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Playing soundwaves synchronized with a person's own deep sleep rhythms may improve short-term memory.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
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Episode 2 - 12/4/12 - An investigation into the case of Italian seismologists being convicted of manslaughter, more academic news, and the inside s...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 23:35
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In response to international tests that show American students lagging, a number of programs supporting the study of science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will outline five of the major ocean events for the year 2012.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
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Lupus antibodies may become an unlikely ally against cancer.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: The only known image of Mad Genius.
Mad Genius proudly presents the latest song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "Higgs Boson!" Geeks rejoice! Researchers at the Large Hadr...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
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In the news: Moody's and Standard & Poor's to be responsible for rating new drugs.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
Caption: Jason Mark, Editor, Earth Island Journal Alex Pourbaix, President of Energy and Oil Pipelines, TransCanada Carl Pope, Chairman, Sierra Club Cassie Doyle, Consul General, Canada, former Canadian Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and host Greg Dalton. , Credit: Ed Ritger, Photographer
Today we are looking under the hood at the liquid fuels that move our planes, trains and automobiles. In this hour we’ll learn about peak oil, an...

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to destroy the program that has enabled the recovery of six endangered species through a successf...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
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Finally, McDonald's and Pfizer have announced a plan to merge operations. The Final Edition investigates...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:47
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For reasons yet unknown, more and more Americans each year have been contracting asthma. In spite of the fact that 17% of black children now have...

  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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The world is facing a potentially devastating 'Food Bubble,' that according to pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 56:59
Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: An equation graph, Credit: websters-online-dictionary.org
Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Rachel Carson would not be happy to see how pervasive the endocrine disrupter BPA has become, and the deleterious effects it is having on our health.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A supercomputer, Credit: NASA
How new technologies will put your laptop into hyper-drive; why Ikea is so good at getting you to buy stuff you don't need; plus, archaeological ev...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Science Weekly podcast from guardian.co.uk, Credit: guardian.co.uk
We dial up researchers investigating climate change in Antarctica; plus, internet guru Clay Shirky explains his answer to this year's Edge Question

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Steven Chu
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, talks about accelerating innovation to help meet our energy and climate goals at a National Press Club luncheo...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
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Hour-long discussion on the state of the "Green" economy in New York State.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 52:03
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As the rainforest is being depleted, two new areas of concern arise.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Stand-alone segment of Planet Warning Series. With the earth heating up with global warming, the polar ice sheets are melting. But nobody knows ho...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Revised piece. Too much carbon is flooding the ocean with carbolic acid, with devestating effects on life in the sea.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:58
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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: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:02