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Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KDNK and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 2
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Making a living is a struggle this year for Maine lobster fishermen - due in part to strong conservation regulations.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
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In this one-hour special, IEEE Spectrum Magazine's Eliza Strickland takes listeners through her personal journey explaining what genome-sequencing ...

Bought by WRPI, WNYC, WFAE, KHNS, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 20
Caption: Moosewatch volunteer Dave Beck holds up a marked antler. Team leader Jeff Holden looks on. They mark the antlers and hang them in a tree so others know the antler has been found and documented., Credit: Mark Brush
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Features a discussion with The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert about the impact of climate change on enviromental health, human health, and human ri...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:35
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
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The device that inspired a generation-- a prototype of one of the first portable transistor radios -- has just been accepted into the Smithsonian's...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
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WTIP's Buck Benson talked recently with J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director at Fresh Energy, and Lonnie Dupre, polar explorer. They discusse...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 25:19
  • Purchases: 1
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If you're a coffee drinker, a new study should give you an added pick-me-up. Plus, some advice for strengthening willpower. And, how memory trainin...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, Field Trip Correspondent Lo Benichou take us behind the scenes at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where wounded seals...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 13:09
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An IU School of Medicine cancer research team is in process of refining a new drug that would target the protein SHP2, a protein that contributes t...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:23
Caption: Amy Pare, a doctor in Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been trying to get the state to examine possible links between gas development and health problems. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
Concerns about the health effects of hydraulic fracturing prompted a Washington County, PA doctor to ask the state to take a closer look at a group...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:45
Caption: Jorey Danos worked with BP's Vessels of Opportunity for three months following the spill and says it made him sick. , Credit: Tegan Wendland
When the Deepwater Horizon exploded two years ago, spilling an unprecedented amount of oil into the Gulf, BP hired about 48,000 workers to clean up...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Retired “PBS NewsHour” anchor Jim Lehrer, moderator of presidential debates for more than two decades, will lead this week in which policymakers, a...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:15:52
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For those of us who will not be around 105 years from now, this is our last chance to see the planet Venus pass between earth and the sun. The astr...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 08:19
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Environmental headlines plus, Ramsey Harik, co-founder of Garden Towers, talks about this innovative creation that enables city gardeners to grow p...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 30:47
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Pharmaceutical companies, according to Dr. David Healy, have hijacked healthcare in America, and the results are life threatening. Healy looks at t...

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:05
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Environmental headlines plus Indiana University biologist Irene L.G. Newton, co-author of a study on honey bee genetic diversity, speaks with EcoRe...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:12
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With the Supreme Court set to make a decision, the Affordable Care Act is a major source of debate in the United States. Do all Americans have the ...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
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In this week's edition of EcoReport, we bring you the latest eco-related headline news. Don't miss the show that Planet Earth wants you to hear!

  • Added: Mar 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:09
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Geologist Walter Alvarez is in town through the class of 1943 Wells Scholars Program as a visiting professor for two weeks. For full broadcasts of ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:46
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1