Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim ...
Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.
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Numerosity 02Aug17
Are we unconsciously influenced by the size of a number?
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Seeing Red 01Aug17
Subliminal selling messages in a department store?
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Hidden Persuaders 31Jul17
Could colors affect our willingness to purchase a product?
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Bicycles of the Future 28Jul17
Bicycles are evolving in their design and the way they fit into the cityscape.
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Taking Back the Streets 27Jul17
Want to improve your health, brighten your day and lessen air pollution in one easy step?
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The Commuter Bike 26Jul17
The ideal bike to ride to work?
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Bike to Work! 25Jul17
In the Netherlands, about one-quarter of all trips in the entire country are made by bicycle.
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Rediscovering the Bicycle 24Jul17
Many US cities have come to a new appreciation of two-wheel transport.
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Cultural Forest 21Jul17
Learning from indigenous Thailanders how to manage an endangered ecosystem.
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Saving Organs - A Pipe at a Time 20Jul17
Can chemistry keep some of the world's oldest organs from turning to dust?
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More Than a Caw 19Jul17
Are crows songbirds?
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The Flying Toolmaker 18Jul17
Humans aren't the only animals using tools.
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Raven Language 17Jul17
Gurgles, knocks, the sound of bells... a car on the fritz?
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Raven or Crow? 14Jul17
Crows and ravens may both be large, black birds, but they have very distinct voices.
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A Sticky Business 13Jul17
A woodpecker has devised a clever strategy to protect its nests from snakes.
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Master of Excavation 12Jul17
It's the only woodpecker that excavates cavities in a living pine tree.
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The Woodpecker Who Stays Home 11Jul17
Young Red Cockaded Woodpeckers help raise their brothers and sisters until their father dies.
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Musical Empathy, Wired 10Jul17
Science and art intertwine to explore the relationship between emotion and music.
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Digital Luthier 07Jul17
Tapping into the emotional states of performers and their audience.
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Emotions Become Music 06Jul17
Can we translate emotions directly to musical sound, with a little help from computers?
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Decision-Making - Art or Science? 05Jul17
Do we base our understanding on evidence or opinion?
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What is Science? 04Jul17
Let the evidence lead the answer to your hunch, not the other way around.
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Cancer, Mutations and Evolution 03Jul17
Could there be positive outcomes from cancer as a result of mutation?
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Bringing in a Dinosaur 30Jun17
Getting a dinosaur skeleton from the field to the lab is a tricky process.
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Cancer - the Ultimate Endgame 29Jun17
Finding a strategy to combat cancer is like playing chess against a Grandmaster.
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