PRX - Pieces for Format: Interstitial
Can't find it?
Try Advanced Search
Without mentors, says Judith Iriarte-Gross, she would have never become a chemist. She talks about the importance of encouragement, the necessity o...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:57
The obstacles facing women today have not disappeared—they’ve just become more subtle, says Bonnie Charpentier. In this week’s episode, she discuss...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 03:54
Joan Brennecke talks about how spending Saturdays with her dad pulling apart cars and old calculators led to a lifetime of curiosity.
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 04:06
In a small town in South Carolina, chemistry students at a high school were doing accomplished, innovative work—yet no one was paying attention. De...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 02:41
Olympic-level athletes have some enhanced cognitive abilities.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Each carnivorous pitcher plant contains a unique food web, depending on what falls in.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Energy drinks and red meat contain carnitine, a substance that promotes heart disease with the help of gut bacteria.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 03:04
- Purchases: 1
As we recognize Bud Powell as one of the most influential jazz pianists of the 20th century, we must also acknowledge how much of his greatness and...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 1
Despite its reputation, cholesterol may be useful for treating several medical conditions.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
New research suggests that young children understand the concept of fairness, but desire gets in the way of sharing.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Inspired by animals, researchers have created robots that can traverse sand.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Mysterious “fairy circles” on African plains are caused by termites, which destroy patches of grass but help the surrounding grass thrive.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Using frozen DNA, researchers have created early-stage embryos of an extinct frog.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Researchers have developed an implantable blood testing sensor that can monitor blood glucose levels and chemotherapy drugs, among other things.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Deficiency in a key protein may strongly contribute to cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Mummies from a variety of different cultures show signs of heart disease.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know. Why is it so onerous to be fat?" - Jim Morrison
Interview by Howard Smith | TheSmithTape...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of including Anita Humes and the Essex.
- Added: Mar 31, 2013
- Length: 02:51:29
Who’s more environmentally responsible? Seniors? Young Adults? Men? Women?
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Smile, whale shark, you’re on candid camera -- the high seas version.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
It’s stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink’s. Meet the Pacific Fisher.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Aquaculture is a great way to provide sustainably farmed seafood for the planet. They also produce an excessive amount of organic waste. You know, ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
It turns out that one of the world’s top Earth Friendly getaways is the Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
Well, it seemed like a good idea. Replace paper grocery bags with plastic grocery bags. Save a tree! But, we know what happened.
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:30
