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.
1401
A Fine Feathered Dinosaur 28Jun17
Close relatives of Tyrannosaurs Rex actually had some kind of feathering coating!
2 min
1402
Cancer - the Immune System 27Jun17
Shutting down an overzealous immune response.
2 min
1403
Cancer - Treating Tumors Without Surgery 26Jun17
Veterinarians are using gold nanoparticles to control the growth of cancerous tumors.
2 min
1404
If Buildings Could Help 23Jun17
Instead of looking for Child Finder stickers, first responders to an emergency might one day be checking their iPads.
2 min
1405
Chimpanzees - a Deadly Trait 22Jun17
Chimps, like humans, commit acts of deadly violence against their own kind.
2 min
1406
Chimpanzees - Getting the Message Across 21Jun17
Chimps communicate with each other with both voices and gestures.
2 min
1407
Chimps - Toolmakers, too 20Jun17
Chimpanzees make their own tools for all sorts of different needs and behaviors.
2 min
1408
Dino Lab - 200 Million Year Old Glimpse 19Jun17
On being the first person to uncover an animal that lived 210 million years ago.
2 min
1409
If Buildings Could Harvest Electricity 16Jun17
Can a building transform the motion that takes place inside it into electricity?
2 min
1410
Disaster Preparation Meets Social Media 15Jun17
"it's much harder to establish the truthfulness of what somebody is saying."
2 min
1411
Dino Lab - One Scrape at a Time 14Jun17
Find a fossil dinosaur in the field, bring it to the lab, and the work of extracting it begins.
2 min
1412
If Buildings Could Listen 13Jun17
With over 200 vibrometers, this building is keeping track of the movements of its inhabitants.
2 min
1413
If Buildings Could Talk 12Jun17
One of the world's most instrumented buildings is a living laboratory of vibrations.
2 min
1414
Disaster Preparation - Too Much of a Good Thing...
Sending supplies to a disaster stricken area may be best left to relief organizations.
2 min
1415
Roma - Crank It Up! 08Jun17
Roma music is eclectic, contemporary and loud!
2 min
1416
Disaster Preparation - Help Gets in the Way ...
When a natural disaster strikes, one of the problems that relief agencies run into are people who want to help!
2 min
1417
Disaster Preparation - Partners 06Jun17
When planning for a natural disaster, local knowledge is critical.
2 min
1418
Roma - Largest Minority in Europe? 05Jun17
For the Roma, census-taking is not just a matter of counting heads.
2 min
1419
Koalas - Dying 02Jun17
What is keeping St. Bees Island's koala population in check?
2 min
1420
Roma - Nomadic 01Jun17
Gypsies are not aimless wanderers.
2 min
1421
Fossils – the Art of Seeing 31May17
It's like playing "Where's Waldo", with Waldo being a few hundred million years old.
2 min
1422
Fossils – Drive-By Outcrops 30May17
You could easily be driving by a bed of fossils on your way to work.
2 min
1423
Video Games – Art Form or Bad Influence? 29M...
"You're talking to all these strangers and maybe not always being nice to each other."
2 min
1424
Koalas - Mystery 26May17
Why has the koala population of St. Bees Island remained stable?
2 min
1425
Roma - Origins
Demystifying the origins of Gypsy culture.
2 min