PRX - Pieces for Topic: Science

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

185 results


256-Pale Blue Dot
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The light reflected by a distant planet can tell us if we could live there.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Emergency Response Learning Center - Edward Waltz - PHM
From: Public Health Minute
Piece image
We’re mainly known for our online resources. We have interactive online courses and video broadcasts.We also do a lot with local public health, and...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: :59
Ideas Books: Jamie Holmes - Nonsense, The Power of Not Knowing
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Piece image
An interview with the author Jamie Holmes about his book, Nonsense. A look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it ca...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #52
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
Piece image
Episode topics: Facing fear and staying healthy among the sick.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
237-Lost
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The asteroid named for Mildred Shapley Matthews was lost in the solar system for 75 years.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
RDD: (Inter)action
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
Piece image
Last week we heard from the Courtney brothers who gave us some great options for our next interview on The Rough Draft Diaries, but before we carry...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:16
Your Brain on Stories: part one
From: Battery Radio
Series: Your Brain on Stories
Caption: Cave art in Lascaux, France
Your Brain on Stories examines how storytelling could have given early humans a critical evolutionary advantage. Is homo sapiens really homo fictus...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 52:01
  • Purchases: 2
Your Brain on Stories: part two
From: Battery Radio
Series: Your Brain on Stories
Caption: Cave art in Lascaux, France
Your Brain on Stories examines how storytelling could have given early humans a critical evolutionary advantage. Is homo sapiens really homo fictus...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
Are you sleep-deprived? Good sleep habits explained
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Piece image
The CDC just released a study showing that 30% of Americans are sleep-deprived. So we wanted to know...how does this affect a person's body and emo...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 13:44
228-Alien Contact
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
Humans are searching the Universe to discover life outside of our Planet.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
227-Planet 9
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
The search for the theoretical "Planet 9" has begun.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
219-Zero
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A small asteroid's path around the Sun very nearly crosses that of Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
203-Big Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A rare very large Earth approaching object is discovered in an unusual place in the sky.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Death by Infection: Bacteria in a Post-Antibiotic World
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
Piece image
The number of people dying from infections is likely to rise over in the coming years as more and more bacteria become drug-resistant. One of them,...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
Power Poses: Are They Ultimately Good or Bad?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
Piece image
Striking a power pose--standing like a superhero--may boost your confidence and get you short-term gains. But scientists don't yet know if, or when...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
How your DNA controls your life
From: terry mechan
Series: Interesting interview Clips
Piece image
Split into three clips for your own programme schedules If you think you are in charge of your Life; forget it You are controlled by 3 billion che...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 13:51
Dan Hurley, author of "Smarter"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
Piece image
Is it possible to increase intelligence, and if so, how? Dan Hurley explores this question in his book, "Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
A Promising Pain Reliver for Chronic Neuropathic Pain!
From: Katie George
Series: Cores of Discovery
Caption: All who suffer from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, torpid liver, indigestion … or any form of disease or weakness should avoid poisonous drugs, quack medicines … and try the marvellous curative efficacity of Mr. C.B. Harness’ world-famed bona-fide “, Credit: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
FOR FAST-ACTING RELIEF, SLOW DOWN. (Lily Tomlin) Here is a podcast about a great article I found that shows data supporting the development of a n...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:13
End of the Road for the Tumbleweed?
From: Lana Straub
Piece image
USDA has found a fungi to kill the tumbleweed

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:58
A Conversation about Chinese Medicine with Acupuncturist and Herbalist, Greg Golden
From: Alix Litwack
Series: Another Day Of Living; Join the Conversation!
Piece image
"Change your beliefs, change your health," Litwack comments during her interview with Greg Golden. Join in the conversation about Chinese medicine,...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:44
More Than a Feeling
From: Mark Kwak
Series: Lights On
Piece image
Can you taste a touch? Or smell a sight? Cooper McClain can.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:09
Flying Blind (for Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Flying Blind book cover
When a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department approaches Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell about tracking endangered India...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:19
  • Purchases: 1
PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: PTSD book cover, Credit: Lexington Books
This is a continuation of a conversation with sociologist Jerry Lembcke. His book, -PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Itself
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Sara Richardson
Human Genomes are almost 100 percent identical. There is one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio Niki Strealy Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
Piece image
Chronic diarrhea can be debilitating and isolating, and as many as five percent of the population, or 15 million Americans may suffer from the cond...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:00