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816-David's Close Approaching Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Encke, Credit: Wikipedia
My Catalina Sky Survey Teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ when...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Hormone Trouble with Dr. Tom Zoeller
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in everyday products can alter how your body works.

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 1
Toxic Tragedy
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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The Story of Monsanto's Infamous Weed Killer - with Carey Gillam

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
815-RADAR Observes a Binary PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Radar Images of Asteroid 2011UL21, Credit: NASA/JPL
RADAR is very powerful tool since it can precisely measure an asteroid’s position and velocity as well as in some cases yield information about it...

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
A Democracy, If You Can Keep It
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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A new report using voting precinct-level data uncovers key information about who is actually voting in our elections, and who our current democrati...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
814-Threat of Solar Storms
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Solar Eruption, Credit: NASA
Solar storms on our home planet occur when bursts of visible, ultraviolet and other photons hit our atmosphere and/or streams of energetic particle...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Curse of PFAS with Dr. David Bond
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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PFAS "Forever chemicals" are toxic to humans. Now we're learning that the companies that make PFAS chemicals knew it all along.

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
813-RADAR Observations of Close Approachers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception of Asteroid Impact, Credit: NASA
Astronomers measure an asteroid’s position on the sky using a two dimensional system similar to the latitude and longitude coordinates we obtain w...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
812-The Bennu Files I
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Bennu, Credit: NASA/U. Arizona
A recent scientific paper characterizes the 123 grams of the regolith or surface material from the asteroid Bennu which NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecra...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
811-Martian Meteorite Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Cacao, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Perhaps someday humans will travel to Mars, walk the surface of the red planet, and collect meteorites. Recent studies suggest Mars to be an excit...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
810-Humans Can
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: James Webb Space Telescope, Credit: NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope or JWST for short is a superb scientific instrument which is revolutionizing our understanding of the structure of t...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
809-How Close Can An Asteroid Approach
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist’s conception of Earth and an Asteroid , Credit: Texas A&M/NASA
The Earth Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance or Earth MOID for short is the closest an asteroid can come to our home planet on it's current orbit.

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
808-Global Auroras on Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Ultraviolet View of Mars from MAVEN Satellite , Credit: NASA
When the Earth enters a stream of high speed protons and other charged particles in the solar wind or our home planet is impacted by a solar corona...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Plastic's Endless Toxic Existence with Erica Cirino
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Author Erica Cirino talks about her work at the non-profit Plastic Pollution Coalition.

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
The Ugly Truth of Med Spas
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Not Old Better Show, Prevention Magazine Healthy Living Series
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Prevention Magazine Interview Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
In this episode, we delve into the potential risks and complications that can arise from health spa treatments, with a particular focus on individu...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2024
  • Length: 25:56
The Grilling Dilemma with Denise Snyder
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Dietician and cancer expert Denise Snyder talks about the hazards associated with grilling meat.

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 2
Water, Water Every Where
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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A groundbreaking new report reveals the looming threats facing United States coastlines from now through 2100. Experts Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto and ...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
806-Distant PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Radar Image Toutatis, Credit: NASA
It is hard to obtain time on the 8m Gemini South Observatory telescope on Cerro Pachon in Chile and the Large Binocular Telescope with its twin 8m ...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
805-Very Close Misses
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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During a recent 60 day period asteroid hunters observed 23 asteroids which came closer to us than our Moon. Six of them passed closer to the Earth...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
804-Tracie’s Solo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Of Earth And An Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M/NASA
After months of training Tracie came full circle during her first solo 3 night observing run on the 60 inch telescope as she hosted groups of visi...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Eco Report - June 21, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this week's feature report, WFHB News Correspondents Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, Kade Young and Madison Stratton investigate Indiana's efforts t...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2024
  • Length: 30:38
Standing Up to the Natural Gas Industry with Dr. Sandra Steingraber
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Renowned biologist and author Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks about her efforts to push back against the expansion of natural gas pipelines and relate...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
How Do You Help Patients Who Show Up in the ER 100 Times a Year?
From: Tradeoffs
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Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly tur...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 24:06
An Insurance Company Bought This Doctor’s Practice. She’s Worried About Her Patients
From: Tradeoffs
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One doctor debates whether to work for the nation's largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 17:43
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
From: Tradeoffs
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A group of nurses in Baltimore wants to bring basic care to every person in a neighborhood regardless of age, health, income or insurance. Can this...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 22:55