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The causes of Type 2 diabetes are well known (obesity, ingesting too many carbohydrates, a sedentary lifestyle). But what about Type 1 diabetes, th...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
One promising new treatment for diabetes is transplanting healthy pancreatic cells into diabetics to restore their ability to digest sugars. What a...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Diabetes has been known to doctors for thousands of years. How was it treated before the discovery of insulin? What new ways are being developed to...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Diabetes is one of the first recorded diseases. When was it first treated by physicians and how prevalent was it?
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Mar 16, 2011
- Length: 02:02
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 02, 2009
- Length: 04:40
Use water wisely, and we all benefit. Produce a film inspiring others to, and you could win thousands of dollars.
- Added: Mar 26, 2008
- Length: 01:32
On Survivor Island, everyone is out for themselves. On Conservation Island, everyone is out for the planet.
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Dec 14, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
From Dehli to Dallas, and places in between, just about everybody loves shrimp - but at what cost?
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900-but that's up from j...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
It's said that "time and tide wait for no man." But it looks like there's considerable power waiting for us in the tides.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:29
Solar power is gaining attention as an energy source in developing countries.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:21
There is new legislation that would create a "National Integrated Drought Information System" hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
As oil and gas prices soar, ethanol and biodiesel get more attention as alternatives.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Maybe there's hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Last year, the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Six hundred million desktop and laptop computers in the United States will soon be obsolete and thrown away.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Ireland is poor in fossil fuel resources, and nearly 90 percent of its total energy needs are met by imported fuels. But the country is rich in win...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
The green building trend hasn?t been lost on higher education.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Some universities and colleges are teaching more than reading and writing. They're educating students about what a sustainable future might look li...
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
