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Caption: That's So Random!, Credit: Seth Shostak
We crave order in things, but we can’t iron out every chaotic crease, nor would we want to: from brain cell activity to the evolution of species, ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Researchers are designing faster, smaller circuits that use light instead of electricity.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Caption: Found in Space, Credit: Seth Shostak
From Google to GPS – how modern mapping is reshaping our world view.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Alfred Molina stars in the Tony Award-winner about the nuclear age.

Bought by KUNM, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Catch a Wave, Credit: Seth Shostak
What your eye sees is but a narrow band in the electromagnetic spectrum. Discover what the rest reveals about the secrets of the universe.

Bought by KREV-LP and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:02
  • Purchases: 2
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
Caption: Skeptic Check: Prog-Not-Stication, Credit: Seth Shostak
From psychics to the Mayan end-of-world prophesy to computer forecasts: who can divine the future?

Bought by KREV-LP and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 05, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Material Whirl, Credit: Seth Shostak
The future of man-made materials from 3D printers to artificial skin. Also, why ancient Roman concrete was better than ours.

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Skeptic Check: Energy Vortex, Credit: Seth Shostak
The science behind “mysterious energy,” from magnetic poles to haunted houses, and just what the heck is an “energy vortex” anyway?

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Cosmos: It's Big, It's Weird, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s all about you. And you, and you, and you and you … that is, if we live in parallel universes. Physicist Brian Greene’s case for multiverses.

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


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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We stroll through the history of causal thought in medicine (and science) and entertain an alternative approach that is getting some traction in ph...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:12:08
Caption: Sensor Sensibility, Credit: Seth Shostak
“Ubiquitous sensing” aims to blanket the world in tiny sensors, the out-of-this world detection system that discovered a possibly Earth-like planet...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A powerful telescope has detected the fastest rotating star yet.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Frank Close discussed the infinity puzzle.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:26:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Science's Alliances, Credit: Seth Shostak
A particle physicist-turned-U.S. Congressman, Muppets teach toddlers engineering, and other unique science pairings.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Step dancing has become popular among black Greek organizations and is part of a tradition that goes back to African tribal rituals. It also is a w...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Lisa Randall discussed how discoveries in modern physics shape the world around us.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:23:57
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rend Me Your Ears, Credit: Seth Shostak
Our buzzing, humming, whirling, machine-driven world is a poster child for technological progress, and has driven one man to search for silence; we...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: College students in a Maryland science class. Some professors are abandoning the traditional lecture because research suggests it's not very effective, but lecture classes are still common. , Credit: Emily Hanford
Most college students spend a lot of time listening to lectures. But research shows there are better ways to learn. (9/1/2011)

Bought by KZYX, WFIU, and WUIS


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Michael Fayer discussed how quantum theory explains our everyday world.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:31:37
  • Purchases: 2
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Guided by science and science fiction, All In Time traverses the timeless mystery of time itself.

Bought by WNPR, KFAI, KUT, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:25:01
  • Purchases: 4
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says that when scientist Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms were made mostly of empty space, he was afraid ...

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:29
  • Purchases: 3
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2-minute science module.

Bought by Public Radio Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:02
  • Purchases: 2
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2-minute science module.

Bought by Public Radio Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:01
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:02
  • Purchases: 2