Science
After Maria, farmers build resilience through sustainability
In Puerto Rico, a group of farmers help each other rebuild and prepare for the coming hurricane season.
7 years ago
Listen 7:06Eroding beaches weaken Puerto Rico’s storm defenses
More than half of the island's beaches are losing sand. That's a problem when most of the population lives along the coast.
7 years ago
Listen 7:28Surviving Maria — from 1,500 miles away
As hurricane winds swept across Puerto Rico, journalist Syra Ortiz-Blanes watched from Philadelphia, unsure if her family back home was safe.
7 years ago
Listen 5:53Enemy No. 1 for Puerto Rico’s utility: trees
One of the most complicated pieces of technology — the power grid — is no match for the forest.
7 years ago
Listen 7:28Major opioid maker to pay for overdose-antidote development
OxyContin maker announced that it's making a $3.4 million grant to help develop a low-cost naloxone nasal spray.
7 years ago
Our Milky Way is thought to have originally formed shortly after the birth of the universe, 13.5 billion years ago. Built from the first ...
Air Date: September 3, 2018
Listen 05:13Ketamine, a promising depression treatment, seems to act like an opioid
A new study suggests that ketamine has something in common with drugs like fentanyl and oxycodone.
7 years ago
Aroused: how hormones control us
Guest: Randi Hutter Epstein We blame a lot on our hormones – weight gain, sex drive, sleep loss, mood swings, i ...
Air Date: September 3, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Asian wasp’s arrival in S. Jersey brings hope to scientists, farmers fighting stink bugs
It looks harmless, but the samurai wasp is a skillful warrior.
7 years ago
Listen 6:14NASA Science Visualization Labs’ Ernie Wright has created a beautiful visual compliment to De Bussey’s classic piano composition, ...
Air Date: August 27, 2018
Listen 06:30Hawaii braces for ‘life threatening’ flash flooding, after lane weakens
Hurricane Lane, now downgraded to a tropical storm, is expected to continue to dump heavy rain in Hawaii on Saturday
7 years ago
Drought in Central Europe reveals cautionary ‘hunger stones’ in Czech river
A lengthy drought in Europe has exposed carved boulders, known as "hunger stones," that have been used for centuries to commemorate historic droughts.
7 years ago
School is a place where kids learn about health — everything from nutrition to avoiding STDs. But increasingly, schools across the coun ...
Air Date: August 24, 2018
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