PRX - Pieces for Topic: Science

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

156 results


Piece image
This week on the show: In the heart of winter (at least in the northern hemisphere), we take a look this week at what the cold does to our bodies....

Bought by WNMU-FM and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who was Charles Darwin and what led him to describe what we now call the theory of evolution? These curious questions are ones that I have been fol...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Piece image
This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest!!! Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million l...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
Science writer Mary Roach talks with author and actor Benjamin Busch.

Bought by WKAR, WCMU Michigan, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
Spectrum: All bugs are just dust in the wind - An unbelievable collection of data gathered by the entomological society in Krefeld shows that ...

Bought by KVSC and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Spectrum: Marijuana, sex, soccer and sleep - On this week's show: If Marijuana can make old mice brains younger, does that work with humans too?...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Spectrum: Things you have to think about when eating in zero gravity - Can you eat rice in space? Do we digest food differently in zero g's? An...

Bought by KRJF-lp, WXDU, KRZA, WYAP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 8
Piece image
The average household has more than 40 appliances that use electricity when they're off. We help you find and subdue them.

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 23:21
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
HOUR ONE: "Harassment In The Lab" - Sexual harassment happens everywhere, including science. We'll hear stories and possible solutions. HOUR TWO:...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:57
Piece image
Teachers at all-girls schools might have insights on how to engage more young people – especially girls – into engineering. Several teachers at The...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2017
  • Length: 52:36
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Doug & Dave speak with an expert on the languages of business, finance and accounting and talk to an adventurous soul who found the courage to leav...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2017
  • Length: 25:29
Piece image
Dave & Doug discuss today’s changing workplace, from retail stores to drones. And they learn from the behaviors of people, animals and managers wit...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 16:59
Piece image
Today we study the tricks of writing bad letters of recommendation and Dave & Doug talk to a professor of psychology about meeting the needs of her...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 23:12
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Today Dave & Doug interview a brave entertainment health care entrepreneur who has built her career without a backup plan. Plus, an exploration of ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 13:00
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Doug & Dave chat with Roland Ruiz CEO of the Edwards Aquifer Authority in San Antonio TX and then explore ICE CREAM! reward or reinforcement?

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 18:43
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Doug and Dave take on the challenges of work ethics and discuss managing age diverse work groups. Explore the parallels between roller derby and te...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 26:47
Caption: 2017 Ig Nobel ceremony, Credit: courtesy improbable.com
The 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes were recently awarded at Harvard University. They're given every year for scientific achievements that first make people l...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 18:51
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
The color of a leaf is a dance as one molecule exits and others make their way to center stage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Monarch Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Will this Star Trek technology be a reality soon?

  • Added: Sep 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Piece image
My name is Adam Kai Aragaki – I’m currently a junior at the University of Arizona, studying Biochemistry as well as Molecular and Cellular Biology.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 04:30

  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 27:03
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Hermann Rorschach’s inkblot test has become ubiquitous in pop-culture as shorthand for both psychiatry and the subconscious. The first biography of...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
The Egoscue Method is a Postural & Lifestyle Pain Relief Therapy Re-Shaping the way we move, sit, play and work. Its a series of movement and postu...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 25:52
Caption: Comet 67P compared to Los Angeles
Leaders of the quest to find, understand and protect ourselves from the asteroids and comets called Near Earth Objects gathered with host Mat Kapla...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Piece image
The IgNobels are awarded every year at Harvard University for research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. WTIP's Mike Reeves cha...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 13:54