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If you follow the news about climate change, you’ve probably heard the phrase “net zero.” But what does “net zero” really mean?
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 03:37
Today we have a question from Natalie Herbermann. She’s heard that when you put your clothes in the washing machine, they can leave behind harmful ...
- Added: Feb 01, 2021
- Length: 03:44
Taking into account the energy that goes into making a whole new car, is it more energy-efficient to keep the gas car you already have, or to get a...
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 04:00
Today, we have a question from listener David Kellogg. He’s a big fan of solar power, but he wants to know, is it better to put solar panels on you...
- Added: Jan 18, 2021
- Length: 03:41
Today, we’re answering a question from Ada, a student from Bristol, Rhode Island. She wants to know the best thing kids can do at home to help stop...
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- Added: Jan 11, 2021
- Length: 03:33
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Hydroelectric power is the most widely-used renewable energy source in the world. It creates about one-sixth of the world’s electricity. But how ex...
- Added: Dec 09, 2020
- Length: 03:58
Over the last few months, many of us have turned to digital devices to stay connected. We wondered: how much energy are we using with all of this t...
- Added: Nov 02, 2020
- Length: 03:47
Did you ever wish you could wave a wand and get rid of all of those pesky mosquitoes? Especially the ones that spread serious diseases like Zika, T...
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- Added: Oct 21, 2020
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 1
No joke, the best and last line of defense to protect the drinking water for an entire city in Poland is eight clams. Let's chat about bivalve scie...
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- Added: Sep 16, 2020
- Length: 04:52
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My name is Desi Stanerson and I am a Senior in Biomedical Engineering with a double major in Molecular and Cellular Biology. My current research is...
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 04:47
Victor “Blue” Paat is a undergraduate senior studying Neuroscience and Cognitive Science with minors in Biochemistry and Music. He currently studie...
- Added: Aug 01, 2019
- Length: 04:29
I wrote this song about Lycium fremontii when I was managing the native plant nursery of Desert Survivors on West Starr Pass in Tucson. The nursery...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 05:12
So many native plants are ready for some of that monsoonal moisture and I am too. Come on summer rains!
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:55
- Added: Aug 29, 2016
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 1
Mycologist Terry Henkel discusses the diversity of fungi, loosely called mushrooms, and their importance to ecosystem health and the Klamath bioreg...
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- Added: Jul 15, 2016
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 3
Dr. George Waldbusser discusses oysters and ocean acidification.
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- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 29:40
- Purchases: 3
Microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert joins us to discuss the Earth Microbiome Project.
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- Added: Jan 16, 2013
- Length: 31:58
- Purchases: 4
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
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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
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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
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WARNING: contains frank details about animal sex... please listen and approve before broadcasting.
We reveal nature's most bizarre and intimate se...
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- Added: Feb 13, 2011
- Length: 39:24
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Engineers and students design solar powered racecars to compete in international event.
- Added: Jan 11, 2008
- Length: 05:53
