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414-Enormous Visitor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The impact of a 1,200 foot diameter asteroid would produce devastating earth quakes and wind blasts over many square miles on the Earth's surface.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Sheep Face Recognition
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Sheep can recognize human faces.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Limits to Growth: Dennis Meadows #116 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Our computer-generated scenarios all showed this growth stopping in the early decades of the 21st century, and, I must say, looking back now, it s...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Geese vs. Hunters
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Geese are holing up in the big city during the winter to avoid hunters.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Male Mammoths
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Mammoths that left remains in Siberia were overwhelmingly male. Scientists want to know why.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
The only paid climate skeptic who ever flipped
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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For over 20 years, Jerry Taylor was a leading spokesperson for climate skepticism. He waged TV battles against climate activists on the likes of CN...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 41:51
404-Jess's Find
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large undiscovered Earth approaching asteroids are still out there.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
403-Double Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A strange object consisting of two mile diameter asteroids surrounded by a gas cloud is orbiting our Sun.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KSFR, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely #114 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Do we behave rationally? You might be surprised how often our decision-making deviates from what is in our best interest. Behavioral economist Dan ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Bird Play & Tools
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Birds, like humans infants, learn about the world around them through play.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
400-Roving Venus
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the ...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
399-Moons of Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 17.258: Goldfish Make Alcohol to Live without Oxygen, 12/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Goldfish Make Alcohol to Live without Oxygen

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.256: Enduring Roman Concrete, 12/25/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Enduring Roman Concrete

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.252: Thinking About Picking Up an Instrument?, 12/19/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Thinking About Picking Up an Instrument?

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Poison Frogs
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Why don’t poison frogs poison themselves?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pumpkin Toadlet Hearing
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Tiny orange frogs called pumpkin toadlets can’t hear their own calls.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
395-House Sized Space Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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There are approximately 3.2 million Earth approaching asteroids similar in size to the Chelyabinsk impactor which injured nearly 1,500 people and d...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 17.239: The End of the World, 11/30/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The End of the World

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.234: Why Cannibalism Is Sometimes a Good Thing, 11/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Cannibalism Is Sometimes a Good Thing

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.233: Taste and Touch vs. Sight and Sound, 11/22/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Taste and Touch vs. Sight and Sound

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.215: Appetite Increases When Eating in Front of a Mirror, 10/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Appetite Increases When Eating in Front of a Mirror

  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.214: Human Activity Affects Space Weather, 10/26/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Human Activity Affects Space Weather

  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
387-Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Florence is the largest asteroid in more than 100 years to approach the Earth.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KPIP-LP, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
384-Flying By
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid tests planetary defenses.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KRWG, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8

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