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Atlantic salmon numbers are dropping all over the world. In the US, they can only be found in seven rivers. All of them are in Maine.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:54
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 29th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the man with the nerd knowledge, opens with the...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 29th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the man with the nerd knowledge, opens with the...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In today’s EcoReport feature, USDA Forest Service Researcher, Dr. Louis Iverson, summarizes a recent report about climate change and how it will af...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:12
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Investigation of a unique Native American treatment facility that prescribes peyote 'medicine' to quell the fires of addiction. Regardless of dec...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 30:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A new study finds high altitude mountain climbing alters the brain. The MRIs of climbers revealed microhemorrhages in the brain that may result in...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
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The device that inspired a generation-- a prototype of one of the first portable transistor radios -- has just been accepted into the Smithsonian's...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:43
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Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
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Making a living is a struggle this year for Maine lobster fishermen - due in part to strong conservation regulations.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
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In this one-hour special, IEEE Spectrum Magazine's Eliza Strickland takes listeners through her personal journey explaining what genome-sequencing ...

Bought by KOSU, WOUB, KREV-LP, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KZYX and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 30
Caption: Moosewatch volunteer Dave Beck holds up a marked antler. Team leader Jeff Holden looks on. They mark the antlers and hang them in a tree so others know the antler has been found and documented., Credit: Mark Brush
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a discussion with The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert about the impact of climate change on enviromental health, human health, and human ri...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:35
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
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WTIP's Buck Benson talked recently with J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director at Fresh Energy, and Lonnie Dupre, polar explorer. They discusse...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 25:19
  • Purchases: 1
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If you're a coffee drinker, a new study should give you an added pick-me-up. Plus, some advice for strengthening willpower. And, how memory trainin...

Bought by WJCT and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: Mike Smith
This week, Field Trip Correspondent Lo Benichou take us behind the scenes at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where wounded seals...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 1
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An IU School of Medicine cancer research team is in process of refining a new drug that would target the protein SHP2, a protein that contributes t...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:23
Caption: Amy Pare, a doctor in Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been trying to get the state to examine possible links between gas development and health problems. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
Concerns about the health effects of hydraulic fracturing prompted a Washington County, PA doctor to ask the state to take a closer look at a group...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:45
Caption: Jorey Danos worked with BP's Vessels of Opportunity for three months following the spill and says it made him sick. , Credit: Tegan Wendland
When the Deepwater Horizon exploded two years ago, spilling an unprecedented amount of oil into the Gulf, BP hired about 48,000 workers to clean up...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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For those of us who will not be around 105 years from now, this is our last chance to see the planet Venus pass between earth and the sun. The astr...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 08:19
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Environmental headlines plus, Ramsey Harik, co-founder of Garden Towers, talks about this innovative creation that enables city gardeners to grow p...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 30:47
Caption: David Healy
Pharmaceutical companies, according to Dr. David Healy, have hijacked healthcare in America, and the results are life threatening. Healy looks at t...

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:05