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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Fossils – Drive-By Outcrops 30May17
You could easily be driving by a bed of fossils on your way to work.
2 min
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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
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Koalas - Mystery 26May17
Why has the koala population of St. Bees Island remained stable?
2 min
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Roma - Origins
Demystifying the origins of Gypsy culture.
2 min
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Fossils – Where to Look 24May17
The secret of finding fossils is knowing where to look.
2 min
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Fossils – Touchstones to the Past 23May17
Hearkening back 400 million years.
2 min
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Nanotechnology – the Bottom Line 22May17
Do we need nanomaterials to be 100% pure?
2 min
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Koalas - Success! 19May17
A research team spots a well-hidden koala.
2 min
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Nanotechnology – Sense and Destroy 18May17
Self-repairing membranes that target pathogens.
2 min
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Nanotechnology – Just Like Shark Skin 17May17
Designing a membrane that doesn't clog up.
2 min
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Nanotechnology - Revolutionizing Water Treatme...
It takes about ten barrels of water to get one barrel of oil.
2 min
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Nanoparticles – A Whole Lot of Surface 15May17
How does making something smaller change its nature?
2 min
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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
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Modeling Disease - Tracking Zika 11May17
Will the Zika virus burn itself out?
2 min
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Modeling Disease – The Lens of Culture 10May17
Burial practices in West Africa figured in the spread of Ebola.
2 min
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Modeling Disease – Pulse of the Populace 09May17
Tracking the behavior of someone who looks a lot like you.
2 min
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Modeling Diseases – Many Pathways 08May17
What's responsible for maintaining the spread of disease?
2 min
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Koalas - Tracking 05May17
Join in the hunt as researchers track down koalas!
2 min
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Snakes and Newts - A Deadly Secret 04May17
Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch.
2 min
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Milk - Lighten Up 03May17
Florescent lighting may be effecting the taste of milk and other daily products.
2 min
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Milk - Got Taste? 02May17
Why has the consumption of milk been declining for the past thirty years?
2 min
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The Case of the Poisoned Hunters 01May17
Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch.
2 min
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Koalas - Goats 28Apr17
The koalas of Australia's St. Bee's Island have an unlikely adversary - goats.
2 min
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Future Haus - Bathroom of the Future 27Apr17
You may want to spend more time in the loo of the future.
2 min
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Koalas - Finding 26Apr17
Even on an island full of koalas, finding one is much more difficult than it might seem!
2 min