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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Nanoparticles – A Whole Lot of Surface 15May17
How does making something smaller change its nature?
2 min
1427
Koalas - Most Boring Animals on Earth?
Koalas don't keep quiet and still all day because they're lazy - it's a metabolic strategy!
2 min
1428
Modeling Disease - Tracking Zika 11May17
Will the Zika virus burn itself out?
2 min
1429
Modeling Disease – The Lens of Culture 10May17
Burial practices in West Africa figured in the spread of Ebola.
2 min
1430
Modeling Disease – Pulse of the Populace 09May17
Tracking the behavior of someone who looks a lot like you.
2 min
1431
Modeling Diseases – Many Pathways 08May17
What's responsible for maintaining the spread of disease?
2 min
1432
Koalas - Tracking 05May17
Join in the hunt as researchers track down koalas!
2 min
1433
Snakes and Newts - A Deadly Secret 04May17
Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch.
2 min
1434
Milk - Lighten Up 03May17
Florescent lighting may be effecting the taste of milk and other daily products.
2 min
1435
Milk - Got Taste? 02May17
Why has the consumption of milk been declining for the past thirty years?
2 min
1436
The Case of the Poisoned Hunters 01May17
Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch.
2 min
1437
Koalas - Goats 28Apr17
The koalas of Australia's St. Bee's Island have an unlikely adversary - goats.
2 min
1438
Future Haus - Bathroom of the Future 27Apr17
You may want to spend more time in the loo of the future.
2 min
1439
Koalas - Finding 26Apr17
Even on an island full of koalas, finding one is much more difficult than it might seem!
2 min
1440
Future Haus - Transforming Housing 25Apr17
Building a house from the inside out.
2 min
1441
Future Haus - Open the Fridge Door, Hal 24Apr17
Low on milk? Better call the refrigerator.
2 min
1442
Invasive Species - A Matter of Perspective 21...
Why clarinet players love a certain problematic plant.
2 min
1443
Future Haus - Come In, Kitchen Control 20A...
Your counter is a touch screen computer.
2 min
1444
Koalas- Sounds 19Apr17
You'll never think of koalas as placid, leaf-chewing marsupials again after hearing their vocalizations during breeding season!
2 min
1445
Future Haus - Think Modular 18Apr17
All the components are plug and play.
2 min
1446
Rethinking Elder Care - Ageism 17Apr17
A subtle form of discrimination permeates our society.
2 min
1447
Rethinking Elder Care - the Dark Side 14Apr17
Uncovering elder abuse is no easy task.
2 min
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Rethinking Elder Care - Abuse 13Apr17
The family member who takes twenty dollars to pick up milk and brings back the milk but no change.
2 min
1449
Rethinking Elder Care - It Starts With a Conver...
Our population of elder citizens is growing, along with the issues confronting them.
2 min
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Controlling Zika - Transgenic Mosquitos 11Apr17
Making male mosquitos with the "Nix Gene".
2 min