Pulse of the Planet Podcast with Jim Metzner | Science | Nature | Environment | Technology
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Fossils – Drive-By Outcrops 30May17
You could easily be driving by a bed of fossils on your way to work. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Video Games – Art Form or Bad Influence? 29May17
"You're talking to all these strangers and maybe not always being nice to each other." Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas - Mystery 26May17
Why has the koala population of St. Bees Island remained stable? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Roma - Origins
Demystifying the origins of Gypsy culture. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fossils – Where to Look 24May17
The secret of finding fossils is knowing where to look. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fossils – Touchstones to the Past 23May17
Hearkening back 400 million years. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nanotechnology – the Bottom Line 22May17
Do we need nanomaterials to be 100% pure? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas - Success! 19May17
A research team spots a well-hidden koala. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nanotechnology – Sense and Destroy 18May17
Self-repairing membranes that target pathogens. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nanotechnology – Just Like Shark Skin 17May17
Designing a membrane that doesn't clog up. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nanotechnology - Revolutionizing Water Treatment 16May17
It takes about ten barrels of water to get one barrel of oil. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nanoparticles – A Whole Lot of Surface 15May17
How does making something smaller change its nature? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas - Most Boring Animals on Earth?
Koalas don't keep quiet and still all day because they're lazy - it's a metabolic strategy! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Modeling Disease - Tracking Zika 11May17
Will the Zika virus burn itself out? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Modeling Disease – The Lens of Culture 10May17
Burial practices in West Africa figured in the spread of Ebola. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Modeling Disease – Pulse of the Populace 09May17
Tracking the behavior of someone who looks a lot like you. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Modeling Diseases – Many Pathways 08May17
What's responsible for maintaining the spread of disease? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas - Tracking 05May17
Join in the hunt as researchers track down koalas! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Snakes and Newts - A Deadly Secret 04May17
Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Milk - Lighten Up 03May17
Florescent lighting may be effecting the taste of milk and other daily products. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Milk - Got Taste? 02May17
Why has the consumption of milk been declining for the past thirty years? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Case of the Poisoned Hunters 01May17
Very few critters can have newts for breakfast and live to have lunch. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas - Goats 28Apr17
The koalas of Australia's St. Bee's Island have an unlikely adversary - goats. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Future Haus - Bathroom of the Future 27Apr17
You may want to spend more time in the loo of the future. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas - Finding 26Apr17
Even on an island full of koalas, finding one is much more difficult than it might seem! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Future Haus - Transforming Housing 25Apr17
Building a house from the inside out. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Future Haus - Open the Fridge Door, Hal 24Apr17
Low on milk? Better call the refrigerator. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Invasive Species - A Matter of Perspective 21Apr17
Why clarinet players love a certain problematic plant. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Future Haus - Come In, Kitchen Control 20Apr17
Your counter is a touch screen computer. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Koalas- Sounds 19Apr17
You'll never think of koalas as placid, leaf-chewing marsupials again after hearing their vocalizations during breeding season! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Future Haus - Think Modular 18Apr17
All the components are plug and play. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rethinking Elder Care - Ageism 17Apr17
A subtle form of discrimination permeates our society. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rethinking Elder Care - the Dark Side 14Apr17
Uncovering elder abuse is no easy task. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rethinking Elder Care - Abuse 13Apr17
The family member who takes twenty dollars to pick up milk and brings back the milk but no change. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rethinking Elder Care - It Starts With a Conversation 12Apr17
Our population of elder citizens is growing, along with the issues confronting them. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Controlling Zika - Transgenic Mosquitos 11Apr17
Making male mosquitos with the "Nix Gene". Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Controlling Zika - Vampires and Vegetarians 10Apr17
Uncovering the genetic "master switch" of sex determination in disease-carrying mosquitos. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Distorted Memory - What is the Truth 07Apr17
Does our memory play tricks on us and effect our perception of the truth? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Honeybees - Probiotics for Bees 06Apr17
It's difficult to produce a pesticide that doesn't have effects on beneficial microorganisms. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Honeybees - It's all in the Gut 05Apr17
A honeybee's best friends just might be the microbiota living in its digestive tract. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Distorted Memory - Keep a Diary 04Apr17
Memory can mean a million different things to a million different people. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Distorted Memory - Hold the Cheesecake 03Apr17
Why do impulsive people have a hard time following through on their goals? Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tracking Cats - Unanswered Questions 31Mar17
"I was completely shocked and thought, 'This is impossible!" Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Invasive Species - Potluck Kudzu 30Mar17
One person's invasive is another person's tasty delicacy. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Invasive Species - Virtues 29Mar17
"A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tracking Cats - Protection 28Mar17
New strategies for saving tigers and other big cats around the world. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tracking Cats - Scat Dogs 27Mar17
No eating, peeing, or rolling in it allowed! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tracking Cats - Every Picture Tells a Story 24Mar17
"You can follow those cubs all the way up through their life." Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Noruz - Triumph of Tradition 23Mar17
Although the government of Iran tried to suppress it, Noruz continues to be one of that nation's most popular celebrations. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Noruz - Persian New Year 22Mar17
The first day of spring marks the start of an ancient holiday. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices