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The idea of surviving our own physical demise has long obsessed us. But is there any way that our personal awareness could actually transcend physi...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WCPN, KWMR, and KVCR


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 53:49
  • Purchases: 5
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How can you forget the one Halloween in your life that came with two feet of snow? KFAI's Britt Aamodt was studying biology at Gustavus Adolphus Co...

Bought by WGZS, WGZS, WGZS, KKWE Niijii Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Ideas Books: Jeremy Taylor
Interview with author Jeremy Taylor about his book, Body By Darwin. Jeremy Taylor argues in Body by Darwin, that we can trace the roots of many med...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 1
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30-second promo for Closer To Truth Radio Hour Series

Bought by KGOU, WPSU, WCPN, KVCR, KRDP and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 7
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Our universe began far smaller than a proton. Today we have galaxies, stars, planets, people. How does Complexity Come from Simplicity? The laws of...

Bought by KGOU, WCPN, KRDP, KWMR, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 8
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Some atheists claim that the existence of evil is inconsistent with an all-powerful, all-good God. Does Evil Disprove God? God-believers invoke the...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, KWMR, KSUT, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Advertisement encouraging people to donate a kidney., Credit: Science Museum, London, Wellcome Images
Rethinking the ethics of organ transplants.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 21:10
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We explore Atheism, from classical arguments against God to latest scientific thinking showing no need for God. In recent years, a new wave of aggr...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, KWMR, KSUT, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 6
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Are Science and Religion they compatible? Are they at war? Can Science Deal With God? Both Science and Religion pursue big truths and offer total s...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, KWMR, KSUT, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 7
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Suppose intelligent, self-conscious, knowledge-seeking aliens do exist? What Would Intelligent Aliens Mean? Whether or not we are alone in the univ...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, KWMR, KSUT, and CFBX


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 5
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Why does it “feel like something” to see, hear, taste and think? What’s our private, inner experience all about? Why is Consciousness So Mysterious...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KSUT and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 8
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Science can describe everything about the physical world, but can it say anything at all reliable about God? Can Science Talk God? For centuries, S...

Bought by 'The Sea', KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 9
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The Cosmos is overwhelming. We humans stand between astonishingly large galaxies and the vanishingly small atoms. What does it all mean? What about...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KSUT and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 7
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Consciousness is a mystery. What is private, inner experience all about? What is the meaning of consciousness? Is mind only an accident of biology ...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KSUT and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 7
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The idea that we might encounter aliens seems like the stuff of science fiction, but the possibilities demand serious thought. Could our existence ...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 9
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"Ultraconserved elements" could be the most important parts of our genome, but scientists have no idea what they're for. And after a decade of stud...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
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Animals communicate with each other like instruments in an orchestra. This natural soundscape is now quieting which can have an effect on humans as...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 3
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Life is everywhere and we have a tough time killing it when sending our spacecraft off to Mars. However, in the lab, life is elusive. We look at th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
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This paradox resists a solution and inspires major advances from Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Mike Wong using mirror therapy., Credit: Spitzer/WBEZ
Mirrors treat phantom limb pain, chronic pain changes your brain, and one scientist's colorful guide to insect bites.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Randal Keynes on CREATION, the film version of his book of the same name about his ancestor, Charles Darwin.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 14:27
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The conceptual art of Jonathan Keats

  • Added: Dec 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:38
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Biologists who study how living things interact are using genetics as a powerful new tool.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WUAL, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6