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Caption: Artists Conception Of Earth And An Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M/NASA
After months of training Tracie came full circle during her first solo 3 night observing run on the 60 inch telescope as she hosted groups of visi...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this week's feature report, WFHB News Correspondents Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, Kade Young and Madison Stratton investigate Indiana's efforts t...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2024
  • Length: 30:38
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn what watersheds are, and how they are impacted by forest fires.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:52:00

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
It’s Not Just the Heat, It’s the Humidity

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
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Did you know that U.S. farm policy values corporate profits over human health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemme...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
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Despite what the packaging says, flushable wipes should never be flushed down the toilet! They can cause blockages in the sewer system and create a...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
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For decades now, people have been installing solar panels, wind turbines and more to transition our energy to renewable sources – but we wondered, ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
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Today, companies are storing millions of tons of carbon dioxide underground every year to prevent this climate pollution from warming the planet. I...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 12:22
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Is hydrogen fuel a climate solution? That depends on how you produce it. Dr. Emre Gençer of the MIT Energy Initiative joins MIT's TILclimate podcas...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 13:44
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Renowned biologist and author Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks about her efforts to push back against the expansion of natural gas pipelines and relate...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: Vesta, Credit: NASA
Since larger space rocks are rare, it was surprising when my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groller found a half mile diameter asteroid travel...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KGLP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
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For the past three and a half decades, zebra and quagga mussels have fundamentally altered the ecology and hijacked the food web of the Great Lakes...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 15:15
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The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:01
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In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enb...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:56
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There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 19:13
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A deadly fungal infection is pushing some bat species to the brink of extinction. As scientists scramble to track the spread of white nose syndrome...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:35
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Rails are secretive marsh birds, and they’re on the decline. But a researcher playing their recorded calls over a loudspeaker could help bring them...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 09:13
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Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 16:27
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According to an Anishinaabe prophecy, manoomin – wild rice – is what brought the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples to the Great Lakes.But starti...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 11:40
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America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead cont...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:03
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Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:45
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Flying squirrels glow pink under a blacklight. How many other mammals do this? What causes them to glow? The hardest question of all might never be...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:50