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Jason and Medea Part One: The Voyage Begins
Join Jason on his voyage across the sea to Colchis as he rounds up a group of laborers to bring back the Golden Fleece. An audio resource provides a written story and audio accompaniment to engage pupils in Jason's exciting adventures.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Living It Up in Space
Two NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station talk about life and the view from 220 miles above Earth.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Inexpensive Inventions and the World's Poor: Earth Sky
Environmental scientist Ashok Gadgil is perhaps best known for his inventions which include an ultraviolet water purifier that can provide clean, cheap water for a thousand people per day and an inexpensive, ultra-efficient cooking stove...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Trojan Asteroid Keeps Earth Company
Listen as scientist discuss that the moon is not the only body in space following Earth's path. Learn how planet Earth has a new found neighbor, an asteroid that shares our orbit around the sun. [17:30]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Space Debris
Last week, two satellites collided in orbit around Earth. We'll check in on the after-effects of that collision, and talk about what the lingering debris from the crash means for future space missions.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Predicting When Space Junk Will Come Home to Earth
This weekend, another satellite is scheduled to crash to Earth, just a month after the last one.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Space Telescope Reawakened for an Asteroid Hunt
NASA will give the dormant WISE space telescope a new task, enlisting it in the hunt for near-Earth asteroids.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Did Life Start in Mica?
A biophysicist discusses her hypothesis that in the early days of Earth, organic compounds needed for life may have been synthesized in the tiny spaces between sheets of mica rock.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Colliding Planets (Don't Panic)
New research finds a small -- but present -- chance of a collision between Earth and one of its planetary neighbors in the next few billion years.