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Have you ever thought of using your loved ones as compost? Uh, I’d better explain...
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...
- Added: Dec 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
A frozen zoo...for all animals? Well, no one’s making the Panamanian golden frog shiver in its terrarium. Instead, this is a unique way that the Sa...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be.
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal’s head with its body. ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...
- Added: Dec 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
As part of a series of ‘Radio Curious on tour in Scotland’ we interview Jim Fairlie, the organizer of Farmers Markets in Scotland. Jim is a farmer...
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 29:20
Do you know how the food you eat is raised? In this conversation host and producer Attorney Barry Vogel visits with Gene Baur, author of “Farm San...
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 29:23
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
f you’re looking to save energy and cold, hard cash, check out the fridge.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve that can teach us a thing or two about national security.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What’s better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.
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- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
In 1941, there were only fifteen Whooping cranes left in North America -- a flock from Canada that wintered in Texas.
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- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A shark that strolls along coral on its fins. A shrimp with enough muscle and speed to shatter the glass in an aquarium. These and 48 other never-b...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
As oil prices rise and supplies decline, interest in wind energy is soaring. But finding sites for wind farms hasn’t been a breeze.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Maybe there’s hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Nab a New York apartment with a river view? That's easy -- for a beaver named Jose.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
“Regular, unleaded or decaf?” Coffee may keep our eyes open, but coffee grounds might, someday, fuel our cars.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.
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- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The executive director of "Mendocino County Tomorrow", Robin Collier, known locally for her skills in making excellent cheese cake, is the guest on...
- Added: Oct 06, 2009
- Length: 31:44
If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: the bees!
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- Added: Sep 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1