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A world without honeybees? That won't happen, if scientists solve the mystery of honeybees abandoning their hives.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Kermit the Frog always said, “It’s not easy being green.” But like him, another group of actors has discovered it can be popular. Especially with c...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Looking for an environmentally conscious vacation that’s out of the way? Try Madagascar. It’s a California-sized island off the east coast of Afric...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn’t know they were missing.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Southeast Asia’s Mekong River dolphin aren’t having enough babies. That has conservationists puzzled, not to mention concerned.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
It’s tough to be a Sumatran Tiger these days. This beautiful creature is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservatio...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The Pacific pocket mouse loves the beach! Surf and sun make fabulous real estate for humans, and, these mice. And therein, lies the rub!
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 26, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A piece on Boston's plan to create a fleet of city bicycles for public use.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 21, 2009
- Length: 04:43
- Purchases: 1
Tiger, tiger burning bright / In the forests of the night. Okay, so that poetic image is to a business spreadsheet what a peacock’s tail is to a du...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 21, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Some projects seem simple only to reveal a huge complication later on. I was hemming pants and cut one leg shorter than the other -- yeah, you get ...
- Added: May 21, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Can we really harness ocean waves to make electricity? We might actually do more.
Bought by KMXT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KOSU
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide.
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
So, you want to get out and freshen up your garden a tad. Great! But, before you begin planting willy nilly, take a moment and consider if what you...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Changing seasons in New England is well, second nature. But a change in the look of the season is a change that has folks concerned.
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
New Orleans. Home to Dixieland Jazz, Mardi Gras, and some of the best fresh seafood you’ll ever eat. Shrimp etouffee. Oysters on the half shell. Wh...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Remember mowing your grandparent’s lawn with a push mower? Back then, the older generation had push mowers. Everyone else was into power.
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Ok, so here’s a quick quiz for you. What does U.S.D.A. stand for? Right: the United States Department of Agriculture! Now, what do they do? Gotcha!...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Plants and animal are going extinct at least 100 times faster than in the past, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Here’s a home that’s truly “outside the box” -- or inside, depending on where you stand. They’re made out of recycled steel shipping containers. Ye...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Is that monthly home heating bill burning a hole in your wallet? I thought so. With the economic uncertainties of recent months, we all get that si...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
