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Opening up the Amazon region and its consequences
From: Anton Foek
Series: Opening up the Amazon region
Caption: Alexandre Rivas, Credit: Anton Foek
Dr. Rivas is a researcher and teacher of environmental economy at the University of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 13:33
Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a record we didn’t want to break. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is at an all-time high. Meanwhile an op-ed in a leading new...

Bought by KVSC and WOUB


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Social Worm
From: Carry the One Radio
Series: The Makings of a Brain
Caption: Dr. Cori Bargmann, Rockefeller University and HHMI
A neurobiologist studies social behaviors and neuromodulation

  • Added: May 18, 2013
  • Length: 13:31
Electric Math - Airdate: 17 May 2013
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Electrical stimulation to the brain can improve math performance.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
The Dinosaurs They Are A-Changin’ – Groks Science Show 2013-05-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Brian Switek discusses his new book, “My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs.”

Bought by KPVL and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 32:03
  • Purchases: 2
Brain Talk_023_DiPietro
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of the Mother Fetal Bond.

Bought by KFAI and WTJU


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Vintage Tomorrow's
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Vintage Tomorrow's jacket cover, Credit: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Going Viral
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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
Monarch Butterflies ~ Danaus plexippus
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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An incomparable and mind- boggling migration.

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
Seagrass ~ Posidonia Oceanica
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A lasting story between scientist and fisherman.

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:28
The Opening Door Show - Cathryn Couch
From: Wendy Strgar
Caption: Catherine Couch
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 26:51
The Opening Door Show - Tori Hudson
From: Wendy Strgar
Caption: Dr. Tori Hudson
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 26:06
Stomach This
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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
Brain Talk_027_Denckla
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Future of ADHD.

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Brain Talk_026_Magsamen
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Importance of Neuroscience in Daily Life.

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Brain Talk_025_Maragakis
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of Exercise and ALS.

Bought by WTJU and KFAI


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Brain Talk_024_Hattar
From: Brain Talk - Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute
Series: Brain Talk
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The Science of Light.

Bought by KFAI and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
De-Extinction Show
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: De-Extinction Show, Credit: Seth Shostak
Maybe goodbye isn’t forever. Get ready to mingle with mammoths and gaze upon a ground sloth. Scientists want to give some animals a round-trip ti...

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


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Deep Time
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Deep Time, Credit: Seth Shostak
Think back, way back. Beyond last week to what was happening on Earth 100 million years ago or earlier. It’s hard to fathom such enormous stretch...

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


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Men, it's check up time! Health and Men.
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Why don't men like to go to the doctor? Lashann Lunnon explores the question.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:38
Skeptic Check: Forget with the Program
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Forget with the Program, Credit: Seth Shostak
Just remember this: Even our memories of dramatic events that seem to burn themselves directly into our brain are riddled with errors.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, WNJR, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Seth's Wine Cellar
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Wine Cellar, Credit: Seth Shostak
In this potpourri show: from atomic clocks … to solar storms … to gold particles that might make gasoline obsolete … there are lots of science surp...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, KSKQ, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Exploring the evolution and development of the vertebrate skeleton
From: Carry the One Radio
Series: From simple to complex
Caption: Dr. Richard Schneider, UCSF
A developmental biologist studies cellular mechanisms that form the head and face.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 11:57
Anthropocene and Heard
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Anthropocene and Heard, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why climate change and loss of biodiversity may mean goodbye to the "Holocene," and hello to a new geologic epoch, the "Age of Man."

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for March 30th-April 5th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 30th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the not so startling...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00

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