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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What is Science? 04Jul17
Let the evidence lead the answer to your hunch, not the other way around.
2 min
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Cancer, Mutations and Evolution 03Jul17
Could there be positive outcomes from cancer as a result of mutation?
2 min
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Bringing in a Dinosaur 30Jun17
Getting a dinosaur skeleton from the field to the lab is a tricky process.
2 min
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Cancer - the Ultimate Endgame 29Jun17
Finding a strategy to combat cancer is like playing chess against a Grandmaster.
2 min
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A Fine Feathered Dinosaur 28Jun17
Close relatives of Tyrannosaurs Rex actually had some kind of feathering coating!
2 min
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Cancer - the Immune System 27Jun17
Shutting down an overzealous immune response.
2 min
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Cancer - Treating Tumors Without Surgery 26Jun17
Veterinarians are using gold nanoparticles to control the growth of cancerous tumors.
2 min
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If Buildings Could Help 23Jun17
Instead of looking for Child Finder stickers, first responders to an emergency might one day be checking their iPads.
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Chimpanzees - a Deadly Trait 22Jun17
Chimps, like humans, commit acts of deadly violence against their own kind.
2 min
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Chimpanzees - Getting the Message Across 21Jun17
Chimps communicate with each other with both voices and gestures.
2 min
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Chimps - Toolmakers, too 20Jun17
Chimpanzees make their own tools for all sorts of different needs and behaviors.
2 min
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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
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If Buildings Could Harvest Electricity 16Jun17
Can a building transform the motion that takes place inside it into electricity?
2 min
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Disaster Preparation Meets Social Media 15Jun17
"it's much harder to establish the truthfulness of what somebody is saying."
2 min
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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
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If Buildings Could Listen 13Jun17
With over 200 vibrometers, this building is keeping track of the movements of its inhabitants.
2 min
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If Buildings Could Talk 12Jun17
One of the world's most instrumented buildings is a living laboratory of vibrations.
2 min
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Disaster Preparation - Too Much of a Good Thing...
Sending supplies to a disaster stricken area may be best left to relief organizations.
2 min
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Roma - Crank It Up! 08Jun17
Roma music is eclectic, contemporary and loud!
2 min
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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
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Disaster Preparation - Partners 06Jun17
When planning for a natural disaster, local knowledge is critical.
2 min
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Roma - Largest Minority in Europe? 05Jun17
For the Roma, census-taking is not just a matter of counting heads.
2 min
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Koalas - Dying 02Jun17
What is keeping St. Bees Island's koala population in check?
2 min
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Roma - Nomadic 01Jun17
Gypsies are not aimless wanderers.
2 min
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Fossils – the Art of Seeing 31May17
It's like playing "Where's Waldo", with Waldo being a few hundred million years old.
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