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Orangutan Resilience
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: An orangutan mother and infant in heavily disturbed landscape dominated by oil palm plantations in the Lower Kinabatangan floodplain, Malaysia Borneo. , Credit: (HUTAN KOCP Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme)
Orangutans may be more resilient to human disturbance than once thought.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WLPR , WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
475-Lonely Fragment
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A 2000 foot diameter space rock has stories to tell about violent events long ago. Asteroid hunters are eager to track this huge collision fragment...

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


  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Living Planet 07/06/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Animals, to cuddle or kill? - Shoot to kill or live and let live? We're not always kind to animals, unless perhaps they're in a z...

Bought by KRZA, KUPR low power FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
474-Earth-Venus Shuttle
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A 100 foot diameter asteroid is spotted on one of it's regular trips between the orbits of Venus and Earth. It's ultimate fate is to collide with o...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, Bandon Community Radio, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Erosion threatens coastal property along Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The effects of erosion in Euclid, Ohio, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Great Lakes water levels are high right now – Lake Erie’s are two feet above average, which threatens coastal properties from Ashtabula to Toledo. ...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WKAR, WOUB, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 5
Lake Ontario flood threat decreases
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Last year's floods affected shoreline homes, including residences along Edgemere Drive in Greece., Credit: Veronica Volk
It looks like Lake Ontario may have already reached its peak high for the season, which is good news for lakefront home owners and business owners.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WSKG, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 5
World in Progress 06/14/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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World in Progress: Battling inequalities - On this week’s show: Cape Town's building boom pushes people out of their homes in the city center...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Huge pot farm coming to Great Lakes region
From: Great Lakes Today
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Canada is moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and officials predict that it’s likely to happen by the end of the year. As pot supplie...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WVBI-LP, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 7
Living Planet 05/11/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: A journey to Africa - Rwanda’s mountain gorillas were once headed for extinction. Their numbers are now slowly recove...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 3
“Biggest Week” brings flock of birders to Ohio
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Birders on the Magee Marsh boardwalk, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
It’s a special time of year for migratory birds. Tired from their travels, they stop on the coast of western Lake Erie to rest and refuel. Nine ye...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WSKG, WCMU Michigan, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 5
Sierra Leone's Conflict Diamond Trade (2004 NPR's Day2Day)
From: Hechtech
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David Hecht reports on the condition of Sierra Leone's diamond trade

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
Prehistoric Sloth Hunting
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Footprints reveal an encounter between human hunters and the now extinct giant ground sloth.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Whale Skull Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Some whales hear with their entire skulls.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Great Lakes states harboring new tick related dangerous disease
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Blacklegged tick, Credit: Center for Disease Control
When it comes to tick bites, Lyme disease is the most common danger. But the Great Lakes region also has an unusual number of cases of another dang...

Bought by WCPN, Interlochen Public Radio, WKSU, WSKG, and WNIJ


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 5
Living Planet 04/13/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: extreme weather and us Hurricanes, floods, fires, droughts – as our planet warms, extreme weather events are becoming more frequen...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and WFIU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Baseball on the Moon
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The Moon., Credit: Susanne Bard
Could a well-thrown baseball sail from the moon’s surface into orbit?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Radio Catskill, WTIP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Butterfly-Inspired Surgery Camera
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bowhead Whale Songs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Bowhead whale and calf., Credit: (NOAA/National Ocean Service)
The songs of Arctic bowhead whales are constantly changing.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Plastic to Energy
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Technology for turning plastic trash into energy could keep the garbage out of the ocean.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Microfibers
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Tiny fibers from our washing machines could harm marine life.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Divers uncover 1899 Great Lakes shipwreck
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Margaret Olwill, Credit: [Historical Collection of the Great Lakes/Bowling Green State University]
A group of underwater explorers has announced the discovery of the Margaret Olwill, a steam barge that sank in Lake Erie off the Ohio coast in 1899.

Bought by WORT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WVBI-LP, WBFO, WSKG and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 6
Residents along Lake Ontario fear another flood season
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Bobby Jones stand on the site of his old patio, which is now partially buried by last year's floods., Credit: Veronica Volk, Great Lakes Today
Last year, flooding along Lake Ontario caused millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses. Now, lake levels are several inches above norm...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WKSU, WSKG, North Country Public Radio, WBFO and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 8
Spectrum 03/20/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: It's electric! (& almost autonomous) Someone gives you €25 million. In exchange, you have to build an autonomous car – basically from...

Bought by KRJF-lp, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WYAP, WNMU-FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ocean Trash Hotspots
From: Science Update
Caption: Laysan albatross eye plastic lighters picked up during a beach cleanup, Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument in the Hawaiian Islands., Credit: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Scientists tally up the burden of plastic trash on U.S. coastlines.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Landfill plan along Great Lakes sparks fear of pollution
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Rita McNamara is concerned about plan for landfill near her home., Credit: Morgan Springer
In northern Michigan, people who live near a landfill have been dealing with contaminated drinking water for decades. A new plan for the landfill m...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WBFO, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4