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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Treating Brain Tumors - New Procedure
A new form of cancer treatment involves no drugs and practically no surgery. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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1652
Soil - Planet Skin
Some soils have taken hundreds of thousands of years to form. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Privacy - Managing Anonymity
An app can help you navigate the info highway incognito. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Ecotoxicology
By studying how contaminants influence wildlife, we may be able to learn how they effect human reproductive processes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Soil - Organic Filter
Every drop of water we drink has gone through a piece of soil. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
1656
Smartphones - Losing Your Way
Can you get there from here if you're not here? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Smartphones - Side Effects
Welcome to the Cellphone Sabbath. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Privacy - Big Brother is a Corporation
It's convenience versus the loss of privacy, while someone - or something, is watching. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Smartphones - Two Places at Once
The paradox of being physically present but psychologically absent. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Smartphones - At What Price
Does the mere presence of a smartphone effect the quality of face-to-face conversations? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
1661
Drones - Software Package
Forest and watershed mapping and inventories, habitat assessments, post-processing of data; it's all in a day's work for a research drone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Drones - New Tool For Research
Drones are giving scientists unprecedented ways to gather data. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Poison Ivy - Citizen Science
Here's a way that you can help track and control poison ivy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Finches - Tough Life, Smart Bird
For birds, a bit of competition with their peers early on turns out to be a good thing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Finches - Learning to Sing
It all comes down to the tutor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Finches - Sounds Just Like Dad
If you're wooing a female finch, you'd better sound like her father. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Algorithm of Discovery - Defining What Isn't
Is it possible to better understand what something is, by knowing what it is not? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Antibiotics - Breaking Them Down
Antibiotics in cow manure? Composting can help degrade them before they end up in fertilizer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Antibiotics Underground
Farmers destroy the milk from cows treated with antibiotics. But the antibiotics could still impact the environment outside the farm. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Antibiotics and Milk
What happens to the milk from cows who were given antibiotics? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Algorithm of Discovery - A New Way of Seeing th...
New drugs, new kinds of materials, new insights into the dynamics of ecosystems - all from reinventing the way we categorize things. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Algorithm of Discovery - New Ideas From Computers
HAL can open the pod door, but can he come come with a new concept? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Privacy - Are We Giving it Away?
Every day, we're unknowingly gifting our personal information to corporations and service organizations. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Hellbender - Bad Name, Good Sign
Though saddled with a dicey moniker, they're indicators of a healthy water ecosystem. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2 min
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Hellbender - King Salamander
North America's largest salamander can reach a length of two feet and weigh up to five pounds. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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