Month: June 2020
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Smoking Gun
Tracking the sources of acid rain involved some low-tech highly creative methods.
June 29, 2020Talking Animals
Meet Rex the Starling and Hoover the Harbor seal.
June 26, 2020World Con
It’s Sci-Fi heaven – a trip back in time to the 1980 World Con, with a few words from Isaac Asimov and George R.R. Martin.
June 25, 2020Kaqchikel – Philosophy
In a Guatemalan school, teachers strive to educate children of their Kaqchikel heritage.
June 24, 2020Ants and Caterpillars
Sound and sweet excretions are ingredients for harmonious behavior between ants and caterpillars.
June 23, 2020Great Gull Island
A sound portrait of a nesting site for terns, surrounded – and sometimes attached by – thousands of breeding birds.
June 22, 2020Scandinavian Summer Solstice – History
The Summer solstice lightens the hearts of Swedish Americans.
June 19, 2020Natchez Pow-Wow
Drum circles and chant are part of the great tradition of Native American pow-wows.
June 18, 2020Hindukush Beekeeping – Honey Hunters
In the high cliffs of the Himalayas, colonies of bees produce prized honey – helping to sustain local ecosystems.
June 17, 2020Hindukush Beekeeping – Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous people of the Himalayan Hindukush region offer valuable knowledge to scientists studying bees.
June 16, 2020Kara-usu
364 days of the year, the pottery village of Onta, Japan is filled with a remarkable sound.
June 15, 2020Pantanal Night
Nighttime in the world’s largest wetland; earphone listening recommended.
June 12, 2020Acid From the Skies
How acid rain was discovered.
June 11, 2020Pulse of the Particle
What happens when nanoparticles find their way into the environment?
June 10, 2020Grampian Dawn
Headphones on for an amazing dawn chorus in Australia.
June 9, 2020Viruses – Mistakes R Us
In the process of copying their genome, viruses often make bad copies, which turns out to be a good thing for the virus.
June 8, 2020Viruses – Polio vs Flu
Why do we need to get a new flu vaccine every year when we only need one vaccination for polio?
June 5, 2020Viruses – the Uncommon Cold
No cure for the Rhinovirus?
June 4, 2020Virus Sex
It once wiped out about a third of the world’s population.
June 3, 2020Viruses – A Sense of Scale
How many viruses could fit onto the surface of a soccer ball?
June 2, 2020Viruses – Agents of Disease
They’ve been around for millennia, but it’s only very recently that humans have actually discovered their existence.
June 1, 2020Viruses – On the Edge of Life
They’re not technically alive or dead, so just what is a virus, anyway?