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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Can we really harness ocean waves to make electricity? We might actually do more.

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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It started off routinely enough -- at least in this day and age of genetic engineering and other laboratory efforts to "improve" upon nature.

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that's naturally more attractive.

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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An unusual banquet is underway in North Carolina -- and the worms are going hog wild.

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming...is there a way to capture the carbon bef...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:26
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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they've concluded they ...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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Together with Sandia National Labs, engineers from Knight and Carver of San Diego have added a new twist to wind turbines used for generating elect...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:17
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How smart are robots?

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: May 09, 2008
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Are we alone in the universe?

Bought by KFCF FM and KUOW


  • Added: May 09, 2008
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 2
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Break through in invisibility

Bought by KFCF FM and KUOW


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 08:39
  • Purchases: 2
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Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world's rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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Commentary on teleportation

Bought by Monarch Radio, KFCF FM, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 15, 2008
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 3
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What's better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:25
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A visit to one of America's two tsunami warning centers... and a lesson that just might save your life.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
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How many environmentalists does it take to screw in a passive light bulb? None! And that's the beauty of it.

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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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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IF everybody's a cyborg, who's doing tech support?

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
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British scientists recently had this suggestion about the European Union's target of having ten percent of gas and diesel come from renewable resou...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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How can we get more energy from our most abundant, clean, renewable resource? By concentrating.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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The folks in Broward County, Florida, have long considered themselves on the cutting edge of conservation. Now they're at it again.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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Will the world's largest laser be strong enough to create nuclear fusion in a can?

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 3
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What if that Mars-bound asteroid had set its sights on Earth instead?

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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The pros and cons of solar power in the Land of the 'Missing' Sun.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:28