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Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jeffrey McLean discusses the genomic sequencing of bacteria.

Bought by KPVL and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 24:12
  • Purchases: 2
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Dr. Devra Davis - Ph. D., M. P. H., author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to P...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:41
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Dr. Frank R. Spellman, author of Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing talks to us about the topic of his book. He discusses all aspects o...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:36
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ken Weiss discussed the controversy surrounding the Yanomami blood samples.

Bought by KPVL and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Kevin Drum discussed the economics of a robotic future.

Bought by KKRN, KPVL, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Megan Watzke discussed a guide to the cosmos.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KPVL


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 2
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
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Professor Ted Anton joins us to discuss his new book, "The Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth"

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Mary Roach discussed her adventures through the alimentary canal.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 19:44
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Alex Rutherford discusses the DARPA Network Challenge using social networks.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 29:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. David Berlinski discussed his book, The King of Infinite Space: Euclid and His Elements.

Bought by KPVL and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 25:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Emily Anthes discussed bioengineering and her book, Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Humans have wanted to know tomorrow's weather for as long as there have been todays. Only in the last few centuries, however, have we begun making...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 1
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What are the risks of introducing genetically engineered fish into our food supply? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda H...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Anthony, no stranger to faraway places himself, tells the harrowing history of the search for the Northwest Passage in "The Man Who Ate His Boots."...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:11
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Kenneth Wright discussed how lack of sleep influences our metabolism and its effect on weight gain.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Neil Shubin joins us to discuss his exciting new book, "The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People."

Bought by WRNC-LP, KMXT, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Werner R. Lowenstein discussed quantum physics and the mind.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Josh Goldman
Making responsible choices as a seafood consumer has never been more complicated. An average fish-eater might be aware that tuna is high in mercury...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Tristan Matthews discusses how physicists use massive helium balloons launched from the Antarctic to study stellar phenomena.

Bought by KMXT and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 32:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Dialogos Interview Series, produced by Dialogos Radio, Credit: Michael Nevradakis
An interview with Dr. Pericles Papadopoulos, the NASA scientist who landed the Curiosity Rover on Mars.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:38
Caption: Robert Boyd
One of the most alluring answers to the climate change conundrum is a transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a hydrogen-based economy. As h...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Joe Kirschvink discusses oxygen, cyanobacteria, and the Medea hypothesis.

Bought by WRNC-LP, WXDU, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 25:23
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Zac Unger
We have all seen the mournful image of an unhappy polar bear isolated on a melting ice floe. It conveys the doom of that one bear as well as his sp...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Not many laboratories house mice in 3000 pounds of sand, but then not many labs research the burrowing habits of Peromyscus, either. Dr. Hopi Hoek...

Bought by KMXT and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 30:27
  • Purchases: 2