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506-Large PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bi...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
1918 Flu Pandemic Lessons
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The 1918 influenza pandemic killed 50 million people., Credit: US Army
Scientists are learning from history’s most deadly pandemic.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Wild Bird Song Learning
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A new study shows that birds can learn from recordings in the wild.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
The 2017 Bee-Clipse
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: The 2017 total eclipse on August 21, 2017, Credit: Susanne Bard
The 2017 total solar eclipse captured the public imagination and taught kids about bees.

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
505-What A Night
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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To give you an idea of the celestial traffic in our neighborhood, on a recent clear night, using our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, my C...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Raven Brooks: Getting The Vote Out
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Raven Brooks
Voting. It’s the fundamental premise underpinning our governmental system. There shouldn’t be disagreement about that, irrespective of political pa...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Steve Seeger + Doniece Sandoval: Power of One
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doniece Sandoval
One thing that we are consistently reminded of during election season is that each and every person can make a difference – whether it’s casting a ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Skunk vs. Skunk
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A listener wants to know if skunks are repelled by their own smell.

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrating Ten Years of Sea Change Radio, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
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This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our ten year anniversary celebration where we hear from some of the planet’s most important think...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:40
Living Planet 09/28/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What happens when our water is contaminated, and who protects it? We meet the people cleaning our beaches, protecting our d...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrating Ten Years of Sea Change Radio, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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It’s been ten years since Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon launched Sea Change Radio in Western Massachusetts. To celebrate this past decade of bro...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:40
Fish-Eating Praying Mantises
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A giant insect gobbles up guppies – and other small animals.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Living Planet 09/21/208
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Earth, wind and fire - This week on the show: Preventing mining pollution in Brazil, wind power finally taking off in Lebanon, ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KMUN, KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 5
Mark Hertsgaard on the Global Climate Action Summit
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Mark Hertsgaard
Last week in San Francisco, scientists, thought leaders, politicians and celebrities all gathered for the Global Climate Action Summit. Mark Hertsg...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Early Spring
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Spring is arriving early to North American wildlife refuges because of climate change.

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Noise-Canceling Brain Circuit
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Two areas of our brain communicate to filter out the noise caused by our own movements.

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sammy Roth on Desert Water Tussles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sammy Roth
As more and more of the western United States suffers from warmer temperatures and in some places desertification, water has become perhaps the mos...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Green Roof Birds
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Green roofs in New York City attract birds.

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Cooling Wetlands
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Marshes could help cool off of increasingly hot summer conditions.

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Solar & Wind Power for the Sahara Desert
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Merzouga, Morocco Sahara desert camel trek, Credit: Evaldas Liutkus/Flickr/CCO
Solar and wind farms would provide abundant electricity to the Sahara desert, and result in increased rainfall and vegetation as well.

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Graham Sinclair on Sustainable Financial Markets
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Graham Sinclair
There is a nearly constant scroll of bad news passing before our eyes, from rampant income inequality and raging wildfires to climate devastation a...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
Speed of Life
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The metaphor of the Tortoise and the Hare can be applied to the speed of life of animals of all sizes, according to new research.

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Craig Downs: Coral Reef Rescue
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Craig Downs
Visitors to the Hawaiian island of Oahu marvel at the splendor of Hanauma Bay, a volcanic crater teeming with coral reefs, tropical fish, and the o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 'The Sea'


  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Underwater Microphones Help Researchers Understand What Lives In Oyster Reefs
From: James Morrison
Caption: North Carolina State University Ph.D. student Olivia Caretti is hoping to fill some data gaps by using a relatively new method for monitoring aquatic life with underwater microphones, known as hydrophones., Credit: James Morrison
A North Carolina State University researcher is using underwater microphones to help better understand the extensive array of animals living in the...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:32
Queen Bees
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: What sets a worker apart from a queen bee?, Credit: maggiedurch/Pixabay
The diet of baby bees activates genes that turn some into workers and others into queens.

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6

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