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Professor Ted Anton joins us to discuss his new book, "The Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth"
Bought by KPVL
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 27:10
- Purchases: 1
A fun video game teaches college-level computer programming skills to 10-year-olds.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
“Nanosponges” in the bloodstream could mop up toxins from bacteria, bees, or snakes.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Apple and Google will, reportedly, both soon be selling computers that you can wear. But will the trove of details that these devices will be able ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 01:56
Facing prosecution for illegally downloading millions of academic articles, Internet activist Aaron Swartz recently committed suicide. Should Swart...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:13
Researchers have figured out how Staph bacteria transfer antibiotic resistance to one another.
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Today we are checking out low carbon lifestyles. In this hour we’ll tackle green myths and discuss what choices are good for your wallet and the pl...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 8
"Technology creates all this open space that needs to be filled. And if you leave space to be filled, people fill it by saying things that don't ma...
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 03:38
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
The History Guys explore the rise - and fall - of our postal system. They consider the how the Post Office stitched together a disparate country in...
Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, KREV-LP, and KVSC
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
A new flying robot can sense and dodge obstacles.
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Now that scientists are able to create fertile mammal eggs using stem cells, many people are asking some tough ethical questions. Has science gone ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:06
In spite of the current state of the economy, the next 25 years will see an unprecedented rise in human wellbeing.
- Added: Sep 28, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Examinanos como la dependencia a la tecnología puede convertirse en una adicción.
We discuss how the dependency on technology can become an add...
- Added: Jun 27, 2012
- Length: 28:03
Host Phalana Tiller talks with professor and author Sherry Turkle about her book, Alone Together. She also interviews Lisa Gansky, entrepreneur and...
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Northeast Ohio is considering building a new gasification plant. don't call it trash burning.
- Added: Mar 12, 2012
- Length: 28:38
Like “Made in Japan” a generation ago, the “Made in China” label has long been viewed by Americans as a low-cost, low quality knock-off of a costl...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW
- Added: Oct 17, 2011
- Length: 55:02
- Purchases: 2
California is known for its "green" reputation. Just look at all the new solar and wind farms popping up around the state. So it might be a surpris...
Bought by WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUMD and more
- Added: Sep 27, 2011
- Length: 05:09
- Purchases: 8
Coal generates half of all the electricity in the U.S. It’s also the biggest source of global-warming emissions and other air pollution. The coal i...
Bought by WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUMD and more
- Added: Sep 27, 2011
- Length: 04:05
- Purchases: 9
Every year, Americans throw away more than 300 million outdated lap tops, cell phones, printers, broken computer monitors and old television sets. ...
- Added: Aug 04, 2011
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 3
Companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Heinz ketchup have determined that plastic made from plants — not oil — makes sense both for the environment a...
- Added: Aug 04, 2011
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 02, 2010
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 02, 2010
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 02, 2010
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 02, 2010
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 02, 2010
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
