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Learn Out Loud
Learn Out Loud: Literary History and Criticism [Free Audios]
More than twenty-five free audio or video files from renowned scholars which provide some in-depth literary criticism as well as the scope of literary history. Many of these are university lectures while others are interviews from...
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Science Friday: Medicine, Murder and the History of Transfusion
A new book traces the early history of blood transfusions.
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Science Friday: Tattoos of Science
In which we attempt to help one listener figure out the best tattoos to get to celebrate the history of space exploration.
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Podcast History of Our World: 2 the Dawn of Man
Podcast thoroughly discusses the theory of evolution in an episode that is informative and clever. [19:06]
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Science Friday: Science Diction: The Origin of 'Tuberculosis'
An interview with historian Howard Markel who discusses the history of tuberculosis. Aired Feb. 24, 2012 [5:10 min]
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Science Friday: Beautiful Science
Chat with the curator of the exhibition entitled Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the World, which spans centuries of scientific progress, and includes original books and drawings by scientific luminaries such as Galileo, Robert...
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Science Friday: How Fibonacci Introduced the World to Numbers
Keith Devlin, the author of the book The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution, talks about the history of arithmetic and how Leonardo of Pisa, or Fibonacci, changed commerce and the way arithmetic was done. Aired Aug. 12,...
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Science Friday: Michael Novacek and 'Terra'
An interview with Michael Novacek, author of Terra: Our 100-Million-Year-Old Ecosystem - and the Threats That Now Put it at Risk. He talks about the history of ecosystems and environmental threats the Earth faces. Includes link to a...
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Science Friday: James Gleick on the History of Information
Gleick writes of information sharing through the ages, from African drum languages to the internet.
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Science Friday: Cave Science
Ready to go spelunking? Live from Missouri, the cave state, get an inside look at the biology, geology, and history of the underground attractions that gave the state its name.
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Science Friday: Beyond the War, the Future of Cancer Treatment
The author of a biography of cancer explains the history of cancer and the future of treatment.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: The Origin of the Word "Syphilis"
Medical historian Dr. Howard Markel and STD expert Dr. Peter Leone discuss the history of syphilis.
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Science Friday: Mapping Human Genetic Diversity
Researchers working on the Human Genome Project have been able to map human genetic variation across populations and continents. They were able to trace human ancestry back to Africa, and determine the genetic history of a number of...
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Science Friday: How to Pick the Perfect Peach
A discussion with Russ Parsons, author of How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor From Farm to Table, who talks about the history of food crop distribution, and the difficulty of buying produce that tastes fresh. Things are changing...
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Science Friday: What Would You Do for Science?
In this segment, we'll talk about some of the most bizarre science experiments of all time and check in with some of the people who participated in them.
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Science Friday: Hackers, 25 Years On
An interview with Stephen Levy, who wrote a book called Hackers twenty-five years previously, to look at changes that have since taken place in the world of computers. Aired Jul. 16, 2010 [17:24 min]
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Science Friday: The Telephone Gambit
Are the stories about Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone accurate? We'll talk with an author who has a different take on the history of the telephone.
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Science Friday: Nuclear Family Vacation
We'll take a tour of atomic history and visit some of the key locations involved with the development of nuclear weapons.
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Science Friday: Forty Years of Mindbending Success With the Rubik"s Cube
The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by Hungarian architectural professor Erno Rubik. Since then, the puzzle has influenced engineers, designers, artists and puzzlemasters. Paul Hoffman, CEO of the Liberty Science Center, and speedcuber...
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Science Friday: Got Garlic? The Science of Alliums
The author of a book on the alliums, which include garlic, onions, shallots, leeks, chives, etc., discusses their history and chemistry. Aired Jul. 2, 2010 [23:47 min]
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Science Friday: A Community of Ancient Bacteria
We'll talk with researcher studying a community of bacteria that has been isolated from the surface for millions of years. They describe some of the biochemical processes that have allowed the bacteria to survive below glacier ice, and...
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Science Friday: How Homo Sapiens Became Masters of the Planet
Ian Tattersall, author of Masters of the Planet, talks about the origin of humans, and how Homo sapiens became a dominant species. Aired Apr. 6, 2012 [38:44 min]
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Science Friday: Science Diction: Scientist
Before the 1830s, there were no scientists -- the word scientist didn't exist. We'll talk about the word's origins and history.
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Science Friday: The Art of the Natural History Museum
In natural history museums around the world, art and science intersect in the design of dioramas and other exhibits. We'll talk with some of the artists and scientists involved.
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