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  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:55
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Teenager Rudy Gutierrez struggles with the fact that his mom has Multiple Sclerosis.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 05:25
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Fluoride protects teeth in surprising ways.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Our eyes’ ability to detect color deteriorates with age, but our brains compensate.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Lisa Zullig
Lisa Zullig and her team of dietitians at God's Love We Deliver provide nutritional assistance to a diverse clientele around the metro-New York Cit...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
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Despite the serious risk of melanoma, indoor tanning remains alarmingly popular, especially among young women.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Stomach This, Credit: Seth Shostak
Not all conversation is appropriate for the dinner table – and that includes, strangely enough, the subject of eating. Yet, what happens during th...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Researchers are using extremely cold temperatures to treat pain and cancer.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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“Nanosponges” in the bloodstream could mop up toxins from bacteria, bees, or snakes.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Conversations about new technologies and how we are interacting with them in a very human way.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
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Dr. Kristen Iversen author of Full Body Burden- Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats tells us about growing up in Colorado close to Roc...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:37
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Tom Wilber, investigative journalist and author of Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale, provides an eye-open...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
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Olympic-level athletes have some enhanced cognitive abilities.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Global Ocean Commission
There are many organizations, conferences and commissions dedicated to ocean policy, research and education. Yet public perceptions of ocean issues...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
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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
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Despite its reputation, cholesterol may be useful for treating several medical conditions.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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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
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Mummies from a variety of different cultures show signs of heart disease.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Skeptic Check: Friends Like These, Credit: Seth Shostak
We love our family and friends, but sometimes their ideas about how the world works can seem a little wacky. We look at the examples that BiPiSci ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KREV-LP, WNJR, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Our traditional approach to protection from sea and surge has been the hard edge, with the mission to shield us from the encroachment of water. In ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:23
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Just one week of sleep deprivation alters the expression of at least 711 different genes.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Nutritionist Christopher Gardner discusses the relations of food and society, the modern food movement, and a variety of compelling reasons for ret...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 42:43
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On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
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Researchers have identified a molecule that could help turn on newborn babies’ immune systems.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:00