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Oysters face an ocean of difficulty but offer us a world of good. Dr. George Waldbusser joins us to discuss oysters and his work concerning the ef...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 29:40
From the red eyes of a periodical cicada looking out: a bug's first person rendition from emergence til death.
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 07:42
Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and chair of medical ethics and health policy at the Universi...
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 29:59
WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Cloquet shipwreck hunter Jerry Eliason who, with a team of friends and family, located what they believe t...
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 19:18
It has been just over three months since the federal spending cuts known as sequestration first took effect.
A handful of programs were spared — b...
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 06:06
He was a genius who was trusted with national secrets, but made no effort to conceal his own.
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 01:57:58
- Purchases: 2
On June 8th we celebrate World Ocean Day to recognize our relationship with the ocean through global connection. In this episode of World Ocean Rad...
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 05:18
The ability to track the motion of small objects is surprisingly well-correlated with IQ.
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Microscopic organisms represent a vast, unexplored territory for biologists trying to understand the earth’s ecology—including the ecology inside o...
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Using precise numbers may give you an advantage in negotiations.
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 01:00
When large animals like toucans are removed from tropical rainforests, the trees suffer.
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 01:00
You may be unique, but is your home planet? Why the astronomer who’s discovered hundreds of exoplanets is hopeful about the hunt for alien life. ...
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- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
What happens when visual information is sent to the hearing centers in the brain? Hear about this interesting experiment and more generally, why th...
- Added: Jun 16, 2013
- Length: 09:52
Food guy Michael Pollan’s new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.” He is a personable, well-spoken walking encyclopedia of Ameri...
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 09:59
There's a man who's spent his whole life developing his own library of Electronic music examples.
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 20:32
Jeffrey McLean discusses the genomic sequencing of bacteria.
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 24:12
- Purchases: 2
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Harold P. Freeman, Founder and CEO of the Patient Navigator Institute. Dr. Freeman discusses his pionee...
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- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Bin He, biomedical engineering professor at the U of MN, is lead author of a new study showing that people can use their thoughts to move objec...
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- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 12:21
- Purchases: 1
Like humans, chimps and bonobos can be sore losers.
- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Plants that were frozen in glaciers 400 years ago are growing again as those glaciers melt away.
- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 01:00
First, every year, about 450,000 Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The most helpful resource is experienced caregivers who have already...
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- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 59:54
- Purchases: 1
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
This week, Doug speaks with biographer Christoph Irmscher about the legacy of Louis Agassiz, one of the most influential men in the development of ...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Is there any reason to think that science should adjust to accommodate religious views of the world?
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 2
When navigating the career path, advises Cynthia Palmer, make sure the jobs you take are the ones you actually want. She talks about the importance...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 03:27
