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787-Far Out
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Milky Way Rising Over the Gila Wilderness, Credit: David Thornburg
In 2024, Voyager I is 163 times further from the Sun than we are and is the most distant, human made, traveler in the night.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Science unscripted (DW) 02/20/24 - Genetically modified cows are coming
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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As global temperatures continue to rise, dairy cows are going to need help to keep cool in summer heat. Could genetics provide the solution? Also, ...

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
786-Comet 31
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Enke, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered his 31st comet while asteroid hunting in Leo with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Ariz...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Science unscripted (DW) 02/13/24 - But how safe are you, really?
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Do you feel safe when you're walking alone on a street you don't know? What might make you feel safer? Also, what scents might be able to do for se...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
785-Secret Asteroid Mission
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Psyche and Spacecraft, Credit: NASA
Unlike other space missions which are conducted out in the open the asteroid mining company AstroForge’s first mission to a potentially valuable ne...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Science unscripted (DW) 02/06/24 - Why don't I like this perfect music?
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Three questions this week on Science unscripted -- Can music be too perfect? Why do people repudiate climate change? And why are we so afraid of sh...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
784-Josh’s Two PHAs
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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So far asteroid hunters have discovered approximately half of the 5,000 PHAs which are likely to exist. Asteroid hunters will continue to search th...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Science unscripted (DW) 01/30/24 - Alzheimer's 'infections' and walking around parking lots
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week's show, we look into news saying neurogenerative diseases can be spread. Also, there is further proof that nature is good for us - eve...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
783--Kacper’s Centaur
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists conception of a Centaur, Credit: NASA/NEOWISE
Centaurs have long puzzled astronomers since they have traits in common with both asteroids and comets.

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
781-Comet C/2023 V5 (Leonard)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Lemmon C/2023 H2, Credit: J.D. Maddy in the Hauchuca Astronomy Club
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Aquarius with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizo...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Science unscripted (DW) 01/09/2024 - Weekly roundup — Buk, buk, buk, buk... ba-gawk!
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Chickens can communicate emotions (like exasperation), and we humans can understand it. Also, our listeners have a wild variety of new status symbo...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
780-Scary Space Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and an Asteroid, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was being filmed and interviewed by the NASA 360 crew at our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona ...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Science unscripted (DW) 01/02/2024 -The status symbols they are a-changin’
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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An expensive car, a shiny watch, a hot body, video game skins, a vegan diet — regardless of how different they can be, status symbols will always b...

Bought by WFHB, Central Florida Public Media, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
779-What If An Asteroid is About To Impact Earth?
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Concept of Asteroid Pulversation, Credit: Lubin 2021
A description of a research project whose goal to explore if it would be possible, on short notice, to pulverize a small asteroid so that it woul...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 12/26/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Thanks for listening to (or watching) our show this year. And please don't forget these quick tips on how to have a safe and fun party on December 31.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
778-Two Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Two Comets in Southern Skies , Credit: Jose J. Chambo (Cometografia)
Matching his wife’s discovery of two comets on the same observing run seven years previously my Catalina Sky Survey team caption Carson Fuls discov...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Science unscripted - Homeopathic sugar balls for Christmas!
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Pain might rob your Christmas cheer - And drag you through depressing muck - But don't you worry, and don't you fear - For you, dear listener are i...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
777-Psyche Bound
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Psyche Spacecraft, Credit: NASA
The NASA Psyche Spacecraft will use a multispectral imager, gamma and neutron spectrometers, and other instruments to map, measure, and characteriz...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Science unscripted - Exomoons, lethal cats, and feelings (not so hurt)
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Gabe's mom sends an audio message and opens up about how sad a domestic cat has made her holiday season. And according to a meta-analysis of the gl...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
776-Naming Asteroids and Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Sun and Asteroids, Credit: NASA
Historically explorers in many fields of human endeavor have been granted the privilege to name their discovery. If you find a new comet and it r...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Science unscripted: Bad math, fake-proof voices, and the birth of stars
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this episode of science unscripted, we will take you from the 2022 PISA scores all the way to the moment that our solar system was born.

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
775-3 Close Ones
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth,Moon, and Asteroid, Credit: NASA and Texas A&M
During a six hour period three small space rocks passed through the Earth-Moon system. At discovery 2023 TO4 was in Pegasus, 2023 TD7 was in Aries...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Science unscripted - Good studies versus bad studies
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Has it ever occurred to you that more and more emotional language is being used by people today? Would it suprise you that that kind of language ha...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
774-Loss and Gain
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Vera Rubin Main Telescope Under Construction, Credit: Eric Christensen
The Catalina Sky Survey searches the sky as rapidly as possible in search of Earth approaching objects that could pose a threat to our home planet....

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 11/21/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Weekly roundup — Let's increase our healthspan

Bought by Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Nov 24, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1

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