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At the start of the year, some school districts are considering whether, they will stock a medication that can reverse an overdose. Since 2001, ove...
- Added: Oct 26, 2015
- Length: 03:14
A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up, overturning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.
- Added: Aug 15, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Differences in animals’ pupil shapes distinguish predators from prey.
- Added: Aug 08, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
The letter “R” is one of the hardest sounds we learn to pronounce; now scientists think they’ve identified what makes it so tricky.
- Added: Jun 19, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Show #81 Hour 2 April 18, 2015 | Guests: Julie Metzger and Dr. Robert Lehman, Sex and Health Educators at Great Conversations, Seattle WA.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KPIP-LP
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 59:51
- Purchases: 2
The measles vaccine protects the immune system from other infectious diseases.
- Added: May 08, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
There is a fundamental need to restore a female perspective to the male-dominated world of science. Is it any accident that the first person to so...
- Added: Apr 08, 2015
- Length: 28:30
When Amy and Ryan Green's son Joel was diagnosed with cancer, they decided build an inspirational video game based on this treatment. But Joel didn...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 17:42
- Purchases: 1
"A Measure of Choice" explores the reasons that some parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children. The so-called “anti-vax” movement has be...
- Added: Mar 10, 2015
- Length: 01:00:44
The “Weekly Arts Calendar” is a weekly listing of events and activities that highlight the arts, music and culture of the region and within Minnesota.
- Added: Mar 04, 2015
- Length: 02:56
Young adult author Stuart Gibbs has lived a life of adventure as well as having written several books. Read more about him at http://stuartgibbs.co...
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 15:38
Molly Anderson and Bryce Ellis explore human memory through a story told by intern Lizzie Kirshner. They also interview Jessica Sommervile on the f...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 08:50
For a show about embarrassment, my co-anchor Molly and I interviewed UW Sociology Professor Edward Gross.
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 04:58
I am in a lab tucked away in the basement of a Stanford University engineering building. Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash is showing me a tiny...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 28, 2014
- Length: 07:09
- Purchases: 2
Thirty years ago an HIV diagnosis was a death sentence. Today, sophisticated drug cocktails known as highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Dec 17, 2014
- Length: 38:57
- Purchases: 1
When children are adopted internationally, the first language they hear as babies may not be entirely lost.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 23, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
What makes some people able to cope with life's challenges better than others? A growing field of science is peering into the brain to find an answer.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KPIK-LP
- Added: Nov 18, 2014
- Length: 28:13
- Purchases: 2
It’s episode seventy-two! It’s also our fifth anniversary show! Five years broadcasting, wow, never thought we’d get this far. Now in forty-eight S...
- Added: Oct 30, 2014
- Length: 28:02
Radio Curious discusses lead poisoning in children with Dr. Martha E. Richmond, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of Environment...
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 29:01
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Oliver Jacobson started playing violin when he was six years old. At 18, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, one of the top music schools in t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 09:29
- Purchases: 1
Heightened curiosity about one subject primes people to learn less interesting information as well.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Oct 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
An early intervention for autism shows promise for helping babies who have not yet been diagnosed with the condition.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Sep 14, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
The beverage industry spends billions of dollars each year convincing us that sugary beverages will make us “happy.” In reality, sugar-laden drink...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Aug 21, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Jean Piaget was born in 1896 in Switzerland, and he died in 1980. His background was in biology and he became especially fascinated with studying ...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 07:20
