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Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A local energy crisis inspired one Rwandan youth to begin developing sustainable technologies for his village and his country.

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Social enterprising helps impoverished small share farmers in Africa and Asia save money through cellular technology.

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Dutch engineers find a way to bring drinkable water to South Africans by combining it with their favorite sporting pastime.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Why throw away your spoon if you can eat it? A new solution to disposable plastic utensils.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A clever re-using of plastic brings cool comfort to millions.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s set out to solve the dilemma of conserving the Earth's scarce resource—freshwater—by developing a salt water toilet.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Germany has created a hydrogen-powered train that is a high performing, smart alternative to traditional rail travel and the first of its kind to b...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
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The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Learning about how the human body moves from anatomically accurate humanoid robots.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A government laboratory works to maintain supplies of some little-known metals.

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


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Cross-section of a prickly pear cactus, Credit: Susanne Bard
The drought-defying interior of the prickly pear cactus holds a secret to purifying water.

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


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A trickle of data from the New Horizons spacecraft is building into a flood of new findings.

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


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
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2014 Science Breakthroughs of the Year: The rise of the pint-sized satellite.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Which robot do you prefer? One that looks like a machine, or one with lifelike features? , Credit: (Left: Phasmatisnox/CC BY-SA 3.0 ; Right Gnsin/CC BY3.0, on Wikipedia)
Different cultures have different expectations and preferences when it comes to robot design.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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A true, Russian space hero died today. As a matter of fact, the very first Russian space hero. And as it turns out, she was the first space martyr....

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1