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A local energy crisis inspired one Rwandan youth to begin developing sustainable technologies for his village and his country.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Social enterprising helps impoverished small share farmers in Africa and Asia save money through cellular technology.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
This week on the show: From a risk/reward standpoint, does it make sense to fly to another country to get vaccinated there? Also, is it OK to brea...
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 30:00
The aviation industry is one of the largest users of fossil fuels. The solution could be in the middle east where A branchy-like plant is looking v...
- Added: May 03, 2021
- Length: 02:32
This week on the show: Who owns space? -
We dive deep into outer space. Who owns space? Who owns mineral resources and water? The race is on — i...
- Added: Apr 30, 2021
- Length: 29:59
Cigarettes are horrible for you, but their butts are quite useful for recycling. A garbage startup in New Jersey is turning trash into outdoor furn...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
During a recent 60 day period asteroid hunters discovered 29 space rocks as they passed closer to us than the Moon. These small asteroids averaged...
Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more
- Added: Apr 24, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 10
Move over Tesla, a collaborator of Swiss Companies has created a prototype dump truck that might even be able to sell electricity back to the grid!
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Dutch engineers find a way to bring drinkable water to South Africans by combining it with their favorite sporting pastime.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Why throw away your spoon if you can eat it? A new solution to disposable plastic utensils.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Pay up! A team of social scientists in France and Spain develops an algorithm that helps save you money while redistributing wealth.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A clever re-using of plastic brings cool comfort to millions.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
How ET could know there is life on Earth.
Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more
- Added: Apr 18, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 10
Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s set out to solve the dilemma of conserving the Earth's scarce resource—freshwater—by developing a salt water toilet.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show: Traveling without a passport - just by being scanned at an airport? Projects to test this kind of digital identity have alr...
- Added: Mar 25, 2021
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Do Germans have a good case for wanting things to reopen? Or it based more on psychological fatigue and social isolation? A...
- Added: Mar 13, 2021
- Length: 30:00
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Canes Venatici with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, ...
Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more
- Added: Feb 14, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 11
Lane (me) is a grad student at the UofA researching cheap and portable methods for detecting chemicals, bacteria, and viruses.
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 04:44
Kira Zeider is a first-year graduate student pursuing her doctorate in chemical engineering. A Tucson-native, she graduated from the University of ...
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 05:03
“Hey there! My name is Sylvia Zarnescu and I am a junior at the University of Arizona double majoring in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science and Eco...
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 05:02
My name is Grace Hathaway and I am a senior Physics and Astronomy double major at UArizona with a minor in Mathematics. In my undergrad career, I h...
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 05:03
My name is Amanda Ruelas and I am currently a senior here at the University of Arizona, where I am majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology, with...
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 04:45
Dan Walls is a postdoctoral research associate visiting the Ramírez-Andreotta laboratory at the University of Arizona from Rensselaer Polytechnic I...
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 04:59
My name is Matt Huntley and I’m a senior at the University of Arizona majoring in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a minor in Biochemistry.
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 09:55
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