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  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Asteroid Mining, Credit: Seth Shostak
Asteroids are rich in precious metals and other valuable resources. But mining them presents considerable challenges. We discuss these, and conside...

Bought by WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Recently, we got a question from one of our listeners. Matt from Providence wants to know - can we harness electricity from electric eels? We were ...

Bought by KTNA, Raven Radio, KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
We discussed nuclear batteries and geohacking the environment with viruses.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Brian Dunning separates fact from fiction as he examines the talking points made by the many people who hate electric cars.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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Seafood is a world staple, under siege by increased consumption and over-fishing. Aquaculture is the necessary alternative, yet is a polarizing iss...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 05:18

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
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  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
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  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
Elephant Grandmothers Equal More Elephant Calves

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Lady Parts, Credit: Molly Bentley
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe has ignited fierce debate about bodily autonomy. But it’s remarkable how little we know about female physiology. ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
We look back at the past and gaze forward to the future of science.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Every plastic bottle is filled with hundreds of thousands of tiny pieces of plastic. Here's what you need to know.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:25
Caption: Tomb with a View, Credit: Seth Shostak
A century ago, British archaeologist Howard Carter opened the only surviving intact tomb from ancient Egypt. Inside was the mummy of the boy king T...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dennis Yi Tenen discussed his book, Literacy Theory for Robots.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we’re traveling to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, the second largest rainforest in Brazil— behind the Amazon Rainforest. Today it stands at ...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rebecca Moore
New, democratized access to powerful analytical and mapping tools is transforming our understanding of the natural world – and with it, our ability...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:30