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The X-Flies
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Insects populations are declining. But before saying “good riddance,” consider that insects are essential to many ecosystems. Find out what might ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KUAC, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 15
Creative Brains
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Creative Brains, Credit: Seth Shostak
Many animals are industrious and clever, but humans are unique in their creative and inventive impulses. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gained in Translation
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Hey, Alexa, why don’t you laugh at my jokes? Teaching a computer to recognize humor is difficult because no clear definition of humor exists. Send...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
106: Civil War Candy
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Necco Wafers and Jelly Beans were candies citizens were urged to "send to the troops" during the Civil War. Easy to transport and not likely to mel...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Zombies, Bigfoot, and Max Brooks
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Zombies, Bigfoot, and Max Brooks
What do a zombie attack and a viral pandemic have in common? They are both frightening, mindless, and relentless in their assault. And both requi...

Bought by KMUN, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Internet Challenges
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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This week, Isaak and Rhett remember old internet challenges and discuss the allure the makes them viral sensations.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
Biggest of the Teens
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, they revisit their biggest stories of the 2010's.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 1
Frogs' Pants
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Frogs' Pants, Credit: Seth Shostak
An 18th century scientist fitted a pair of tailor-made briefs on a male frog to determine the animal’s contribution to reproduction. Find out what...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Perpetual Emotion Machine
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Perpetual Emotion Machine, Credit: Seth Shostak
Get ready for compassionate computers that share your pain, your joy. But wait, our own emotions can be conflicting and irrational. A suite of unc...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Your Brain's Reins
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Your Brains Reins, Credit: Seth Shostak
You are your brain, everyone agrees. But if your brain is damaged, are you still responsible for your actions? We hear of the first person to pl...

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Sexy Robots
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Summer Glau as Cameron the Terminator, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Desirable robots are creepy, strangely alluring and technologically improbable. As part of my podcast series Imaginary Worlds, I explore whether th...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 15:45
  • Purchases: 1
Shell on Earth
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Shell on Earth, Credit: Seth Shostak
Shells provide straightforward defense against predators. So then why did squid and octopuses evolve to lose their shells? Find out what these cep...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WVTF, WMUU-LP, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Nobel Efforts
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Nobel Efforts, Credit: Seth Shostak
For two Swiss astronomers, it’s “Stockholm, here we come.” Their first-ever discovery of a planet orbiting another star has been awarded the most ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WLPR , WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
It's Habitable Forming
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: It's Habitable Forming, Credit: Seth Shostak
Evidence suggests a subsurface lake on Mars, prompting scientists to use the “h” word. Could the Red Planet be habitable? While we wait – impati...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WMRA, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
55: Super Recognizers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Two percent of the population has the almost uncanny ability to recognize and remember faces from chance meetings even years before. We talk about ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 1
Hawkingravity
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Hawkingravity, Credit: Seth Shostak
Stephen Hawking felt gravity’s pull. His quest to understand this feeble force spanned his career, and he was the first to realize that black hole...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
High Moon
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: High Moon, Credit: Seth Shostak
“The moon or bust” is now officially bust. No private company was able to meet the Lunar X Prize challenge and arrange a launch by the 2018 deadli...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBBI Alaska, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
We Are VR
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: We Are VR, Credit: Seth Shostak
Will virtual reality make you a better person? Seth puts on a VR headset for an immersive experience of a man who’s evicted from his apartment. F...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WPCA-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Meet Your Robot Barista
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Meet Your Robot Barista, Credit: Seth Shostak
We sip lattes in a robot café and contemplate the future of work. Our mechanical barista is just a start as robots and A.I. train to do a variety o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
42: International Ice Patrol
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Learn a bit about the women and men of the IIP who monitor icebergs in the northern reaches of our Atlantic ocean.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
Spectrum 12/11/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Homo instagrammus - Who on earth would pay 29 euros to take photos in front of blindingly pink backdrops? Instagrammer...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Bacteria to the Future
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bacteria to the Future, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why did the chicken take antibiotics? To fatten it up and prevent bacterial infection. But farms have become superbug factories, threatening our l...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, KFOI Radio, Royalton Community Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Rerouting... Rerouting
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Rerouting... Rerouting, Credit: Seth Shostak
With GPS, we can navigate unfamiliar cities. Without GPS, we might not find our way home. Scientists say that our reliance on dashboard devices is...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KCSB-FM, WUFT and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
DNA: Nature's Hard Drive
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: DNA: Nature's Hard Drive, Credit: Seth Shostak
A new place to store your animated GIF: in a living organism’s DNA. Researchers have done that as proof of concept that the molecule is a great rep...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KVNF, KCSB-FM and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Plan of a Hack
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Plan of a Hack, Credit: Seth Shostak
Before cyber criminals were stealing ATM passwords, phone phreaks were tapping into the telephone system. Today “hacking” can apply to cyberwarfare...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14