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Climate change could make snowshoe hare camouflage less protective.
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Radio Curious visits with filmmaker Kristine Samuelson, co-creator of the documentary, “Tokyo Waka: A City Poem” about the 20,000 crows that inhabi...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Author Chad Lewis talks with Heidi Holtan and Michael Small about his new book "The Minnesota Guide To Gangster Hot Spots," in this Real Good Words...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 10:32
- Purchases: 1
In a recent visit to Cologne, Germany, producer Dred-Scott Keyes spoke with three Afro-German men: Joe Otoyo, Denis Nunekpeku and Ermias Bilai abou...
- Added: Apr 13, 2013
- Length: 59:57
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
Despite its reputation, cholesterol may be useful for treating several medical conditions.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Inspired by animals, researchers have created robots that can traverse sand.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Mysterious “fairy circles” on African plains are caused by termites, which destroy patches of grass but help the surrounding grass thrive.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Deficiency in a key protein may strongly contribute to cognitive impairments in Down Syndrome.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Just one week of sleep deprivation alters the expression of at least 711 different genes.
- Added: Mar 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Low-voltage electricity may help guide bees to the right flowers.
- Added: Mar 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 19:07
- Purchases: 1
Mood can affect older adults’ performance on cognitive tests.
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 01:00
The type of virus that includes HIV may have been circulating in primates for 12 million years.
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 01:00
On this episode of Art Beat, we learn how theatre and history collide in Theatre du Mississippi's Production of Angels in the Trees: Rockwell Kent ...
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- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 34:12
- Purchases: 1
Children are better at forming long-term memories than adults for a surprising reason.
- Added: Jan 25, 2013
- Length: 01:00
The discovery of ancient wooden wells in Germany reveals that Neolithic woodworking was more sophisticated than previously believed.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A newly discovered comet will be visible from earth this fall.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A brain imaging study supports growing evidence linking fructose to weight gain.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A look inside the issue of gender neutral bathrooms -- through online maps, art museums, and one person's struggle to find a decent place to pee.
- Added: Dec 30, 2012
- Length: 05:09
Scientists hope to design viruses that fight cancer.
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 01:00
No one likes having mucus, but in some circumstances, it may be able to fight dangerous bacteria.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Picture a slimy seaweed thicket – each plant a dark gold-brown, with a strong spine – wrapping around ropes, chains, and other sea life. This is Un...
Bought by WAMC and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 06:13
- Purchases: 2
A new flying robot can sense and dodge obstacles.
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Scientists have discovered water ice on the planet Mercury.
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 01:00
