Storynory
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Devil's agent or big, nasty dog? Introduce young readers to The Hound of the Baskervilles, with an audio retelling of one of Sherlock Holmes' most famous crime novels. Learners listen to the tale and observe Holmes' deduction methods.
Storynory
How the Tiger Got His Stripes
Learn how the tiger got its stripes with a seven-minute audiobook featuring the classic folktale detailing the origin of the big cat's colorful coat.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Physics Nobelists Observed an Accelerating Universe
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to three American astronomers.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Jupiter Impact
Earlier this week, an amateur astronomer in Australia spotted signs of a massive impact on the planet Jupiter. We'll talk with him about his find, and about the international community of astronomical observers.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Happy Pi Day
A celebration of March 14, or 3.14, which is Pi Day. People on the street are questioned about their knowledge of pi, and we see how the Exploratorium in New York observes this special mathematics day. Aired Mar. 14, 2008 [17:50]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Watching a Supernova
Astronomers conducting observations of one recent supernova happened to have an orbiting observatory aimed in the right direction collecting data when they caught the first signs of a second supernova in the neighborhood, letting them...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 6: Unreasonable Search and Seizure
Discusses Justice Robert Jackson's observation about unreasonable searches and seizures.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Greenland's Fast Moving Glacier Speeds Up
An interview with glaciologist Ian Joughin about the Jakobshavn glacier in Greenland, the fastest moving glacier in the world. In 2012, researchers observed that this glacier was speeding up even more, and was traveling at a rate of 150...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Titan's Chemistry and the Search for Life
Two recent papers involving the amounts of certain hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan had some media outlets abuzz with talk of extraterrestrial life. We'll talk about what the researchers actually observed, and what it might mean.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Looking for Clouds on Saturn's Moon Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has observed methane rain and surface changes on one of Saturn's moons.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Mars Rover to Rove No Longer
This week, NASA announced that Spirit, one of the twin Mars Exploration Rovers, appears to be permanently stuck in Martian soil, and that the rover would now be used only as a stationary observation platform.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Looking at Magnetic Fields in a Distant Galaxy
We'll talk with one of the scientists behind a project that used a radio telescope to peer back millions of years in time and make observations of the magnetic field present in a distant proto-galaxy.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Flotsametrics
What can floating debris teach researchers about the world's oceans? We'll talk with the author of a new book about the data to be learned from observing shoes, rubber ducks, and other wayward flotsam. [17 mins. 49]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Future of the Fda
As health officials continue to investigate an outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to a peanut processing plant, we'll take a look at the FDA and its operations. President Obama has yet to appoint someone to oversee the agency -- and...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Sir Roger Penrose: Cosmic Inflation Is "Fantasy"
What's wrong with modern physics and could alternative theories explain our observations of the universe?
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Science Friday: Alaska's Residents Grapple With Changing Climate
Residents describe the changes they are observing in their villages in Alaska in this audio lecture. Listen as residents address the rapid change in their artic climate. [47:02]
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