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That's So Random!
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Light Circuits - Airdate: 4 April 2012
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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Researchers are designing faster, smaller circuits that use light instead of electricity.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Found in Space
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Copenhagen
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
From L.A. Theatre Works
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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
Catch a Wave
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
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
Skeptic Check: Prog-Not-Stication
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Material Whirl
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Skeptic Check: Energy Vortex
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Cosmos: It's Big, It's Weird
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Top-Down Cause
Series: Sift
From Bishop Sand
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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
Sensor Sensibility
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Fastest Spinning Star - Airdate: 20 December 2011
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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A powerful telescope has detected the fastest rotating star yet.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:00
Infinity Puzzle -- Groks Science Show 2011-12-14
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
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
Science's Alliances
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
The Physics of Dance: Step by Step
From With Good Reason
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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
Heavenly Physics -- Groks Science Show 2011-10-12
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
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
Rend Me Your Ears
Series: Big Picture Science
From Big Picture Science
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
Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking the Way College Students Learn
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From American Public Media
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
Absolutely Small -- Groks Science Show 2011-08-31
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
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
All In Time
From Sarah Boothroyd
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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
NOVA Minute: A Freaked-Out Physicist
Series: NOVA Minute
From NOVA
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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
Why Wet Sand Sticks
Series: A Moment of Science
From WFIU
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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
Squished by a Mountain
Series: A Moment of Science
From WFIU
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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
The Greeks Knew The Earth Was Round Before Copernicus
Series: A Moment of Science
From WFIU
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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