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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Innovation - Diversity 06Mar17
Diversity doesn't just refer to race, ethnicity or gender; it means diversity of thought, intellectual approach, and diversity of tools and problems.
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Next Generation Search - Lemon Finder 03Mar17
Is it possible to predict product defects and recalls by monitoring online user groups?
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Innovation - Resistance 02Mar17
Does resistance help an idea become better?
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Cajun Mardi Gras - Feast Before Fast 01Mar17
The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.
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Cajun Mardi Gras - Biggest Day 28Feb17
"When you're part of this Mardi Gras, you're forgetting about your job, your worries, your bills.."
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Cajun Mardi Gras - In Disguise 27Feb17
This week, in the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors to support a communal gumbo.
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Predicting Disease – Tracking Probabilities 2...
A newly developed algorithm is telling scientists where disease outbreaks may occur in the future.
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Predicting Disease – Making the Leap 23Feb17
How are diseases passed from animals to humans?
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Predicting Disease – Which Animal, Which Countr...
Why is it that diseases emerge from some species and not from others?
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Innovation - At What Price 21Feb17
Does the search for new ideas mean abandoning the old ones?
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Innovation - Fostering 20Feb17
From Bell Labs to Silicon Valley - what are the best conditions to encourage innovation?
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Entrepreneurship - Practice 17Feb17
"There's an entrepreneur inside all of us, and the lab is the world."
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Entrepreneurship - Scale 16Feb17
How the Network Effect can lead to Winner Take All.
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Entrepreneurship - First Movers 15Feb17
The first company to come up with a new idea isn't always the most successful.
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Entrepreneurship - Startups 14Feb17
Got a great idea but no funds to support it? No worries!
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Drugs in Our Waters - Solutions 13Feb17
What can we do to keep drugs out of our water supply?
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Drugs in Our Waters - Effects 10Feb17
Everything from antibiotics to antihistamines is showing up in our water supply and effecting local ecosystems.
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Drugs in Our Waters - Artificial Streams 09Feb17
What happens to all the pharmaceuticals we use and dispose of?
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Helmet Safety - Star System 08Feb17
What popular sport currently has the least effective helmet?Hint: It's not Football!
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Helmet Safety - G Force in the Lab 07Feb17
It takes a well designed football helmet to lower the risk of concussion.
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Helmet Safety - Minimizing the Risk 06Feb17
The key to injury is acceleration, not speed.
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Drosophila - Cancer 03Feb17
Using fruit fly genes to test different forms of cancer treatment.
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Drosophila -Humanizing Flies 02Feb17
Human genes in fruit flies?
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Drosophila - Making History 01Feb17
In the history of genetics, no species has played a more important role than a humble fly.
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Bears - Tuning in to Seasonal Signals 31Jan17
A mix of environmental factors cue bears to seasonal changes.
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