
Health & Science
A look at the work of Albert Einstein – he was born on March 14 in 1879. Today is also the birthday of Gene Cernan (born in ...
Air Date: March 14, 2016
Listen 00:06:47Cultivating Compassion for Aging
So often, the milestones of old age sneaks up on us. Even as we gain the advantage of experience, there are less comfortable changes to c ...
Air Date: March 11, 2016
Listen 00:50:28Life after lead poisoning: one family’s story
When the Degenharts bought their house, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. But they didn’t know that it would land their son, Jos ...
9 years ago
ListenA heart attack becomes an unwelcome source of poetic inspiration
Marylou Kelly Streznewski describes herself as a model of health. And for most of her life, she took it for granted. But that chan ...
9 years ago
ListenClocks shift forward one hour this Sunday morning (2 a.m.) A total solar eclipse can be seen this week in Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawes ...
Air Date: March 7, 2016
Listen 00:05:42Surveys by the national sleep foundation find that between eleven and 23 percent of live-in couples sleep in separate beds. Does this mea ...
Air Date: March 7, 2016
Listen 00:03:09For years, we’ve heard that meditation is good for our bodies and minds – but scientific studies on the practice have been la ...
Air Date: March 1, 2016
Listen 00:03:12Year in Space chronicles Astronaut Scott Kelly’s preparation and 12-month mission (starting with the launch last Mrch 27th ...
Air Date: March 1, 2016
Listen 00:06:41‘It’s never too late’ to start again; life after addiction
Cory Cohen’s slide into addiction is one that echoes all over the country. Cohen is 22 years old, grew up in the suburbs of ...
9 years ago
ListenScientists are using the aging Hubble Space Telescope to determine the components of the atmosphere of a so-called super-Earth planet 40 ...
Air Date: February 23, 2016
Listen 00:06:46Teen recounts experience of fighting for his life
My name is Diego Luke, and I am a 17-year-old high school junior in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grow ...
9 years ago
ListenGravitational Waves detected, confirming a key component of Albert Einstein’s understanding of the cosmos. Derrick Pitts, chief ast ...
Air Date: February 16, 2016
Listen 00:05:19The sounds of blood pressure: What are we listening for?
Blood pressure. It's one of the most important measurements in medicine. And yet, taking it correctly is kind of an art.
9 years ago
Listen 4:06What happens when the gas supply at a Black Hole runs out? – It’s “lights out!” Previous evidence suggested that ...
Air Date: February 8, 2016
Listen 00:04:13EARTH orbit – 365 days, 2MASS J2126 orbit – 328,500,000 days
Astronomers have found a gas-giant exoplanet named 2MASS J2126 that orbits about 600 billion miles out from it’s star, meaning the ...
Air Date: February 1, 2016
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