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This week brings us a special edition of “Quick Study”—an interview with NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert San...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 33:42
Those of us who use the internet are subject to the words and wisdom, or lack thereof, provided by the people and or machines that upload ideas and...
- Added: Mar 15, 2024
- Length: 29:00
A look at stats and stories to help us better understand the value of art in everyday life--from the National Endowment for the Arts
- Added: Jun 14, 2022
- Length: 06:08
Many animals are industrious and clever, but humans are unique in their creative and inventive impulses. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 15
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 11:00
- Purchases: 1
Frank Wilczek discussed the concept of beauty in physics.
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 32:13
- Purchases: 2
![Caption: Artist Abdelkader Benchamma at work on “Representation of Dark Matter” at The Drawing Center, NYC. [Photo credit: Jose Andres Ramirez; courtesy of The Drawing Center], Credit: Jose Andres Ramirez; courtesy of The Drawing Center](https://s3.amazonaws.com/production.mediajoint.prx.org/public/piece_images/350241/benchamma_square.jpg)
“Dark matter” has been in the news again lately as scientists have begun mapping what they believe is its prevalence across the universe. But, um,...
- Added: May 01, 2015
- Length: 05:53
- Purchases: 2
Visual stylometry is a new branch of mathematics that uses mathematics to determine the style of a particular artists' body of work. In this piece ...
Bought by WDBM, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 5
How do you show what the inside of an atom looks like? Or how a scientist feels in the moment of discovery? We decided to approach the human storie...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 21:15
- Purchases: 1
Ever have those moments when you just can’t find the right words to express your thoughts? They happen. Articulation isn’t always easy.
Sometimes,...
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Writer’s block! That phrase might induce panic and a recollection of a familiar experience. It’s a very common phenomenon. So, what is it?
When...
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 07:19
