Science
Winter is here and it’s the end of the world according to the Maya
This Wednesday marks the start of the Saturnalia celebrations. Saturnalia, the Roman mid-winter festival, was used by early Christians t
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Air Date: December 17, 2012
ListenPhiladelphia releases new tool for searching crime in the city
Want to see reported crimes near your home address over the last 30 days? Go to
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Mercurial Ice and a Gigantic Black Hole
Astounding! Water on the planet closest to the Sun? According to NASA , Mercury’s surface temp is -297 to 800F at the equator diurn
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Air Date: December 10, 2012
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Sunrise – Sunset: A Trick of Time
The earliest sunset of the year is this Friday at 4:35 pm and after a week or so, sunsets are starting to come later. It can be con
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Air Date: December 3, 2012
ListenBlackstone LaunchPad expands to Philadelphia, puts up $3M for student entrepreneurship
The charitable arm of one of the nation’s largest investment firms is bringing one of its programs to two Philadelphia universities
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Philadelphia Magazine’s ThinkFest looks to convene region’s innovators
There’s the New Yorker Festival in the Big Apple,
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New Drexel tech space lets art and science collide
Engineers working with fashion designers; artists working with computer programmers; musicians working with technologists.
That
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Watching the Dance of the Planets
For the next two weeks every early morning you will be treated to a celestial choreography.
Watch the eastern pre-
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Air Date: November 26, 2012
ListenVisitors Bureau debuts new branding for ‘PHL’
L.A. equals Hollywood; New York equals Wall Street; San Francisco equals high-tech.
Jack Ferguson, president of the Philadelp
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A Planet Hunting Telescope Still Adding Information Since 2009
Now that the Kepler telescope has completed its primary mission, it goes on extended mission. Since 2009 Kepler has identified 2300 poss
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Air Date: November 19, 2012
Listen18 ways SEPTA will make your ride greener
Less is more. That’s the idea behind SEPTA’s first Energy Action Plan.
The new plan, released Monday, looks to save mo
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What Hurricane Sandy taught me about cooking without electricity
Enduring Superstorm Sandy in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. taught me a lot about myself and about my survival cooking skills.
The one
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Sandy aftermath: Residents assess damage on Long Beach Island
For many Long Beach Island home owners, this past weekend was their first visit to the barrier island hit hard by Hurricane Sandy two wee
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Fewer new stars in the universe and black holes are “burping”
Is the universe running out of energy? It might be one of the explanations for the steep decline in stellar production. The universe is o
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Air Date: November 12, 2012
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