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Dog day night viewing highlights

Moon is full tomorrow night, so watch as the moon rises as the sun sets or moon sets as sun rises. Venus and Saturn are ...

Air Date: August 19, 2013

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[Rebroadcast from June 14, 2013] Whether you’re a recent graduate just entering the workforce or you’ve been on a car ...

Air Date: August 19, 2013

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Perseids pack peak punch tonight

Count on an early setting moon, and with clear skies the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower has the potential to ...

Air Date: August 12, 2013

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Memoir

Memoirs. We read them all the time. Blue Nights by Joan Didion. Bossypants by Tina Fey. Night by Elie Wiese ...

Air Date: August 12, 2013

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Still curious one year on

Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of Curiosity’s landing on Mars. Perseids peak next week – try seein ...

Air Date: August 5, 2013

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Bad Neighbors

Some of us are fortunate to have good neighbors. They’re the folks we chat with, invite over, borrow a cup of sugar from, and do f ...

Air Date: August 5, 2013

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Earth wades through the Perseid meteor stream

Earlier this month NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, collecting valuable data as it orbits Saturn had a rare opportunity ...

Air Date: July 30, 2013

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Self Tracking: Quantified Self Movement

According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 69 percent of adults in the U.S. track a health indicator ...

Air Date: July 29, 2013

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A baker’s dozen (+1)

A 14th moon of Neptune has been discovered and this one gets the prize for smallest size. Also, we’ll look back o ...

Air Date: July 23, 2013

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Young adults and alcohol

Most parents hate to think about their teens and young adult children using or misusing alcohol. Experimentation is common but it comes ...

Air Date: July 22, 2013

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Compulsive Buying Disorder

We sometimes make jokes about compulsive behavior, but the effects can be devastating. While you and I might find shopping pleasurable o ...

Air Date: July 15, 2013

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Rover rolls on

The Mars Rover Opportunity is now 10 years old and still operating on the surface of the Red Planet. Saturday marks the ...

Air Date: July 15, 2013

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What’s in a name? Kerberos and Styx join Nix, Hydra and Charon

Greek mythology guides the naming convention for Pluto’s two most recently identified moons, more may be discover ...

Air Date: July 9, 2013

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Extreme humidity can set off smoke alarms

It has been insufferable lately— hot and sticky enough to set off smoke alarms. The Philadelphia region has been especially mugg ...

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What’s behind secrets and lies

The hunt for Edward Snowden, the American who leaked details about national security surveillance programs plays out as a story about sec ...

Air Date: July 1, 2013

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