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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery. Thousands died from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours after jumps in partic...

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Powerful magnetic currents seek to replace electroshock treatments for severe depressions.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 07:48
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Do your beliefs affect your biology? Cell biologists Dr. Bruce Lipton's research shows conclusively that they do! Until recently, conventional sc...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 28:41
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The impact of steroids in track and field

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2007
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
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So what should you do with your doggie's doo? Your dog Fido probably wishes you'd just leave it in the yard!

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 1
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The uncertain effects of untested chemicals.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
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Scientists use MRIs to study the neurology of shopping

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 2
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Once every 5 years, the U. S. Congress reviews and revises the Farm Bill, while the American consumer remains blithely unaware that this legislatio...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
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Why little league pitchers are damaging their arms and the new rules meant to protect them

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WKMS


  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Dr. Harold Varmus talk and Dicussion

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Can the brain repair itself?? Change at any time in life?? Science has, until recently, held that the brain could not change or repair itself, eme...

  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 28:46
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Liposuction is generally safe, but there are real pitfalls

  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:46
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The plusses and minuses of CT scanning for lung cancer

  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:24
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Stomach stapling surgery is not just for obesity anymore - now it can reverse diabetes

  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:42
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Doctors used to remove kids' tonsils to prevent sore throats....now they do it to correct sleep problems

  • Added: Apr 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:50
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Mining in Eastern Kentucky dries up water supply

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
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) What is it like to unexpectedly develop psychic abilities? Maureen Caudill, author of Suddenly Psychic can answer this question, because that is ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 28:26
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Chris Goldstein and Dr. Earleywine offer a candid discussion surrounding sex and marijuana.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2007
  • Length: 11:59
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Why do we grow old and die? Most scientists cite genetics, environmental factors, and chance. Shane Rea, a scientist at the University of Colorado,...

Bought by KMXT and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Non-profit tech start-up looks out for the rest of us

  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 08:39
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A lot of medicines are derived from plants. And today, the growing popularity of traditional medicine has many of us using herbs to prevent and tre...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Plants and animals in the ocean that might yield treatments for diseases

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Scientists say that carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, is actually making poison ivy grow larger and more toxic.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
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When you?re shopping for food, how do you know if it?s really organic?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
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The future survival of the shamans will depend on how we value the source of their knowledge: the tropical forests.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1