PRX - Pieces for Topic: Science

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

13 results


Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?
From: Bishop Sand
Piece image
Taxonomists are scientists (usually in museums) who classify life. They're field has open boundaries which creates tension for the Taxonomists and ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:08:52
Hackademics 1
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
Piece image
After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 42:40
Motor Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
Piece image
We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 15:54
Sport Fandom: Why we care about sports
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
Piece image
As sport fans, we subject ourselves to anxiety and depression nearly every week. Why do we do it? This episode explores the reasons why we care so ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 15:07
  • Purchases: 1
Cocktail Effect Remix
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
Piece image
In this remix, you’ll hear updated information, restructured content, and a new mix to explain how we parse voices and music in a noisy scene. Mu...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 15:19
  • Purchases: 1
Why We Pay Attention
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
Piece image
Hear neuroscientist, Jacqueline Gottlieb, discuss some of the cutting-edge questions in neuroscience: What is attention on a neuronal level? How do...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Neuron Channel Makes You Dumb
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
Piece image
New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
How We Hurt Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
Piece image
A short episode about the things that hurt the learning process: why distractions are distracting and the conflict your brain encounters when given...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
Synaptic Pruning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
Piece image
How do we get better at tasks? In this short episode, we describe an important mechanism of learning: pruning away neural connections.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
Translate Sound to the Brain
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
Piece image
Sound gets funneled down your ear canal and... then what happens? You've heard about drums, tiny bones, and maybe a spiral shaped sensor, but not l...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:49
  • Purchases: 1
A Musical Brain Tease
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
Piece image
Don Hodges studies music psychology. Here, he discusses one of his latests studies that gives us some insight into what our favorite song (and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
Searching Space
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
Piece image
Listen to peoples' first reaction to Saturn alongside astrophysicists who gaze up at the universe for a living. Learn the new techniques scientists...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 17:47
  • Purchases: 2
Define Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
Piece image
What is life? In the first installment of our "origin of life" topic, hear various attempts to define life and ponder the life of the internet.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 2