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Rick Bounds and Dorothy Biernack talk about how they met.
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 02:27
Despite the serious risk of melanoma, indoor tanning remains alarmingly popular, especially among young women.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Playing soundwaves synchronized with a person's own deep sleep rhythms may improve short-term memory.
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 02:00
New research suggests that young children understand the concept of fairness, but desire gets in the way of sharing.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Researchers have developed an implantable blood testing sensor that can monitor blood glucose levels and chemotherapy drugs, among other things.
- 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
One injection has eliminated the symptoms of Type I diabetes in dogs – for four years and counting.
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Migraine headaches are associated with lightning storms.
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A growing understanding of inflammation may lead to new therapies for many diseases.
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Newborn babies have a preference for their mother's language over foreign languages.
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 01:01
Scientists hope to design viruses that fight cancer.
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Two stories of silence. A young woman's hearing gradually goes away, so she and her family weigh their options. A radio producer with chronic tinni...
Bought by KOSU, Public Radio Remix, Aspen Public Radio, and WFPL News
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
Penny Ingram and her husband, Jeff, talk about living with his rare form of amnesia.
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 02:58
The hormone oxytocin has many functions in the human body. Scientists now think it may also help deter cheating.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Nov 26, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Lupus antibodies may become an unlikely ally against cancer.
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Five times as many people get a brain injury than are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury can be devastatin...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Nov 19, 2012
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 1
Marriage can be hard. But for Michael and Tori, there's an added complication.
Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM
- Added: Nov 19, 2012
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 19, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
The incidence of autism has increased in recent years, and so have efforts to identify and treat it earlier.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
The brain has two very different mechanisms for erasing bad memories.
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 01:00
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
Cancer, the word terrifies us. When we hear someone we love has cancer, we panic, feel angry and fearful. Having personally had skin cancer, and kn...
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 44:44
Researchers are developing temporary electronic implants that can be absorbed by the body.
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 02:00
Most viruses are actually harmless, and some can even help us stay healthy.
- Added: Oct 05, 2012
- Length: 01:00
A conversation with journalist Ian Brown, author of 'The Boy in the Moon'. Ian Brown talks about life with his son Walker; born with an extremely r...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 53:26
- Purchases: 1
