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AMOS 19.016: Math Is Not a Language, 1/22/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Math Is Not a Language

  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.003: "The Thieving Magpie?" Not Quite, 1/3/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
"The Thieving Magpie?" Not Quite

  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Einstein Shadow -- Groks Science Show 2018-11-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Seth Fletcher discussed the event horizon telescope.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 15:49
Rerouting... Rerouting
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Rerouting... Rerouting, Credit: Seth Shostak
With GPS, we can navigate unfamiliar cities. Without GPS, we might not find our way home. Scientists say that our reliance on dashboard devices is...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KCSB-FM, WUFT and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Zombification -- Groks Science Show 2018-10-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Matt Simon discussed the plight of the living dead.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 15:47
Virtual Reality & Empathy
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Virtual reality experiences could boost empathy.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
zero-indexed
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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One is fun, and zero is a hero, in our engineering programming languages. This is Episode 73 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fa...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:42
Reaching the High School Girls Who Didn’t See Themselves in Tech
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Among the various STEM education organizations that have developed throughout the last several years, there is ChickTech. The local Austin chapter ...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 35:42
AMOS 18.224: The World's Most Powerful Supercomputer, 11/8/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The World's Most Powerful Supercomputer

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Cemetery Science -- Groks Science Show 2018-09-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Paul Kwiatkowski and Jeanne Mooney discussed citizen science at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 18:06
  • Purchases: 1
Implicit Bias
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Piece image
Researchers win an award for original work on implicit bias.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, KENW, WTIP, and WLPR


  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sleepyhead -- Groks Science Show 2018-09-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Henry Nicholls discussed the neuroscience of sleep.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:56
An Architect in the Classroom
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: The cover art for this episode pictures the underside of stairways in the Austin Central Library, photographed during the conversation., Credit: Pius Wong
What skills does a professional architect bring to high school education? Guest Kelly Foster explains, as he shares his experience as both a practi...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 48:32
493-Ringed Dynamo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Even though humans have been aware of the planet Saturn from from the dawn of history this beautiful object still offers mysteries for us to explore.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KKRN, WLPR , and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Food Fight -- Groks Science Show 2018-08-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Chef Gigi Gaggero discussed winning the food fight with kids.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:34
Visual Tracking -- Groks Science Show 2018-09-05
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jam Ghajar discussed neurological eye tracking.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2018
  • Length: 23:33
Lion Heart -- Groks Science Show 2018-08-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Will Solzenburg discussed his new book, Heart of a Lion.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2018
  • Length: 39:53
Plan of a Hack
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Plan of a Hack, Credit: Seth Shostak
Before cyber criminals were stealing ATM passwords, phone phreaks were tapping into the telephone system. Today “hacking” can apply to cyberwarfare...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Too Big To Prove
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Too Big To Prove, Credit: Seth Shostak
Celebrations are in order for the physicists who won the 2017 Nobel Prize for the detection of gravitational waves. Unfolding over a century, the ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KTSW 89.9, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
trochoidal
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Whip your brain into shape by studying trochoidal things. This is Episode 72 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinat...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:50
Fish Knowledge -- Groks Science Show 2018-08-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jonathan Balcombe discussed what a fish knows.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:47
Kalman filter
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Keep your data streams from going helter skelter with the help of a Kalman filter. This is Episode 70 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal s...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:01
Quantum Metal -- Groks Science Show 2018-07-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Philip Moriarty discussed heavy metal music and quantum physics.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 18:46
tare
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Forget to get your tare, and you might shed a tear. This is Episode 69 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:31
What Goes Around
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: What Goes Around, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s not just tin cans and newspapers. One man says that everything can be recycled – cigarette butts, yoga mats, dirty diapers. Even radioactive...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WMRA, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15