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Climate change could make snowshoe hare camouflage less protective.

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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
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Dr. Julia Brody, executive director of Silent Spring Institute, is a leader in research on breast cancer and the environment and in community-based...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 1
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
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: Dr. James Hansen,  NASA Scientist, Credit: Ed Ritger
Today we are discussing the science behind the national debate on climate disruption. In this hour we will hear from four scientists about current ...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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: David Suzuki
Author, radio host, and scientist David Suzuki has spent a lifetime working to protect the environment. But he says that work is failing, and a pa...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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
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Researchers have figured out how Staph bacteria transfer antibiotic resistance to one another.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. John McDougall discussed the starch solution.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KMXT, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 25:36
  • Purchases: 3
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Radio Curious visits with Richard Jergensen to discuss the history future of railroad travel in Mendocino County.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott, MD, former professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and best-...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 28:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jessica Grogan discussed the history of humanistic psychology.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 26:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Bobby speaks with Dr. John Boik, founder of the Principled Societies Project, which is a science-based effort to design and test pioneering systems...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 50:59
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Terry Chay discusses social networks, viral marketing, and the Obama campaign.

Bought by KPVL, KMXT, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 27:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David Quammen discussed animal infections and the next human pandemic.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 25, 2012
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Now, more than ever, scientists are able to use brain scanning technology to study a living, functioning, human brain. But what can scientists lea...

Bought by KPVL and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Terry Chay discussed the relationship between science and social activism, and the open web.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 30:09
  • Purchases: 3
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A new flying robot can sense and dodge obstacles.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. James D. Miller discussed the economic impacts of a technological singularity.

Bought by KMXT, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 22:43
  • Purchases: 3