiny fishing community off the east coast, has lost so much shoreline it’s almost an island now.
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 2
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 23:53
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gue...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 26:18
To what degree are we born a blank slate, and how much are we a result of our influence by our environment? Consensus: Nature or nurture is the wr...
- Added: Sep 27, 2013
- Length: 07:20
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe discusses her Christianity in the context of her academic career… and her marriage to a one time climate skeptic...
- Added: Apr 14, 2013
- Length: 23:18
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 2
If you sit at the edge of Pacific or Atlantic Ocean and watch as waves ferociously slap the sands, you can’t help but recognize the awesome power o...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jul 10, 2012
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 1
