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Fish, Aquaculture, and the Industrial Revolution

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:52:09
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Author Ben Mezrich reads from his latest book - "Sex on teh Moon" and discusses with host Virginia Prescott his controversial style of writing as w...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 46:59
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We dive into the Schrödinger's Cat paradox and ask what it reveals about the nature of quantum mechanics and physics in general.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
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The woman who became a man so she could become a doctor.

Bought by KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: A man who helped bring on the digital age used to live in this house in Garrett Park, Md., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
The most famous inventors... you've never heard of.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
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KUT News’s hour-long special report: Grounded: the End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight, explores the launch of U.S. space mission...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
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What better symbol of human mastery over the power of nature than fire? Countless years of evolution have written fire into our DNA…No wonder kids ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Why Science and society today are still wrestling with Darwin's big idea.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 53:47
  • Purchases: 1
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What 'The Origin Of Species' said, and what was said about it.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cheri Lawson  & John Hingsbergen
Joseph Priestley: Science, Religion and Politics

  • Added: Sep 20, 2009
  • Length: 27:59
Caption: Artist's conception of New Portsmouth Man running from whatever may have caused his demise., Credit: Steve Carlson
April Fool’s Day piece. New Hampshire hunters ‘discover’ 15,000 year old human remains. The finding leads to political discussion about replacing O...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:48
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Every four years, February packs a whole extra day... but why?

Bought by KHNS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KISU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
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Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Certainly not wildlife lovers in eastern Germany...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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Have you ever wondered where migratory birds get all the energy for such long, grueling flights? Well, there are pit stops along the way, like the ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Sir Harold Evans looks at the lives, times and ideas of the innovators that shaped America.

Bought by WNIJ, WFDD, WFIU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPBS and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 11
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The politics behind the Apollo Program

Bought by WCPN, KVCR, MPR News Stations, WXXI Rochester, WITF and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2004
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 44