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23:53

Proteomics and the Search for a Wellness Chip

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2012/05/08

What if you could find out about dozens of diseases, all at once, from just one tube of your blood? It might happen soon, with proteomics and the search for wellness chip. In this episode, we talk with scientists at Boulder’s Somalogic, Dan Chan, developer of the proteomics based OVA-1 ovarian cancer test, Quest … Continue reading "Proteomics and the Search for a Wellness Chip"

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25:15

Climate engineering // Jamie Williams

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2012/05/01

Jamie Williams (start time 5:40). Today on How On Earth we speak with Jamie Williams about land conservation. It’s safe to say that Williams should take credit for large swaths of land in the West that have been preserved as wilderness. He has served as The Nature Conservancy’s director of landscape conservation for North America … Continue reading "Climate engineering // Jamie Williams"

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24:23

Ron Krauss: Saturated Fat and Red Meat? It Depends

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2012/04/24

We look at the health effects of saturated fat and red meat with one of the world’s leading scientists in the field – Ron Krauss. His recent studies show that replacing saturated fat with carbohydrates INCREASES heart disease risk. But combining high saturated fat with moderate carbs and then adding red meat — think cheeseburger … Continue reading "Ron Krauss: Saturated Fat and Red Meat? It Depends"

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25:39

Communicating with dolphins

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2012/04/18

Dolphins are intelligent and communicative creatures within their own species and with the other animals native to their waters. Still, a hundred million years of evolutionary history and pressures imposed by radically different environments separate dolphins and humans. Can that enormous chasm be crossed? Can we have a conversation with an alien, a different and … Continue reading "Communicating with dolphins"

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23:55

Kinetic Sculptures Refocus the Human Perspective

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2012/04/10

Jeff Lieberman is a jack of all science trades, and many non-science trades too, actually. He is a mechanical engineer, a design consultant, a photographer, composer and kinetic sculptor. He hosts the Discovery Channel’s “Time Warp” TV show, has performed at Carnegie Hall, and gave a TedX talk at Cambridge. But the common thread that … Continue reading "Kinetic Sculptures Refocus the Human Perspective"

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24:14

Bees and Pesticides // Radiometers and Weather

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2012/04/03

Bees and Pesticides (start at 6:40). Two studies published last week in the journal Science (here and here) make a strong case for beekeepers who worry that a new class of pesticides called “neonicotinoids” hurts honeybees and bumblebees. In recent years, honeybee populations have rapidly declined, in part due to a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. … Continue reading "Bees and Pesticides // Radiometers and Weather"

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31:08

Pesticides, Bees and Niwot Honey Farm’s Tom Theobald...

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2012/03/30

This is an extended interview with Niwot Beekeeper Tom Theobald about three new studies that have recently been published regarding the ways that neonicotinoids harm bees. The studies include one from Purdue, and two from Europe, and all three indicate that these new pesticides are causing more harm to bees than previously thought.

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25:14

The Science of Habit Formation

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2012/03/28

The Power of Habit: If you’re like most of us you’ve tried over and over again to break a bad habit — be it procrastinating, gorging on chocolate chip cookies every night, or watching TV rather than exercising. And you know how hard it is to “kick” bad habits. This week on How On Earth … Continue reading "The Science of Habit Formation"

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20:35

The Science of Habit Formation [extended version]

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2012/03/27

This is the extended version of the interview by How On Earth host Susan Moran of New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, author of a new book titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business. The interview first aired on March 27, 2012

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24:11

The Accelerating Expansion of The Universe // Pine...

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2012/03/20

The Accelerating Expansion of The Universe (start at 5:11). Have you ever had the feeling that things are moving faster and faster these days? Well, maybe it’s not your imagination. Proof that the universe is not just expanding but is accelerating garnered a Nobel Prize last year. To help explain what’s going on, we … Continue reading "The Accelerating Expansion of The Universe // Pine Bark Beetles"

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28:31

Pine Bark Beetles – Extended Interview with Jeff...

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2012/03/19

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25:18

Fukushima Anniversary: global impacts one year later

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2012/03/14

Fukushima’s impacts a year later: In today’s show we offer a full-length feature (start at 4:57) to mark the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster — the worse nuclear meltdown since Chernobyl in 1986. We explore the longer-term impacts on public health, the environment, and the nuclear power industry, both in … Continue reading "Fukushima Anniversary: global impacts one year later"

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26:54

The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess

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2012/03/06

For our annual Spring Pledge Drive, we feature a book about race, religion and DNA. The book is The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess, by Jeff Wheelwright. It’s a story about a beautiful young, Hispano woman in the San Luis Valley of Colorado who one day finds a pea-sized lump in her breast. … Continue reading "The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess"

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23:58

Fukushima Cleanup // Space Debris

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2012/02/29

Today, Feb. 28, we feature two interviews. Fukashima Cleanup (start at 7:23). A daunting and ongoing cleanup task is that of removing radioactively contaminated material from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The plant suffered a meltdown in the wake of a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011. The tsunami swallowed whole … Continue reading "Fukushima Cleanup // Space Debris"

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20:22

Fukushima Cleanup [extended version]

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2012/02/28

This is an extended version of an interview the KGNU Science show, How on Earth broadcast on February 28th, 2012 about radiation clean-up efforts for Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power plant. This interview features Steve Rima. He’s Vice President of Radiological Services and Engineering at AMEC, in Grand Junction, Colorado. He’s been working in Japan … Continue reading "Fukushima Cleanup [extended version]"

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23:48

Leaky Natural Gas Wells // Measuring Glaciers and Ice...

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2012/02/21

Leaky Natural Gas Wells (start time 6:22). We speak with Greg Frost, a scientist from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), about a new study, which is being published by the Journal of Geophysical Research. The study indicates that natural gas drilling creates higher amounts of methane leakage into … Continue reading "Leaky Natural Gas Wells // Measuring Glaciers and Ice Caps"

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27:19

Leaky Natural Gas Wells [extended version]

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2012/02/21

This is an extended version of the KGNU Science Show, How on Earth. It features Greg Frost, a scientist with the University of Colorado at Boulder and with NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He’s on the team led by Gabrielle Petron which has been studying leaks from natural gas production. In this … Continue reading "Leaky Natural Gas Wells [extended version]"

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23:58

Boulder Robotics // Compassion

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2012/02/14

Boulder is for Robotics (start time 4:00). “It starts really with the fact that a lot of robotics materials, sensors and manufacturing are here in Colorado.” Boulder as a hub for robotics? You bet. KGNU’s Tom McKinnon reports from the first Boulder is for Robotics meetup, which drew over 100 participants. Learn about some local projects, … Continue reading "Boulder Robotics // Compassion"

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24:32

Snowshoe Hare // Cubelets Robotics

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2012/02/07

Snowshoe Hare Faces Uncertain Future (start time 6:35). They don’t get much cuter than bunnies. One of the cutest of them all is the snowshoe hare. It’s elusive, and well camouflaged, so you may well never have seen one. To survive, these hares change their coats with the seasons – white in the snowy winter and rusty … Continue reading "Snowshoe Hare // Cubelets Robotics"

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23:54

Algae oil omega-3 // Little Ice Age

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2012/02/01

Algae Oil Omega-3 (start time 5:28). Omega-3 dietary supplements are all the rage. Many studies claim that this family of fatty acids benefits your brain, heart and vision, among other things. A non-fish source that already is infused in milk and other foods we consume is oil derived from marine algae. Cohost Susan Moran interviews Dr. Bill … Continue reading "Algae oil omega-3 // Little Ice Age"

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