
Health & Science
Any parent with a teenager can tell you that their child’s adolescent years can be confusing, anxiety-ridden, tumultuous. Even the ...
Air Date: January 27, 2014
ListenAstronomers have discovered a star with almost no impurities – just hydrogen and helium (and faint traces of calc ...
Air Date: January 21, 2014
ListenJulian Calendar year 2767 begins tomorrow. 13 days out of step with Gregorian Calendar which started in 1582. ChinaR ...
Air Date: January 13, 2014
ListenWe’re tethered to our smartphones, tablets and computers. We leave our phones in plain sight during bedtime stories, holiday gatherings ...
Air Date: January 13, 2014
ListenLet’s mark our 2014 calendars with these out-of-this-world reminders: Only 2 solar (April 29th- Annular, extreme ...
Air Date: January 6, 2014
ListenThe changing nature of what we remember
Did you ever notice that your memory of an event changes depending on whom you’re with? Do you find yourself negotiating the detai ...
Air Date: January 6, 2014
ListenGiving of ourselves to help others is a win-win activity. It’s deemed generous, kind, and cooperative. It also increases intimacy, co ...
Air Date: December 30, 2013
ListenTime marches on, but sunrise will be stuck at 7:22 a.m. for more than a week. Winter constellations becoming prominent ...
Air Date: December 30, 2013
ListenWhy men won’t go to the doctor, and how women coax them
It’s a perpetual battleground in the war between the sexes. Elisabeth Perez-Luna brings back dispatches from the frontlines. ...
11 years ago
Listen 10:13Last minute gift for space geeks
LEGO Curiosity Rover model (295 pieces) goes on sale on Jan. 1. Designed by a mechanical engineer who actually worked o ...
Air Date: December 23, 2013
ListenTwo decades ago, Tom Hanks and ‘Philadelphia’ prompted changing attitudes toward HIV-AIDS
An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...
11 years ago
Listen 23:35For 40 million Americans, it’s chronic. For 20 to 30 million others it’s seasonal or temporary. Let’s face it, many of us don’t ...
Air Date: December 16, 2013
ListenTime grows short to tackle the fall 2013 to-do list
Winter solstice arrives Saturday afternoon at 12:11. Saturday also marks a manned mission milestone, on 12/21/68 – ...
Air Date: December 16, 2013
ListenWe know that children of alcoholics are four times as likely to develop substance abuse problems than other children, and they’re at ri ...
Air Date: December 9, 2013
ListenVenus is VERY bright after sunset; at its brightest for the year tomorrow. Don’t miss it. Nothing is ever this br ...
Air Date: December 9, 2013
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