
Science
Astronaut Scott Kelly’s view from space
SCOTT KELLY spent 340 days in space, setting the record for the longest space ...
6 years ago
Listen 35:30Astronaut Scott Kelly’s view from space; Jeff Sessions’ firing
Guests: Mark Mazzetti, Scott Kelly SCOTT KELLY spent 3 ...
Air Date: November 8, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Beyond plastic bans: Creating products to replace it
The growing number of campaigns to ban plastic waste are putting pressure on companies to find alternatives – not just for straws, but for all kinds of plastic packaging.
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FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller
In one study, the pill provided about the same pain relief to patients as IV morphine.
6 years ago
Enjoy an earlier sunrise starting Sunday morning, when our area reverts to Eastern Standard Time. The earlier sunsets affords oppor ...
Air Date: November 2, 2018
Listen 06:38There is no grid emergency (at least for the next five years)
The grid operator for the mid-Atlantic region released a long-anticipated study.
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Our sun, some 865,000 miles in diameter, rotates once every 30-35 days or so; fairly normal for a star like ours. Contrast that wit ...
Air Date: October 29, 2018
Listen 06:12Coastal pacific oxygen levels now plummet once a year
Hypoxia is a condition in which the ocean water close to the seafloor has such low levels of dissolved oxygen that the organisms living down there die.
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Report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up
Last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, and emissions have been rising.
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International Observe the Moon Night
The naked eye is just fine – but if the night sky is clear this evening, the best way to view the moon is with a pair of binoculars ...
Air Date: October 20, 2018
Listen 05:07Climate change could transform our planet sooner than we thought. A new report from the United Nations says that just 1.5 degrees Celsius ...
Air Date: October 19, 2018
Listen 49:11EPA boasts of reduced greenhouse gases, even as Trump questions climate science
The Trump administration is celebrating a drop in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions last year while the president remains skeptical of climate science.
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DEP awards water quality-related grants funded by $12.6M penalty against Sunoco
Money will go to efforts in 14 Pa. counties.
6 years ago
Buried in the data from European Space Agency’s Gaia Survey satellite, astronomers from Leiden University in the Netherlands discov ...
Air Date: October 16, 2018
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