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The Mysterious Death of the Barn Owl
From: Guy Hand
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Barn owls die in larger numbers than any other animal on Idaho highways. Why?

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 03:56
From Self-Help to Science
From: Chris Berdik
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McLean Psychiatric Hospital to research effectiveness of life coaching

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Curiosity Aroused Pilot
From: Rebecca Watson
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Looking at the world from a skeptical perspective

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, Texas Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
QUEST_How Do You Clean Up An Oil Spill?
From: KQED
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Why San Francisco's recent oil spill will be so hard to clean up.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Penn State and environmental activism group win Green Power award
From: ComRadio
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Penn State University is looking pretty green these days, but don't worry, the school's blue and white colors have nothing to do with it. Last week...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping an Eye on Eagles
From: The Environment Report
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Bald Eagles still affected by toxic chemicals.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
Synthesizing Spider Silk
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
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If they can synthesize it, researchers hope to save lives with spider silk.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST_Big Plans for Big OIl
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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As Chevron hatches expansion plans for one of California's largest oil refineries, Richmond's Green Party mayor considers the future of her city, a...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST_WiFi Revolution
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The promise -- and perils? -- of municipal wifi

  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
Global warming has a goose face in Northwest
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Climate change sends Artic Snow geese to pastures in the Lower 48, nibbling away at farmers' profits.

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
CO2 Crops Not Tops
From: The Environment Report
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Crop production from higher CO2 levels not as good as thought.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
India-Ukraine: Containing (and Expanding) the Nuclear Sphere
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Simon Marks explores the multi-faceted and often contradictory approaches that successive US governments have adopted toward non-proliferation.

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 11:01
Higher Ed in the Round Special: ?The Future of Science in America?
From: Michael Black
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Dr. Harold Varmus talk and Dicussion

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
CO2 "Upstream" Battle
From: The Environment Report
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Automakers want the oil companies to deal with CO2 issue.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
Juneau's urban-avalanche forecasters
From: John Ryan
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Avalanche forecasters at work on the snowy slopes above Juneau, AK.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Humpback Whale Song
From: Heidi Chang
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Why do humpback whales sing? Some researchers are trying to solve that mystery as they take you on a wild adventure in Hawaii. Experience some cl...

Bought by PRX Remix, Here and Now, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, The Nature Podcast, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 6
End of the Internal Combustion Engine
From: The Environment Report
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Will fuel cells kill the combustion engine?

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:04
Lessons from Insect Infested Wood
From: The Environment Report
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Remembering an invader's destruction

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
Using Energy More Efficiently
From: The Environment Report
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Making electricity more efficient

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:05
Hydrogen Explodes onto Car Scene?
From: The Environment Report
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Is hydrogen a safe fuel?

  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
Hydrogen: A Pollution Shell Game?
From: The Environment Report
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Hydrogen powered vehicles merely shift pollution upstream.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Volunteers Testing the Waters
From: The Environment Report
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Who?s watching out for water pollution?

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
Polars Bearing Weight of Global Warming
From: The Environment Report
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Polar bears might be protected by Endangered Species Act because of global warming

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Flex-Fuel Economy Questioned
From: The Environment Report
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Flex-fuel vehicles might only be a stop-gap measure at best.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:40
Seed Bank Hopes to Save Trees in Peril
From: The Environment Report
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Scientists are freezing the seeds of a tree being destroyed by insects in hopes to save it for the future.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1

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