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Whale Genes & Diet
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A genetic difference between the two types of whales that could partially explain why some became so gigantic.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Social Mouse Aggression
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A social upbringing can offset the activity of a mouse’s attack circuit.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Water Bear DNA
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Studying tardigrades’ DNA to learn what makes them so tough.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bored Animals
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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An animal welfare researcher calls the study of the biological basis of boredom in animals.

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Drumming Cockatoos
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers discover that cockatoos use sticks and seed pods to drum out rhythms on tree limbs.

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Glacially Cool Music (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: Composer Matthew Burtner, Credit: Matthew Burtner
The Alaskan wilderness is experiencing a major meltdown, but not all will be lost. Thanks to a musician in Virginia, the sounds of Alaska’s glacier...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
Fart-fegnugen: Jack Ewing on VW Emissions Scandal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jack Ewing
When a West Virginia University research team won a grant in 2012 to run some tests on diesel cars, they could not have imagined that their relativ...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Invasion of the Lionfish Snatchers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Erika Angle
Perhaps it’s cold comfort but it turns out that we human beings are not the only species on earth hell-bent on destroying our own habitat. We share...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
High & Dry: Talking Groundwater
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rosemarie and William Alley
With drought-stricken California enjoying its wettest winter in decades, it can be easy to forget that water scarcity is among the globe's most dea...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 3
Lead-Headed Hunting Laws
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kelly Sorenson
On his first day on the job, newly appointed Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, rode to work on a horse. This was obviously a rugged, outdoor e...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Birdsong Warm-Ups
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Songbirds, like people, may need to warm up their voices before they sing.

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Goats Learn from People
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Domestic goats learn to do a challenging task by watching humans do it first.

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Saving Our Skin: Conservation on Land and Sea
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Salaman
There’s more than one way to support ecological conservation. Today on Sea Change Radio we talk with two individuals working on different fronts fo...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Carolyn Lochhead on the Politics of Water
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Carolyn Lochhead
An issue that didn’t come up in Monday’s presidential debate, and unfortunately may not show up in subsequent debates either, is, “What are the can...

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Agreeable Agriculture With Eric Toensmeier
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Eric Toensmeier
Can simply changing how and what we grow really make a difference to a changing climate? This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio, author and agricult...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 1
Cod Willing: David Abel on the Cod's Resurgence
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Abel
Since 1992, fish’n’chips fans may have noticed that there was no cod in their classic fried dish. That’s the year that the Canadian government issu...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 2
Daniel Kirk-Davidoff: Electric Grids of Tomorrow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
This week on Sea Change Radio, host Alex Wise chats with Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, a climate scientist at the University of Maryland and at MDA Informa...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Thirsty Planet
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Residents of India, Israel confront water issues such as flooding, drought, pollution, and lack of access by the poor.
Scientists say most people on Earth will first experience climate change in terms of water — either too much or too little. This documentary explor...

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  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Geophysicist Ole Kaven on Man-Made Earthquakes
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ole Kaven
Apparently things are moving and shaking in Oklahoma, literally. In the past 8 years earthquakes in the “Sooner State” have increased from 2 a year...

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  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Fisheries Recovery
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new report finds that global fisheries could boost both sustainability and annual catch.

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Thirsty Bats
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How do bats find water in the dark?

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
MIT Team Turning Fumes Into Fuel
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gregory Stephanopoulos
You know that sick feeling when you look at a smokestack belching noxious gases into the air? Well, what if you knew that the gas waste coming from...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 4
Storks & Junk Food
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Storks in Europe are forgoing migration to Africa because of the ready availability of human food from landfills.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Desalination: Is It Time To Drink The Pacific?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sammy Roth
Transforming ocean water into potable drinking water seems so remarkably cool on so many levels. But alas, desalination remains both expensive and ...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 3