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Healthy Medicine #70: Premonitions and Health
From: Steven Ayres
Series: Healthy Medicine
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Dr Zieve talks with Dr Larry Dossey about his research into the surprisingly substantial role of hunches, intuition and "business sense" in our hea...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 48:04
U.S. Forest Service Protects Bats, Closing Caves in Five States
From: Grace Hood
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The U.S. Forest Service announced plans today to limit human access to caves and abandoned mines in Colorado and four other states.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:05
Translating Good Intentions to Good Inventions
From: Grace Hood
Caption: A student presents the product JustMilk, a plastic nipple shield HIV positive moms could use to prevent the spread of HIV to their children
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Do Sunscreens Really Protect You From Skin Cancer?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Chronic Sleep Restriction
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Looks at the impact of lack of sleep on performance and cognition.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Bonobo Handshake -- Groks Science Show 2010-06-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Vanessa Woods discussed the Bonobo Handshake.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: 22:44
  • Purchases: 2
Global Hothouse -- Groks Science Show 2010-05-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Melanie Lenart discussed life in the hothouse.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 2
Is the New Hot Yoga Really Good for You?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Hot yoga is more popular than ever, with more types of yoga turning of the heat. Is it ok to do?

  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Natural Philosophy -- Groks Science Show 2010-04-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marcelo Gleiser discussed a Tear at the Edge of Creation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
Could chemicals in the environment like plastics and pesticides be responsible for early puberty?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical ne...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:01
Do Older Dads Produce Kids with Lower IQ's?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Cashing In on Fear
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 2
Breathe It Away: A Bacterium's Super Breathing Ability
From: NPR Intern Edition
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A California scientist investigates the bizarre and potentially heroic breathing habits of bacteria.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 02:40
Emotional Anatomy -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Jawer discussed the anatomy of emotion.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
Overtreatment: How health care makes us sick
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Part 5: The Science Behind Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: Imerman Park sits on the flood plain of the Tittabawassee River. Signs along the trail warn visitors about dioxin contamination in some of the park's soil., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
Regional Power Company Rents Rooftops for Solar Energy
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Duke Energy is now renting business rooftops to set up a distributed solar network. The project has timely benefits for several North Carolina bus...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
A T-Rex Named Sue
From: Kara Sautter
Caption: Sue at the Stearns County History Museum, Credit: Minnesot Public Radio
A cast of the largest and most complete T-Rex ever found has traveled to the Stearns County History Museum in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:22
Peter Annin on The Great Lakes; Interview by Judy Mintel
From: Judy Mintel
Caption: The Great Lakes: Lake Michigan at dawn, Credit: Photo by Judy Mintel
Peter Annin, journalist and author, discusses the Great Lakes, the history of the Chicago Diversion and how that reversal of the Chicago River affe...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 09:44
Tasmanian Devil on the Brink of Extinction
From: Jake Warga
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Travels around Tasmania to learn about the fate of the little Devil

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3
Going Green at the Cleaners
From: Rene Gutel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is there such a thing as "green" dry cleaning?

Bought by CKMO and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
One School District's Unlikely Solution to Budget Woes...Crayfish
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Like many public school systems, Oakland Unified School District was facing serious budget shortfalls when it devised a system to save more than 20...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
Mindful Body -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jeffrey Brantley discussed achieving a mindful body.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2009
  • Length: 28:25
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Brains -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Charles Fernyhough discussed what it is like inside a baby's mind.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2009
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 2
Why Files -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David J. Tenenbaum discussed the why files

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 2

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