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an exoplanet
Skytalk

Planets, pretty as a picture

Direct imaging of exoplanets is now possible – a new instrument on the 8m Subaru telescope in Hawaii is imaging exoplanets. T ...

Air Date: November 21, 2016

Listen 00:04:58
Use one cutting board for vegetables and another for meat to avoid cross contamination
Food & Drink

Don’t serve up stomach bug along with holiday meal

Happy holidays. Tis the season for norovirus — a stomach ailment that can start with contaminated food. And nothing leaves a wor ...

9 years ago

the Leonid meteor shower
Skytalk

Meteor shower? Or meteor drizzle?

With clear skies, the Leonid Meteors are available to be viewed from November 15 – 20, peaking on the 18th. The Leonids are typical ...

Air Date: November 14, 2016

Listen 00:05:28
State Impact Pennsylvania hosted a forum on the Politics of Pennsylvania’s Energy Future at WHYY studios on Tuesday, October 25th, 2016. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Energy
Environment

How should Pa. balance energy needs with environmental protection?

Pa. coal production has slowed since the Marcellus Shale boom began, and concerns linger about the environmental impact of both. StateImp ...

9 years ago

Halley's comet
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Halley & his comet

360 years ago Tuesday (in 1656) Edmund Halley was born. Not only is Halley celebrated because of his namesake comet, the first whos ...

Air Date: November 7, 2016

Listen 00:09:13
an autumn scene
Skytalk
Space

Spring ahead…fall back

Clocks change back one hour to Standard Time on Sunday. The moon is one day old on the 31st; not the best for Hallowe’en, but ...

Air Date: October 31, 2016

Listen 00:07:41
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Biology
Public Health
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The Body Show

This rebroadcast show is all about the human body – more specifically, what happens to us after weR ...

Air Date: October 27, 2016

Listen 50:33
an assortment of galaxies
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Space

1,000,000,000,000

It turns out that the universe is more crowded with stuff than we previously thought. A new estimate of the number of galaxies in the Uni ...

Air Date: October 24, 2016

Listen 00:05:24
a woodcut of astrological signs
Skytalk
Space

Zoom in on the Zodiac

Where are we in the zodiac now, and why would it matter? This week on SkyTalk, Dave and Dr. Pitts discuss the difference between astronom ...

Air Date: October 17, 2016

Listen 00:05:34
The Pulse
Movies
Technology
Visual Arts

The Science of the Cinema

Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...

Air Date: October 14, 2016

Listen 51:39
Sarita Kimble holds an audio description device at the Ritz Five movie theater in Philadelphia. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
The Pulse
Movies
Technology
Visual Arts

Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind

There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see. I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l ...

9 years ago

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Reels of film wait to be catalogued in one of the Library of Congress warehouses. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
History
Movies
Technology

Digital demands paradigm shift in film archiving

At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b ...

9 years ago

Listen 7:34
a rocket takes off
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Special Delivery!

On October 13 at 9:24 pm, Orbital Sciences will launch from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia, sending 2,400 kilos of supplies ...

Air Date: October 10, 2016

Listen 00:05:13
Elon Musk
Skytalk

Musk Targets Mars

First, evidence has been discovered supporting a subsurface salt-water ocean at Pluto! It would have the right mass to account for how Pl ...

Air Date: October 3, 2016

Listen 00:06:44
The Rosetta satellite
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Space

The Bloom Comes Off The Rosetta

Last Saturday Rosetta completed its final orbit and began its direct descent to the comet’s surface. It should impact on Friday in a re ...

Air Date: September 26, 2016

Listen 00:05:11
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