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764 Green Airglow
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Green Airglow Over Colorado, Credit: Aaron Watson
The natural night sky is alive with its own lights. In addition to celestial sources often there is natural night sky airglow powered by space wea...

Bought by Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 06/30/20
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Poo tests, steroids against COVID-19 & more - Listen to DW's 30-minute science show.be spotted first in wastewater? Als...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum (Science Unscripted) 05/19/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Good vs. bad medicine & the mood in Germany - In this episode, we look at a new German medicine that could be better tha...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum (Science Unscripted) 04/28/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: a host's wife develops a common, yet mysterious, COVID-19 symptom. Also, how reliable are antibody tests? And Spanish super...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
576-Loneliest Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A recently discovered asteroid spends most of its time high above the plane of the solar system far from our Sun. Unknown asteroids on such a path...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
546-Snoopy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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49 years after the Lunar Landing Module "Snoopy" was abandoned by Apollo 10 Astronauts, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls may have spott...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
477-Hannes's Discoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my newest Catalina Sky Survey Teammate, Hannes Groeller, had an excellent training night, working with Greg Leonard, on our 60 inch teles...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
C-HIT The WorkUp: The Dope on Cannabis
From: Lynne DeLucia
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Is marijuana a harmless way to relax or a dangerous gateway drug? The science says “No” and “We don’t know,” respectively.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 07:56
Episode 9: Mapping Oil Spills by Satellite
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Chuanmin Hu, an optical oceanographer at USF, points to a map of the Ixtoc-1 spill made from archival satellite data.
The 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil spill spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but has since been largely forgotten. More than 35 years late...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 09:50
Death by Infection: Bacteria in a Post-Antibiotic World
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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The number of people dying from infections is likely to rise over in the coming years as more and more bacteria become drug-resistant. One of them,...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
Power Poses: Are They Ultimately Good or Bad?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Striking a power pose--standing like a superhero--may boost your confidence and get you short-term gains. But scientists don't yet know if, or when...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change: Affecting The Seasons?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1