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By the middle of the 20th century electromagnets were common and engineers had begun experimenting with using them to levitate vehicles, including...
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Taking the listeners back into the early history of the universe, this introductory episode explains what fusion is, how it powers stars, and how i...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
"Citizen Science" is a relatively new term used to describe non-specialist research carried out by pioneering teams of private individuals, foundat...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 05:04
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 05:06
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 2
If you sit at the edge of Pacific or Atlantic Ocean and watch as waves ferociously slap the sands, you can’t help but recognize the awesome power o...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jul 10, 2012
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 1
Battery operated cars. No longer the exclusive domain of little kids huddled around a remote control, electric vehicles are beginning to emerge as ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jan 25, 2012
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 1
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
We often hear about vertical economic growth and vertical integration in business but the idea of growing our food vertically sounds fantastical.
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- Added: Nov 22, 2011
- Length: 30:00
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Now you can whip up a meal while you work on your tan. And that's with free, non-polluting, energy from the sun.
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 01:18
- Purchases: 2
Is "cogeneration" the new way for powering your house and home?
- Added: Sep 21, 2007
- Length: 06:40
First, pollution and over-harvesting caused the population of Puget Sound oysters to plummet. And then, a new sea creature came to town! The "arche...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Car sharing is catching on in cities across the country. Today, about 92,000 people belong to car-sharing services like Zipcar and Flexcar.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Small but mighty is one way to describe the organism called "salp." A report in the journal Deep Sea Research suggests that salp, along with the ti...
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
"Green" buildings incorporate the latest technology to squeeze the most out of the energy that's used for heating, cooling, and lighting. They're a...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
The endangered American Crocodile may owe its future to conservation measures taken near a nuclear power plant. The Turkey Point plant in south Flo...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
We've all marveled at the shifting patterns that clouds form in the sky. Beyond capturing our imagination, though, clouds play a vital role in Eart...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:34
- Purchases: 3
Gunter Pauli is the director of "ZERI," which is short for Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives. He started out making biodegradable detergents...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:34
- Purchases: 3
Professional Lighting Designer creates enviro-friendly light systems
- Added: Sep 18, 2006
- Length: 07:18
