PRX - Pieces for Topic: Science

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

469 results


Piece image
This week on the show: At this point in the pandemic, shouldn't we be able to stop the spread of COVID-19 inside nursing homes? And for those of y...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
This week on the show: Remember those jokes about "2020 vision"? Well a new study suggests that stay-at-home measures during that year may have ca...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
This week on the show: As Germany doubles down on the lockdown, new data suggests vaccines will keep us all safe for a long, long time. But even a...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
This week on the show: In late January 2020, a doctor in Munich made a startling discovery about COVID-19 with major implications. It ended up be...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
This week on the show: Sifting through the 100+ episodes we've done this year about the coronavirus has given us time to reflect on what we've a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 25, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump’s Deadly ‘Herd Immunity’ Policies Sought to Infect Millions of Ame...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
This week on the show: Will Germans change their Christmas plans enough to avert a coronavirus catastrophe in January? Also, why are women so muc...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
This week on the show: Swine flu, bonkers 'science' & who shouldn't be vaccinated - Which lessons should — and shouldn't — be drawn from the H1...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Winona State University professor of geoscience and astronomer Jennifer Anderson talks with us about the latest Mars rover recently launched.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 27:08
Piece image
This week on the show: Gabe makes a house call with Conor in quarantine to find out he's tested negative for the coronavirus. But he's not out of ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
Surely, in the face of a deadly pandemic, people would give anything to get a vaccination. Right? Think again. On this show, you'll hear from peopl...

Bought by WXDU and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
This week on the show: Is the rapid increase of confirmed positive cases of the coronavirus around the world due simply to more tests being done?...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
This week on the show: Is the rapid increase of confirmed positive cases of the coronavirus around the world due simply to more tests being done?...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
This week on the show: Could having Neanderthal DNA be beneficial if you contract COVID-19? How can scary movies, haunted houses, and apocalypti...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
In this episode, we take a closer look at the response among many in the medical and public health communities to the president’s handling of the C...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Piece image
This week on the show: - A small Chinese study suggests wearing glasses correlates with lower COVID-19 rates. The question is, why would that b...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
My name is Maria E. Macias. I’m a Junior majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Mexican American Studies.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:58
Piece image
Topic 1 - The Battle to Compensate Ground Zero First Responders; Topic 2 - Will Oil Drilling in ANWR Further Threaten Polar Bears?; Topic 3 - How M...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KOWS


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 51:40
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
This week on the show: Stillbirths, ethics & satire - Why have stillbirth rates gone up during the pandemic? What does it mean to behave "ethi...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
The discovery of possible life on the planet Venus inspires this collection of astronomical standards.

  • Added: Sep 26, 2020
  • Length: 57:39
Caption: Chewie wears his mask. Be like Chewie., Credit: Sandip Roy
…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. — From ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Piece image
This week on the show: new data shows reduced stadium seating isn't doing what we hoped. Also, predictions for autumn and winter — and for patient...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Piece image
This week on the show: "rapid tests" are on the way, but how — and where — will we actually get our hands on them? Also, why countries in Africa h...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Scott Landes
With record-setting wildfires blanketing large swaths of the Western United States in smoke, we thought it appropriate to speak to someone who know...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
This week on the show: Can science help persuade those who are stubborn about rejecting science? What cat medicine have to do with developing a ne...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1