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April 13, 2022 Songkran - Thai New Year
It's the hottest time of the year in Thailand, and the traditional Thai New Year's celebration offers a proven remedy for the heat.
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3 min
April 12, 2022 Manatees - Molars and More
If they're napping, they can come to the surface and breathe without waking up, just by loosening the muscles that expands the air in their lungs.
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3 min
April 11, 2022 Manatees - Keeping Safe
The over-pumping of Florida's aquifers may endanger the manatee's future.
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4 min
April 08, 2022 Manatee Migration
The power plants along the Florida shore have changed the manatee's migration pattern, both helping these endangered animals and hindering them.
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3 min
April 07, 2022 Window to the Past
Geologists reconstruct the climates of yore by looking at the types of clay minerals that are preserved.
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3 min
April 06, 2022 The Future of Kenya's Wildlife Parks
In memory of famed conservationist Richard Leakey... In a 1989 interview with Jim, Leakey predicts there will fences around wildlife parks.
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3 min
April 05, 2022 Humans and Wildlife - Who's Protecting Who?
Remembering conservationist Richard Leakey: If you farm near a wildlife park, what's to prevent a buffalo from trampling your crops?
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3 min
April 04, 2022 Elephants and Ivory
Remembering the late Richard Leakey, famed anthropologist and conservationist. In a 1989 interview with Jim, he unveiled his strategy to protect Kenya's elephants.
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3 min
April 01, 2022 A Trojan Horse Made of Clay
Fooling cancer cells!
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7 min
March 31, 2022 Swamp song
A dawn chorus of amphibians - headphones on!
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4 min

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Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and…