
Science
‘2001’ came and went, but the movie’s ideas still resonate
The 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” painted a grand vision of the future — but for lots of us, the real 21st Century has ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:44Verizon Wireless testing drones for airborne 4G LTE for emergency crews
In a remote corner of South Jersey, a group of emergency first responders entered the woods on Tuesday, June 20, to test a drone-based ce ...
8 years ago
How much lead is hiding in Philly’s former industrial neighborhoods?
The construction boom in the so-called “river wards,” once Philadelphia’s industrial hub, has unleashed a “lurkin ...
8 years ago
Sun’s Original Twin: What happened to it? UC Berkeley astronomer Steven Stahler and Sarah Sadevoy of Smithsonian Astrophysical Obse ...
Air Date: June 19, 2017
Listen 00:06:34NOAA: New Jersey will see an increase in nuisance flooding in 2017
For Jersey Shore residents and regular summer visitors, it’s just part of life. Once in a while, even on a still and sunny day, tid ...
8 years ago
Fuel, oxygen, and ignition: the science of fireworks
A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:47Science can make blockbuster movies better
Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:49Guest: David Baron A total solar eclipse will occur on August 21st of this year over the United States ...
Air Date: June 15, 2017
Listen 00:49:00If you’re sweating from our current heat wave, be glad you don’t live on planet KELT-9, orbiting a blue A-type star 620 light ...
Air Date: June 12, 2017
Listen 00:04:39Why the Red Knot bird lives and dies by what happens here
Everything is in place along the Delaware Bay beach on an early late Spring morning. The net is carefully folded, the cannons set at the ...
8 years ago
Wiltshire, England doesn’t have the monopoly on solar events with summer solstice at Stonehenge. Philadelphia is a suitable site to ...
Air Date: June 5, 2017
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