Biology
Radio 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
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Come 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
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The 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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Finders keepers doesn’t apply to fossils and bones
Paleontologists preparing for excursions have to think about appropriate gear, and clothing, but they also have to make sure all of their ...
9 years ago
Fighting for preservation in a wooded natural history museum
Eli Dickerson and I start at the edge of the unusual museum collection he manages. This piece is ...
9 years ago
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Could old skulls help us understand why we have crooked teeth?
Something changed over the course of human evolution that left a lot of us with weak chins and buck-teeth. ...
9 years ago
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A natural history museum questions what ‘natural’ means
In a business district east of Pittsburgh’s downtown, between a pizza shop and a Vietnamese restaurant, is an easy-to-miss storefront m ...
9 years ago
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It’s ‘game on’ for the man in charge of 145 million specimens
It seems that Kirk Johnson was training from a very early age to one day head the country’s largest and most comprehensive natural ...
9 years ago
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“I Contain Multitudes” – on microbes and our microbiome; Hiring undocumented immigrants
Guests: Ed Yong, Javier Garcia Hernandez For centuries humankind has been waging a war against microbes – the bacteria, viruses, ...
Air Date: August 25, 2016
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100th anniversary of America’s National Park Service
Guests: David Quammen, Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, Jeremy Cronon We’ll discuss the 100th anniversary of Am ...
Air Date: August 24, 2016
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Human-Animal hybrids; then Trump’s ‘jokes’
Guests: Monika Piotrowska, Sean Wu, Jody Avirgan Part lion, part goat, and part snake, the mythological and feroc ...
Air Date: August 11, 2016
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Ocean pollution and microplastics
Guest: Chelsea Rochman, Marcus Eriksen By 2050, scientists warn that there will be more plastic in the ocean than ...
Air Date: August 8, 2016
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If Bela Batorfi has his way, Hungary may soon be synonymous with complex dental procedures in the way that France is known for baguettes ...
9 years ago
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‘Coyote America’ with author and biologist Dan Flores
Guest: Dan Flores In the war between humans and coyotes, there’s no question the coyotes have won. The incredib ...
Air Date: July 7, 2016
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Environment show: jellyfish, Tom Steyer, climate change and 2016
Guests: John Gaynor, Tom Steyer, Rachel Leven An environmental edition of Radio Times today. First up, clingin ...
Air Date: June 30, 2016
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