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Our Might Oaks
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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The 21 oak species in our region assume many forms and are survivors of the last Ice Age. Who are these tenacious trees? And what animals depend on...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Single Male with Strong Roots Searching For Fertile Ground to Plant Seed and Grow Together
From: SQRadio
Caption: Pando, Credit: Sheri Quinn
The Pando Aspen is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen (populus tremuloides) also known as the trembling giant because of its elliptical...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2011
  • Length: 27:33
Encounters Volcano
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
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Head to the Kamchatka Pennisula with Elizabeth Arnold to the Valley of the Geysers

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: David Eagleman and 50 years in space
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Harvester Ants
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Harvester ants carry food several times their size., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
You’ve seen their sprawling, barren mounds, like little moonscapes in your field or lawn. But what lies beneath harvester ants’ conspicuous mounds?

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Triops
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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These tiny crustaceans come to life for just a short while during our rainy season, but their eggs can wait decades to hatch and ride the wind for ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Spadefoot Desert Chorale
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Summer storms send many desert frogs and toads into a raucous reproductive frenzy. What role do their choruses play in their hasty courtship?

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Fifth Season
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Cenizo puts on a show during the desert's rainy season., Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Attracting Pollinators
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Animals and insects aren’t being altruistic when they pollinate a plant. So how do plants attract and reward them for their services?

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Rotifer Diversity
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Testudinella patina, Credit: T. Schröder, R.L. Wallace, E. Walsh
Every pristine spring, mucky cattle tank, and rain-filled hueco in the Chihuahuan Desert is home to an exceptionally diverse array of microscopic a...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pyrrhuloxia
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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With its showy red crest and golden bill, the pyrrhuloxia shouldn't be confused with its more flamboyant cardinal relative. What makes this desert ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What is 'the self'?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Rise
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Rising sea levels, Credit: marineinsight.com
The oceans are slowly rising due to ice melt and the warming of the waters. And at least one east coast city has hired a Dutch firm to evaluate op...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Mathematics special + Brian Cox = science squared
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: An equation graph, Credit: websters-online-dictionary.org
Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 2
Turkey Vultures
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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They eat roadkill. They urinate on themselves. When frightened, they vomit. The turkey vultures have returned. Why does this harbinger of spring ha...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Soapberry
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Trees seem scarce in the Chihuahuan Desert. But soapberry trees manage to thrive throughout our region and can even be used to wash your hands. How...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Just how many universes are there?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Brian Greene, Credit: www.columbia.edu
Brian Greene says mathematics shows how every decision we make creates a parallel universe; plus, we join Tim Jackson as he takes a Q&A session on ...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 42:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What's Beagle 2 doing now?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1
Mimms Ranch
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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On Mimms Ranch outside Marfa, the Dixon Water Foundation is using some surprising tools to improve a grassland’s ability to absorb water: cattle an...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Life and Work of Dr. Calvin Fremling
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know - A tribute and recognition to the life's work of Dr. Calvin Fremling. One of the foremost authorities on the endangered en...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 16:03
The Guardian's Science Weekly: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org
The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 1
Giant Ground Sloths
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
Caption: Skeletal remains of a Shasta ground sloth., Credit: The Jesse Earl Hyde Collection, Case Western Reserve University
Ground sloths weren’t cute, cuddly tree-dwellers like sloths today. They weighed 500 pounds and stood nine-feet tall. Who were these Ice Age creatu...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Requiem for the space shuttle
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Jeff Hoffman working in the shuttle's cargo bay, Credit: Nasa
In an extended interview, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the space shuttle

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: A world without oil; plus 30 years of the space shuttle
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: betterplace.com website, Credit: betterplace.com
Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; plus, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 37:05
  • Purchases: 1

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