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April brings a shower of fascinating facts! What’s the chemistry of cake? Why do guppies choose ugly pals to be their wingmen? Where does Barney s...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode, chemistry takes center stage. First, why science and comedy make gut-busting bedfellows. Then the history of science as popular en...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 21:38
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Episode 2 - 12/4/12 - An investigation into the case of Italian seismologists being convicted of manslaughter, more academic news, and the inside s...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 23:35
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Episode 1 - 10/16/12 - The latest headlines in academia, a bake sale for planetary science, and The Thesis Defense: A game show where the questions...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
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March winds blow in a bevy of science conundrums: why do beetles follow the Milky Way? How do quail mothers hide their Easter eggs? And while the ...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Do birds have a smoking section? What’s a “white smell?” And what if you took computer dating….to the extreme? These and other science mysteries ...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The sounds of childhood: jokes and playground songs.

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:28
  • Purchases: 1
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An hour-long magazine program featuring interviews and sound-rich pieces on a variety of seasonal themes, including the science of giving, the deba...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Join us as we speak with Dr. Peter Mitchell, Orthopedic Surgeon, specialized in foot and ankle. You see, I had this bunion and I… nevermind. He’s a...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
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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...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Could a pinch of salt slow down Hurricane Sandy? How much sugar is there in outer space? Why is a gibbon like an opera singer? Let us give thanks f...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 33:00
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This week Field Trip Correspondent Becky Palmstrom takes us to a festival in Taung Byone, Myanmar, where we learn how to run a ferris wheel … using...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 10:28
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How is a cuttlefish like a cross-dresser? What makes Wonder Bread so wonder-ful? How can sheep text their shepherd? These and other science facts e...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 34:30
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In the news: Moody's and Standard & Poor's to be responsible for rating new drugs.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 06:07
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SMERCK introduces a new wonder drug in a effort to help the world be well

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
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We’re very excited to have a return visit from our dear friend Glenn Berger PhD. Yes, he’s back for another discussion about us, our minds, how we ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
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Join us as we speak with paleoecologist extraordinaire, Margaret B. Davis. She is one of the world’s foremost scholars of palynology, a branch of p...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 27:59
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And Turn Down Your Schizophonia

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:34
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Radio Rounds speaks with physician and social activist Patch Adams, founder of the world-renowned Gesundheit! Institute. In this episode, Patch ene...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:52
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We discuss work-life balance with Dr. Michelle Au, an anesthesiologist and acclaimed author. Since medical school, she has penned “The Underwear Dr...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
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In one of the most entertaining episodes of Radio Rounds to date, hosts Lakshman Swamy and Yojan Patel speak with the one of a kind “ZDoggMD,” the ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
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Peter Oldring, host CBC Radio's This Is That, goes into the heart of a Canadian snow storm with two self-professed 'blizzard chasers.'

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 07:00
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Ryan Lehto from Celebritygene.com explains how you can "wear" your favorite Celebrity...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
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We tell you how to use leeches to track endangered species.

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  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
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We tell you how to get to explore the Mariana Trench.

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1