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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. (Photo by Shannon Grant, courtesy of Brianna Wu)
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Social Justice
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Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress

Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. Brianna Wu has loved video games ever since she w ...

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Before she was a novelist, Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist. (Photo via Library of Congress)
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Books
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Novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist first

The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...

8 years ago

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Google to appeal case that could require it hand over emails to FBI

Whether you use Gmail or Microsoft Outlook or something else, your emails may be stored in servers outside the U.S. and potentially out o ...

8 years ago

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StateImpact

Sunoco rejects township’s Mariner East complaint to PUC

8 years ago

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DRBC says it’s still weighing gas drilling rules, but no decision on the horizon

8 years ago

StateImpact

Battle re-emerging over fracking along Delaware River

8 years ago

 Delaware environmental regulators issued a cease and desist order Monday against the former International Petroleum Corp.' facility in Wilmington for transporting hazardous wastes. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Troubled oil recycler cited for hazardous waste violations

A Wilmington oil recycling plant fined last month by a federal judge for environmental crimes was issued a cease and desist order Monday ...

8 years ago

aeronautical engineer Mary Jackson at work
Skytalk

Hidden Figures

This week, Derrick focuses attention on the contributions of minorities and women to the field of astronomy. There are many birth ...

Air Date: March 13, 2017

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a bird on a branch
Skytalk

Time to spring ahead

Daylight Saving Time kicks in at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney ...

Air Date: March 6, 2017

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planets
Skytalk

What’s a planet?

As more and more planets are being discovered, it’s not a bad idea to come to a consensus on answering the question, “What ...

Air Date: February 27, 2017

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the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system
Radio Times
Business
Movies
Music

The pinelands pipeline, exoplanets, and the Oscars

Guests: Joe Hernandez, Eric Jensen, Hillary Busis First up on today’s show: New Jersey green-lit a natural gas ...

Air Date: February 27, 2017

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 Ross Lockwood on top of a volcano in Hawaii, where he simulated living on mars for months. (Courtesy of Casey Stedmen)
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Space
Technology

An aspiring astronaut’s life on fake Mars

Ross Lockwood spent four months on top of a volcano in Hawaii. He lived in an inflatable dome the size of a two-bedroom apartment with fi ...

8 years ago

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an exoplanet
Skytalk
Space

Exoplanets in the neighborhood

The twin 10m Keck telescopes at Mauna Kea in Hawaii have identified 100 more exoplanet candidates. On ...

Air Date: February 20, 2017

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The Brain

Let’s explore the most complex computer system on Earth: the brain. On this episode, we’ll examine this wondrous organ — wh ...

Air Date: February 17, 2017

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Mars
Skytalk
Space

Mystery on Mars

We celebrate two giant birth anniversaries this week: Wednesday is the 453rd anniversary of Galileo and Sunday is the 544th anniversary o ...

Air Date: February 13, 2017

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