
Health & Science
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
ListenMemoirs. We read them all the time. Blue Nights by Joan Didion. Bossypants by Tina Fey. Night by Elie Wiese ...
Air Date: August 12, 2013
ListenTomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of Curiosity’s landing on Mars. Perseids peak next week – try seein ...
Air Date: August 5, 2013
ListenSome 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
ListenEarth 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
ListenSelf 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
ListenA 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
ListenMost 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
ListenWe 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
ListenThe 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
ListenWhat’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
ListenExtreme 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 ...
12 years ago
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
ListenTomorrow is the exact middle of the year, and Friday marks aphelion – the earth’s greatest distance from th ...
Air Date: July 1, 2013
ListenNASA is looking for a few good names
You have until July 1st to sign up to send your name to Mars with MAVEN – first spacecraft dedicated to study of ...
Air Date: June 25, 2013
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