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Wind Theory
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
the sound of a new explanation of the universe

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
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frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz from Enceladus
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
what's hot on Saturn's tiny moon

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Under the skin at the Museum of Verterbrate Zoology
From: Nathanael Johnson
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An stroll through the gory depths of a UC Berkeley Museum preparation lab -- the place where animals are skinned and stuffed for posterity -- in th...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
When your computer hates you.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Brits are developing a computer that reads your mood. Erg.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
Greener Ways to Green Lawn
From: The Environment Report
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Simple and environmentally friendly ways to green your lawn.

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Jul 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Night Vision
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Civilian Autos Using Military Night Vision Technology

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
Hollywood Science
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Physicists review and rate Hollywood movies for science accuracy

Bought by KZSC and KTNA


  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 2
Identification Day
From: Kate Hinds
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While the layperson might not be able to tell the difference between a bovine patella and a piece of a T-Rex, the experts at the American Museum of...

Bought by PRX Administrator and 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station


  • Added: Mar 03, 2006
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 2
Cyber Tracker
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Report on animal Cyber Tracker program inventor Louis Leibenberg.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 09:28
Sugar Cane Power Plants
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Barbados planners envision power plants run on sugar cane

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 06:05
Darwin Exhibit
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Profile of the American Museum Of Natural History in New York's Darwin Exhibit

  • Added: Dec 23, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
Southern Colorado Weather Forecasting
From: KRCC-FM
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How the weather forecast is made

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Truth about Bears and Humans
From: KRCC-FM
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Bears and humans clash in Colorado's foothills

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 04:42
Hypnosis
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Comedy hypnotists at county fairs have come to fill the space once occupied by the freak-show tent.

Bought by KTNA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Bridges of Bone and Blood
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A special documentary edition focusing on the work of the International Commission on Missing Persons to identify the remains of people who disappe...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
Self-Cleaning Fabric
From: Jacob Adelman
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A Hong Kong researcher creates a fabric that cleans itself in sunlight.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
Tunnel Singer
From: Catherine Girardeau
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Profile of a singer who is losing her voice.

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 6
Elephant Orphans
From: 800 lb. Productions
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An elephant orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya, is keeping baby elephants alive.

Bought by KZYX, The Nature Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 4
March of the Salamanders
From: Adam Allington
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Every year the first spring rains rouse hibernating amphibians from their winter torpor. In Amherst, MA this time is punctuated by the annual Sala...

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 5
In Defense of Bad Weather
From: Guy Hand
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A good natured defense of bad weather.

Bought by KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WGCU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2005
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 4
Metrology
From: Allan Coukell
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A romp through the history of measurement standards.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and AMERICAN-FM Internet Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2
Ask the Librarian: Who's got better eyesight -- the jumping spider or the hawk?
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Ask the Librarian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A schoolbook claims jumping spiders have better eyesight than hawks: is that true?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WUAL


  • Added: Nov 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Finally: A Cure For Nervous Sheep
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists find way to soothe anxious sheep. But how do you know when sheep are nervous?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Museum of Jurassic Technology's David Wilson
From: M. Travis DiNicola
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An interview with David Wilson, the creator and curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 13:23

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