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A recent science test showing that American girls are lagging behind boys has brought women in science back into the national conversation. More th...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 1
You think there's drama on Wisteria Lane? Meet the Desperate Dragons of Komodo Island! How to crowd-source a hit song by 7,000 composers -- turn wa...
Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Nov 27, 2012
- Length: 31:30
- Purchases: 1
Marcela Gaviria speaks with Dr. Dempsey Springfield, who has been her surgeon for more than 30 years.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 02:09
- Purchases: 1
The fish-farming of the future! Aquaculture specialists Jim Held and Chris Hartleb share their knowledge about this exciting trend in modern aquacu...
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 21:28
The basic definition of the number pi is that it’s doesn’t have an exact value – it’s an infinite calculation. But it is possible to know the exact...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 05, 2012
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 01, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A study released earlier this year showed that the U.S. is on its way to a major shortage of science talent; about 1% of American students score ab...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 08:25
- Added: Aug 22, 2011
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...
Bought by WAMC and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jul 21, 2011
- Length: 06:25
- Purchases: 2
Over this hour, we'll bring you highlights from the show's first half-year. We’ll learn about why kids play with fire, how vibrations let us peer ...
- Added: Dec 16, 2010
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 2
Things are going to the birds. Land that is. In the form of 1,500 land trusts in the U.S. that protect bird habitats.
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Sometimes the ocean can be a threat to human health. Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick, a wife and husband scientist team, describe what they’re doing to n...
- Added: Jul 15, 2009
- Length: 09:10
Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield have a passion for creating the next generation of ocean explorers. In this episode, they’ll share their deep commi...
- Added: Jul 14, 2009
- Length: 10:56
Huijie Xue forecasts the underwater weather of the Gulf of Maine: its temperature, its salinity, and its currents. And a lot of people are tuning in.
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 09:22
John Orcutt and Frank Vernon are wiring the ocean to the Internet. And their goal is to let anyone anywhere tap into the vast data stores.
Bought by CKMO
- Added: Jun 23, 2009
- Length: 08:10
- Purchases: 1
Space probes have shown us what other planets look like, but what do they sound like? Two scientists, one from Britain and the other originally fro...
Bought by Iowa Public Radio
- Added: Apr 17, 2009
- Length: 04:16
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 09, 2009
- Length: 02:09
- Purchases: 1
