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RFID: Radio frequency identification
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
RFID: A technology that keeps track of the globe, but may threaten our freedom

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:38
Counting Crowds
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How many people attend a demonstration on, say, the Mall in Washington D.C.?The answer is "we don't know" because no one is really counting.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
Best Science Writing -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jesse Cohen discussed the Best American Science Writing for 2009.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2009
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Clean Foods -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Terry Walters discussed establishing a clean food diet.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 30:07
  • Purchases: 2
Uranium Wars -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-30
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Amir Aczel discussed Uranium Wars.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Net Metering -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Tom Djokovich discussed solar energy technology and net metering.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 29:53
  • Purchases: 1
Alzheimer Research -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Mark Underwood discussed Alzheimer research and prevention

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
Cochlear Implants -- Groks Science Show 2009-08-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Valeriy Shafiro discussed the mechanisms of normal hearing and cochlear implants.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: 31:48
  • Purchases: 1
Spy Technology -- Groks Science Show 2009-08-05
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Robert Wallace discussed the secret world of spycraft.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 1
Moon Expeditions -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Andrew Chaikin discussed Voices from the Moon

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 22, 2009
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Recycling -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Byron Elton discussed carbon recycling technology.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Barons -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Edward Humes discussed the new generation of Eco Barons.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Cold Fusion -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Michael McKubre and Dr. Irving Dardik discussed the advances in cold fusion research.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, and KVSC


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 3
Accelerating Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Gregory Cochran discussed how civilization accelerated human evolution.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Supersense -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Bruce Hood discussed the origins of superstitious beliefs and why we believe in the unbelievable.

Bought by WTJU, KPIK-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 16, 2009
  • Length: 26:48
  • Purchases: 4
Overdosed America -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this program, Dr. John Abramson discussed Overdosed America.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 16, 2009
  • Length: 31:50
  • Purchases: 2
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
Piece image
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Electronic Voting
From: William S. Hammack
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Electronic voting seems ideal, but it may well threaten democracy

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 02:40
How much water do we use?
From: William S. Hammack
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at how a typical American uses water - a large percentage of which is imported from outside the US!

Bought by Real Estate Today


  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
How to ID a Bullet
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
Piece image
What if every bullet could tell you who fired it?

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 2
Waiting for California's High Speed Rail
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
Piece image
Getting from San Francisco to LA in two-and-a-half hours -- and a $10 billion ticket price

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 08:08
Telepathy- Is it possible to read minds?
From: Michio Kaku
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Science can begin to read people's minds

Bought by KFCF FM and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 16, 2008
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
Cyber Crime
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Cyber Crime's impact on the average computer user can be expensive

  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:08