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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Cajun Mardi Gras - Biggest Day 28Feb17
"When you're part of this Mardi Gras, you're forgetting about your job, your worries, your bills.."
2 min
1502
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.
2 min
1503
Predicting Disease – Tracking Probabilities 2...
A newly developed algorithm is telling scientists where disease outbreaks may occur in the future.
2 min
1504
Predicting Disease – Making the Leap 23Feb17
How are diseases passed from animals to humans?
2 min
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Predicting Disease – Which Animal, Which Countr...
Why is it that diseases emerge from some species and not from others?
2 min
1506
Innovation - At What Price 21Feb17
Does the search for new ideas mean abandoning the old ones?
2 min
1507
Innovation - Fostering 20Feb17
From Bell Labs to Silicon Valley - what are the best conditions to encourage innovation?
2 min
1508
Entrepreneurship - Practice 17Feb17
"There's an entrepreneur inside all of us, and the lab is the world."
2 min
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Entrepreneurship - Scale 16Feb17
How the Network Effect can lead to Winner Take All.
2 min
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Entrepreneurship - First Movers 15Feb17
The first company to come up with a new idea isn't always the most successful.
2 min
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Entrepreneurship - Startups 14Feb17
Got a great idea but no funds to support it? No worries!
2 min
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Drugs in Our Waters - Solutions 13Feb17
What can we do to keep drugs out of our water supply?
2 min
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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.
2 min
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Drugs in Our Waters - Artificial Streams 09Feb17
What happens to all the pharmaceuticals we use and dispose of?
2 min
1515
Helmet Safety - Star System 08Feb17
What popular sport currently has the least effective helmet?Hint: It's not Football!
2 min
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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.
2 min
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Helmet Safety - Minimizing the Risk 06Feb17
The key to injury is acceleration, not speed.
2 min
1518
Drosophila - Cancer 03Feb17
Using fruit fly genes to test different forms of cancer treatment.
2 min
1519
Drosophila -Humanizing Flies 02Feb17
Human genes in fruit flies?
2 min
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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.
2 min
1521
Bears - Tuning in to Seasonal Signals 31Jan17
A mix of environmental factors cue bears to seasonal changes.
2 min
1522
Next Generation Search - Finding Experts 30Jan17
It's people, not answers.
2 min
1523
Bears - Birthing 27Jan17
For bears in hibernation, giving birth and nursing newborns is a slumberous activity.
2 min
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Bears - Slowing Down 26Jan17
Bears have unique mechanisms for self-preservation during their months of hibernation.
2 min
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Hemp - Cash Crop 25Jan17
Low in THC, industrial grade cannabis is high in possibilities.
2 min