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Designing with Nature: Applying Green Chemistry

From: A World of Possibilities

You cannot see molecules, but human-made chemicals flow through every living thing on earth today and have a profound impact on every person’s life...

Bought by 'The Sea', KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Sep 26, 2011
Length: 55:02
Purchases: 4

Warning Signs

From: Sarah Lilley

Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jul 20, 2011
Length: 06:04
Purchases: 2

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...

Bought by PRX Remix

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...

Bought by KVSC

Added: Mar 29, 2011
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

The Guardian's Science Weekly: The birds and the bees (x-rated version)

From: [redacted] [redacted]

Caption: Sex poster at Natural History Museum, Credit: Andy Duckworth

WARNING: contains frank details about animal sex... please listen and approve before broadcasting. We reveal nature's most bizarre and intimate se...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Feb 13, 2011
Length: 39:24
Purchases: 1

Insects Galore

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Insects and the world we humans share with them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is anthropologist Hugh Raffles, the author...

Added: Jun 07, 2010
Length: 29:23

How Do We Feel About Surrogate Mothers?

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if t...

Added: Apr 26, 2010
Length: 28:52

Sex, Evolution And Consumer Behaviour

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Why do you buy what you buy? What do you hope to gain from it and will it make you a happier, sexier and more successful person? In these days of e...

Added: Dec 07, 2009
Length: 29:00

One School District's Unlikely Solution to Budget Woes...Crayfish

From: Youth Radio

Like many public school systems, Oakland Unified School District was facing serious budget shortfalls when it devised a system to save more than 20...

Bought by KUOW

Added: Jul 10, 2009
Length: 03:09
Purchases: 1

Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Turbulent Times

From: A World of Possibilities

Interviews with several scientists about how nature teaches us to be resilient.

Bought by WRGY, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston

Added: Mar 12, 2009
Length: 55:00
Purchases: 3

Old Species Need Trees

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series

You know the saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks?" Well, looks like it holds true for long-established species coping with deforestation.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Sep 29, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Lost World Found

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series

"Pygmy possum" and "giant rat." They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in th...

Bought by KOSU