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GN_6.58_ Biological Building
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Change your focus, change your world.
Living concrete: This biological material has multiple layers that allow for the growth of plants on the outside of a building, without sacrificin...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
GN_4.22_FishFreeFishFood
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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Tackling the challenges of overfishing, while also working towards stalling the effects of climate change.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
corrosion
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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If you have some metal, in a pot or a kettle, on this you can trust: over time it'll rust. This is Episode 64 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an in...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Shipwreck discovered off the coast of Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the recently-discovered Royal Albert., Credit: Jim Kennard
On Wednesday, a group of New York-based underwater explorers announced they discovered a mid-nineteenth-century shipwreck that's been hiding in the...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 4
Costly Invasive Fire Ants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien. It involves using insec...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Water Pollution Cleanup
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Stinky Feet Mosquito Trap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you’re doing scientific research!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Deficit Disorder
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Robofish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Technology inspired by nature, to help nature. This led an engineer and a zoologist to create a fish-shaped robot...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shrinking Deer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Isolated on islands, large animals can become small like the pygmy mammoth, and small animals LARGE like the Galapagos Tortoise. Yeah, everything’s...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Roof Gardens
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Why be boring and plant your garden in the ground when there’s a whole world of gardening possibilities up on the roof.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Biophilia: For Your Sanity
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Gnarls Barkley’s award winning song “Crazy” starts off with the lyrics, “I remember when I lost my mind.” Perhaps you can relate.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nice Lice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Lice aren’t nice, unless you’re wild mice.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Virus Battery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The environmentally polite thing to do in the future might be to give your battery the flu. That's right: Batteries may soon run on a virus.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
White Shark Cafe
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sharks, it seems, are not unpredictable nomads. They're more like commuters: As predictable in their travels as the office carpool.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Health Factors Threaten Gorillas – But Why?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Room for Peace
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Bringing countries together to protect our natural environment looks good on paper. Real good, in fact.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Penguin Poo at Pole Polluted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you’re wondering how our penguin friends in the Antarctic are doing these days, here are the cold, hard facts. Their poo is getting mighty pollu...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
No Smelling Spells Trouble for Fish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When our noses are plugged, we sound stuffy and have trouble breathing. When fish noses are plugged, they get lost, and lose the ability to have s...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Energy from Plants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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U.S. Department of Energy scientists would hate to be called alchemists. But they’re trying something almost as miraculous. They want to turn sunli...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Place for DDT
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For many who are environmentally-minded, the mere mention of DDT sets them on edge. After all, it disrupted ecosystems around the globe crashing bi...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Of Pirates and Scientists
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But, believe it...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Healthier Cities
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lava Flows are for the Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Perfect Green Gift for Dad
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Finding the perfect Father’s Day present can be daunting. Does he really need a new wallet? Does he even wear a tie?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1