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Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Maryn McKenna discussed the threat of MRSA.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 26:53
  • Purchases: 2
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For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if t...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 28:52
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Len Fisher discussed the Perfect Swarm.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. George Bonanno discussed the Other Side of Sadness.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Brad Matsen discussed the life and work of the famed Sea King.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 1
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What would you do when a seemingly unhappy or self entertaining bull is running full speed, headed right for you… and what does your pet mean to yo...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Jan 26, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
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What is the importance forgetting has played throughout human history? What will be the effects on society, relationships and humanity now that so...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 58:02
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Daniel Everett discussed linguistics, the Piraha, and religion in Don't Sleep There are Snakes.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 30:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana has caused considerable debate and political discussion, but just what is in this plant which creates such co...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:34
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Why do you buy what you buy? What do you hope to gain from it and will it make you a happier, sexier and more successful person? In these days of e...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Do we need supplements to our diet? Does a normal balanced diet of food supply us with the nutrition we need?

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Can modern scientific methods and meditative spiritual theory compliment each other? In the past it may have seemed that Buddhist beliefs in re-inc...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 46:35
  • Purchases: 1
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In this edition we talk about ‘The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution” based on a book by our guest Denis Dutton.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Aaron Santos discussed how to estimate anything.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Sharon Moalem discussed how sex works.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Still from brainwave animation, Credit: Paras Kaul
You know what it's like to have a song stuck in your head. But what if your brain was constantly making music of its own without your knowledge?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFIU, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
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Review of a recent medical report on the prevalence of heavy metal contamination in Ayurvedic medicines sold on the internet.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:35
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This piece reviews World Health Organization statements about lifestyle and health and discusses a study looking at how many Americans actually liv...

Bought by KMXT and KISU


  • Added: Sep 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
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What happens when we see things that aren't 'really' there?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
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We visit wetlands around the San Francisco Bay, where scientists are waging a scorched-marsh campaign against a devastating kind of East Coast grass.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
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3 Generations discussing the importance of Astronomy to their cohert group and the world.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Mar 30, 2007
  • Length: 22:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Two encounters with Jupiter, as we get a status report from Alan Stern on the eve of the New Horizons flyby, and we talk with folksinger Cheryl Whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 26, 2007
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2