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AMOS 23.29: Ancient Roman Parasites, 2/9/2023

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Ancient Roman Parasites

TRIZ

From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day

If I read through a thousand invention patents, I hope I'd learn something, too. This is Episode 63 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal sho...

Bought by Enchantment Radio

breadboard

From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day

You use it to help design devices that end up in more than your kitchen.

Bought by WETD

Dialects & Society

From: Susanne Bard

While the media affect our vocabulary, our accents are a product of our community.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR

Giant Armadillos

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: An extinct glyptodont., Credit: Carl Buell

DNA evidence reveals that the enormous armored glyptodont, an extinct South American mammal, was a close cousin to modern armadillos.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR

Blue screen of death

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM

NanoArchaeology

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: A 17 cm carved stone figurine shown inside the SEM chamber ready for non-destructive imaging and analysis, Credit: (Timothy Rose/Smithsonian)

Modern technology reveals ancient techniques used in the production of purloined antiquities.

Bought by KMXT

Superspreaders

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: Mary Mallon, aka "Typhoid Mary, Credit: From the The New York American newspaper, dated June 20, 1909.

Learning about the immune system from people who catch germs but don’t get sick.

Bought by KMXT

Blake Harris reads from Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined A Generation (5/22)

From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014

100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Video game titans do battle.

Bought by WEZU

Ancient Cancer

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: Lesions indicating cancer in the skeleton’s bone., Credit: (© Trustees of the British Museum

Scientists uncover a case of human cancer as old as the Pharaohs.

Rediscover The Meaning of True Friendship: Simple Rediscovery #515

From: Teosson Wells

The current philosophy seems to be the more “friends” that we can amass on Facebook, or the more “followers” that we can attract on Twitter, the be...

Rediscover Displaying Your Underthings: Simple Rediscovery #506

From: Teosson Wells

In the long ago and far away of mid-to-late twentieth-century America, the clothesline was a common feature of the landscape. Sheets, towels, cloth...

Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Laziness - "Procrastination or Instinctual Self-Preservation?"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories

Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...