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Megan Watzke discussed a guide to the cosmos.
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 20:12
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Waco Hoover, co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Health Technology Transformation which seeks to bring ...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 25:00
Fluoride protects teeth in surprising ways.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Our eyes’ ability to detect color deteriorates with age, but our brains compensate.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Marinda Wu chose her particular graduate program because she wanted to work for a famous professor. But when she arrived, she was told the professo...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:00
It’s a record we didn’t want to break. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is at an all-time high. Meanwhile an op-ed in a leading new...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 54:00
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 03:43
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
Can genes be patented? Are downloaders inhibiting musical creativity – or enhancing it? This week’s BackStory explores how Americans have viewed “i...
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 6
Electrical stimulation to the brain can improve math performance.
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Brian Switek discusses his new book, “My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs.”
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 32:03
- Purchases: 2
Hank Greely and Jake Sherkow discuss the science, morals, and ethics of de-extinction: bringing extinct species back to life. As lawyers with an i...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at the Department of Health and Human S...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 24:59
In this episode we look at the modern power grid, which is on the brink of important changes. First, why the smart grid matters. Then, the critical...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 17:06
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Humans were polluting the air with lead as far back as 3,900 years ago.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 04:47
Wind is of particular relevance to the ocean, as evidenced by the number of near and offshore wind turbine proposals currently projected and in mot...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 05:37
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
Women chemists who are also trying to raise a family can get a lot of heat, even from other women, says Bevin Parks. It helps, she says, to get to ...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 04:12
The compound eyes of insects have inspired the design of a new camera.
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
In the face of harassment, Isabel Escobar learned the hard-earned lesson of standing up for herself. From men assuming she had a temper and could “...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 04:36
Not all conversation is appropriate for the dinner table – and that includes, strangely enough, the subject of eating. Yet, what happens during th...
Bought by KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 3
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
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Kenneth Mandle, Director of the Intelligent Health Lab at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Mandl is a pi...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 25:00
- Purchases: 1
When Kathryn Lysko began her undergraduate work, there were 15,000 men and 100 women in her entire college. She talks about the camaraderie that em...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 04:15
