
Biology
New procedure leads to miraculous recoveries in stroke patients
On July 17, 2014 Kurt Hinrichs, of Gladstone, Missouri, went to bed early. When his wife joined him, she woke him with her snoring. That ...
9 years ago
Listen 8:09Listening to the brain to reveal damage and disease
Researchers are studying the way the brain processes sound to better understand – possibly even diagnose – concussions. ...
9 years ago
Listen 6:25Is geoengineering an answer to climate change?
Guests: David Biello, David Keith Global temperatures broke records again in 2016 for the third consecutive year. ...
Air Date: January 31, 2017
Listen 00:49:40Are opossums dangerous or nature’s helpers?
Is there anything weirder than America’s native marsupial? Mike McGrath, host of You Bet Your Garden, will discuss wh ...
Air Date: January 27, 2017
Listen 00:53:28Thinking without a centralized brain: the intelligence of the octopus
An octopus does not think with its arms, per say, but it comes pretty close. The majority of octopuses’ neurons are not centrally l ...
9 years ago
ListenActor Dev Patel on his new film “Lion”
Guest: Dev Patel The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Sar ...
Air Date: December 23, 2016
Listen 00:49:14Cats: Furry feline friends or free-ranging bird killers?
GUESTS: Peter Marra & Katie Lisnik Cats are described as either furry feline friends or free-ranging bird kil ...
Air Date: November 16, 2016
Listen 00:49:34Republican Candidate for AG John Rafferty; then the Dakota Access Pipeline
Guests: John Rafferty, Jeff Brady In this hour, Marty continues her series of one-on-one interviews with candida ...
Air Date: November 4, 2016
Listen 00:48:59This rebroadcast show is all about the human body – more specifically, what happens to us after weR ...
Air Date: October 27, 2016
Listen 50:33Gas drillers need to work with our communities, not against them
I was disappointed to hear that the Marcellus Shale Coalition is already ...
9 years ago
Radio Times in Review: monkey business!
Guests: Frans de Waal, Daniel Smith, Francine Prose On today’s show, monkey business! First, we’ll hear from ...
Air Date: October 21, 2016
Listen 00:49:13Radio Times in Review: an American history edition
Hour 2 Guests: Dan Flores, Richard Beeman, Heather Ann Thompson On this week’s edition ...
Air Date: September 16, 2016
Listen 00:49:45Come with us as we step inside a time capsule of life on earth — the natural history museum. On this specia ...
Air Date: September 15, 2016
Listen 50:13The Brain Scoop and the sloppy business of learning
The story of how one YouTube educator is reshaping natural history. This piece is a part of our s ...
9 years ago
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