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An audio postcard highlighting native bees -- including nuances of their behavior, life history and ecological importance.
- Added: Feb 06, 2024
- Length: 01:28
In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...
- Added: Jul 12, 2023
- Length: 23:22
We hear what makes tidewater glacier habitat an acoustic refuge, and why glaciers are important to other species in the ecosystem.
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 19:11
- Added: Nov 07, 2022
- Length: 59:01
Learning in robotics doesn’t have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game. Dan White, CEO of Filament G...
- Added: Nov 20, 2021
- Length: 51:41
Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teachin...
- Added: Jun 17, 2021
- Length: 49:38
LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have changed the world – and continue to do so. This energy-efficient electronics technology came from decades of ...
- Added: Mar 05, 2021
- Length: 53:11
You might see some programmers scurrying
when trying to implement a little currying.
This is Episode 98 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 08:22
How do you make an audio-based course to teach science topics to kids? Podcast creator, teacher, and musician Marshall Escamilla explains. Marsha...
- Added: Aug 28, 2020
- Length: 44:13
To control and steer kinetic energy
is an actuator's ultimate apogee.
This is Episode 89 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favo...
- Added: Aug 07, 2020
- Length: 04:34
A robot arm may have a prehensile length
that should be tested for its tensile strength!
This is Episode 87 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an inf...
- Added: Apr 21, 2020
- Length: 02:56
Topic 1: Actor and author George Takei. Topic 2: Emojis and the law. Topic 3: Proprioception.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KOWS
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 48:53
- Purchases: 2
As a biomedical engineer in orthobiologics, Neil Thompson still had to do a lot of public speaking. He was a self-professed awful public speaker, ...
- Added: Mar 26, 2020
- Length: 31:48
This is the second half of a Happy News feature on Decluttering for greater peace and happiness - focusing this time on the mind!
- Added: Feb 13, 2020
- Length: 03:00
An audio postcard featuring the northern harrier. Formerly called a marsh hawk, naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history about this easily id...
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
This segment of Sound Ecology celebrates the white-tailed kite. Naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history and behavior of this "angel hawk".
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
From: James Szkobel-Wolff
Over the last 30 years, the black bear population in Massachusetts and New England has spiked. What's causing the jump? James Szkobel-Wolff looks i...
- Added: Jan 15, 2019
- Length: 06:13
An audio snapshot celebrating the unique diversity of tidepools along the pacific coast.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KRZA
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
Engineers Sadhan and Pius continue an ongoing series of discussions on the fundamentals of mechanical engineering. Today they talk about what they ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 41:26
Dr. Serena McCalla, Cristina Costantini, and Darren Foster talk catching a spark, finding your tribe, and manipulating teenage boys.
- Added: Sep 30, 2018
- Length: 16:32
Astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor."
Bought by WETS
- Added: May 27, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 1
The next earthquake is likely to happen when you least expect it. Relatively infrequent events are hard to plan for. Geologist Lori Dengler advise...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Big wave surfers are in a class of their own. But Geologist Lori Dengler encourages sticking with giant waves generated by big storms. On this segm...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:31
- Purchases: 1
From measuring the "size of the wiggle" to monitoring a "seismic moment", Geologist Lori Dengler discusses the scientific endeavor to quantify ear...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:50
- Purchases: 1
