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Your Inner Macaque -- Groks Science Show 2012-05-02
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dario Maestripieri joins us to discuss his new book, 'Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human ...

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:24:47
  • Purchases: 2
Early Adapters
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Early Adapters, Credit: Seth Shostak
How Homo sapiens can wield technology to adapt to the onslaught of climate change, a growing population, and the blitz of hi-tech.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Life Back Then
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Life Back Then, Credit: Seth Shostak
Time keeps on ticking, ticking … and as it does, evolution operates to produce remarkable and transformative changes in species.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:01
  • Purchases: 1
Monkey Miscarriages - Airdate - 3 April 2012
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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Wild gelada monkeys spontaneously abort pregnancies when a new male takes over the group.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Australian Extinction - Airdate: 26 March 2012
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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Human hunters drove Australia’s largest animals to extinction around 40,000 years ago.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Seth's Cabinet of Wonders
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Cabinet of Wonders, Credit: Seth Shostak
A potpourri show: from Sealab … to the next Cosmos series… to software to replace scientists, you never know what you’ll find when you root around ...

Bought by KREV-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:02
  • Purchases: 3
A Fish That Walks -- Groks Science Show 2012-02-08
From Charles Lee
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Heather King joins us to discuss how lungfish walk

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:24:37
Mimic Mimic - Airdate: 18 January 2012
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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When an Indonesian octopus mimics poisonous fish, a smaller fish takes advantage.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Flora & Fauna Roundup - Airdate: 13 January 2012
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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Researchers have discovered what makes buttercups so shiny.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Sounds & Colors - Airdate: 11 January 2012
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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Like humans, chimpanzees associate high-pitched sounds with bright colors and low-pitched sounds with dark colors.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Lucy
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From L.A. Theatre Works
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Is autism a disability...or an evolutionary adaptation?

Bought by KUT, KKRN, KUOW, KMUN, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 7
Blame it on Bacterio
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Blame it on Bacterio, Credit: Seth Shostak
Think small! Microbes are tinier than the dot at the end of this sentence, yet they can make humans sicker than dogs, dogs sicker than humans, jum...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
Anthropocene and Heard
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Anthropocene and Heard, Credit: Seth Shostak
Biololgy, evolution, climate science, sociology, economics, civilization, archaeology

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Happy Daze
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Happy Daze, Credit: Seth Shostak
Calling all pessimists – discover why your brain is wired for optimism, the evolutionary advantage of thinking positive and other research into th...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #130 - Recycling the Blues: The Origins of Classic Blues Songs
Series: Blues Unlimited
From Steve Franz
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're "recycling the blues" by taking a look at a handful of world-famous, iconic blues songs and tracing their...

Bought by KHNS and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Biomimicry
From Sarah Lilley
Caption: Nautilus
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...

Bought by WAMC and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:25
  • Purchases: 2
Know Laughing Matter
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
Caption: Know Laughing Matter, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why we evolved to laugh plus side-splitting jokes about electrons and relativity.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
SuperCooperators -- Groks Science Show 2011-05-18
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Martin Nowak discussed supercooperators.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 00:25:35
  • Purchases: 2
Whale Evolution Riddle
Series: A Moment of Science
From WFIU
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2-minute science module.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Blood Is Thicker Than Water
Series: A Moment of Science
From WFIU
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Two-minute science module.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:02:03
  • Purchases: 1
Evolution in Action
Series: A Moment of Science
From WFIU
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Two-minute science module.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 00:02:03
  • Purchases: 1
Science versus Religion -- Groks Science Show 2010-11-17
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Ron Frost discussed the scientific and religious debate over evolution

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:22:23
  • Purchases: 2
Traveling Seeds
Series: Nature Notes
From Marfa Public Radio
Caption: Maple seeds can fly with their papery propellers. , Credit: Cathryn Hoyt
You might think of plants as immobile, but they've evolved diverse strategies to scatter their offspring far and wide. What are some dispersal tact...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 00:04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2010-10-06
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Richard Dawkins discussed The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:26:28
  • Purchases: 1
From Occupied Earth
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
From Alex Smith
Caption: Nikolas Kozloff
Nikolas Kozloff on South America eco-news (Venezuela, Boliva) & drying of Amazon. Dr. Deirdre Barrett of Harvard, author of "Supernormal Stimuli," ...

  • Added: May 02, 2010
  • Length: 00:53:00