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164-Big Threat or Not
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A damaging asteroid impact on planet Earth is an extremely unlikely but possible event.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
90 Second Naturalist - July, 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 1
Serotonin Day
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
Start Even, I Do. Where?
From: Aaron Leeder
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This is a remixed interpretation of a collaborative piece with Benjamin Riskin - "Where Do I Even Start?" - A working interview for a smartphone so...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:50
Getting Humans to Mars with Chris Carberry
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The first human steps onto Mars in this illustration from the 2015 Humans to Mars Report., Credit: Explore Mars, Inc.
Explore Mars revealed the 2015 Humans to Mars Report at a recent conference in Washington. CEO Chris Carberry gives us a quick tour of this realist...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Happy Heimlich Maneuver Day (June 1)
From: Judith Lavelle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Though June 1st marks a day to honor the Heimlich Maneuver, experts continue to disagree on just how effective it can be. Judith Lavelle has the st...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
90 Second Naturalist - June 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tardigrades: the tiny superheroes that have been to space
From: Elena Suglia
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Tardigrades are microorganisms with superpowers, withstanding temperature and pressure extremes, UV and X ray radiation, and the vacuum of space. N...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 09:45
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - May 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Honourable Timothy Palmer on Dung Beetles
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to the Hon Timothy Palmer about his enthusiasm for dung beetles.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:25
Worms
From: Jennifer Frisch
Series: Telling Biology
Caption: Ascaris lumbricoides, Credit: Sustainable sanitation https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/15701719491
Why you should keep your biology textbooks

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
Fads and Faith: Belief vs. Fact in the Struggle for Health
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: 1963 CDC poster for the oral polio vaccine., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
In 2014 the United States had 650 reported cases of measles, a disease made preventable by a vaccine introduced 30 years ago. The majority of these...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:27:06
90 Second Naturalist - April 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 2
Making Love to Siri: The Seductiveness of Robots
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Tonight’s show “Making Love to Siri,” seeks to understand what is seductive to us about robots. Which question should we ask: Can we make love to S...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 58:33
Cardinal Accents Feature
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Birds are making adjustments to live with increasing levels of human-generated noise. One Virginia scholar says that some city-dwelling birds are ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KPVL and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 6
Jim Bell Welcomes "The Interstellar Age"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jim Bell's new book chronicles the Voyager mission to the outer solar system and beyond., Credit: Dutton Publishing
Planetary scientist and author Jim Bell has just written “The Interstellar Age—Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission.” He talks with Mat Kaplan abo...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - March 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 1
122-This Comet Will Never Return
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A comet will pass our way once and then, perhaps a countless number of human lifetimes from now, become a comet in another solar system.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Disney Measles
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Before you go to Disneyland, vaccinate your kids to protect Mickey from measles (and bring hand sanitizer to protect your kids from whatever Mickey...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:16
Mobiles, Mountains, & Molecules
From: Meisa Salaita
Series: Small Matters
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Scientists are our modern day explorers… they populate lab benches, fume hoods, and field sites all over the world. And many times, their curiosit...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2015
  • Length: 05:20
90 Second Naturalist - February 2015 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KCBX and KSJE


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Recipe for a Small Planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of exoplanet Kepler -186f., Credit: Wikipedia
Astronomer and planetary scientist Courtney Dressing is the lead author of research that may have found the formula for the mass and composition of...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WYAP, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #3: The Sweet Tooth
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: Quick! Blow out the candles so we can cut the cake!, Credit: Nathan D. Friend
OUCH! Keano's mouth gets burned — by chocolate! Michelle Dutro and Keano Martinez first hear from Lizzie Kirchner's family who explains the process...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
Teens and Dieting
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fad diets and sensible eating

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KISU, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 3
Cancer Luck
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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When the chemotherapy fails, ask your doctor about a lucky rabbit's foot!

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:30

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