
Health & Science
Here in the U.S., odds that a couple will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary are about 50/50. That’s sobering news for young men ...
Air Date: May 13, 2013
ListenNominate your name to travel to Mars
Not as big as the Big Bang, but this Big Blast blows away any other explosion ever seen by astronomers. The supermassiv ...
Air Date: May 13, 2013
ListenA migrating bird makes an unexpected stopover in Philadelphia after crashing into a Center City high rise.
12 years ago
There’s been a lot of discussion about the new book Lean In by Facebook COO Sherly Sandberg. It’s part memoir and pa ...
Air Date: May 6, 2013
ListenNew moon = Dark skies = Great celestial viewing opportunities
For a challenge, check out the Eta Aquarid meteor shower through Friday, 5/10. For an easier challenge, there are plane ...
Air Date: May 6, 2013
ListenNot too old for an “out of this world” walk
At the age of 59, International Space Station cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (pictured above) set a new record last week by ...
Air Date: April 29, 2013
ListenLove through a scientific lens: Our true capacity to connect
Positive emotions expert, social psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has some advice for all of us. It’s time to upgrade our view of ...
Air Date: April 26, 2013
ListenPhiladelphia Science Festival Continues
April 22, 2013 Image credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech [Dave Heller]: Get out the shampoo and ...
Air Date: April 22, 2013
ListenApril 15, 2013 [Dave Heller] Come one, come all: techies, geeks, freaks, families and those just looking for a fun ...
Air Date: April 15, 2013
ListenSport and religion: Connections
If you were to draw a Venn diagram of concepts associated with baseball and religion, there is a surprisingly large amount of overlap: fa ...
Air Date: April 12, 2013
ListenApril 8, 2013 [Dave Heller] Astronomers move a step closer to shedding light on dark matter, the stuff surmised to ...
Air Date: April 8, 2013
ListenThere’s a small trend afoot — a tendency toward slower, mindful, more meaningful living. Perhaps you’ve heard of slow travel, slow ...
Air Date: April 5, 2013
ListenDelaware woman’s fight for supplemental insurance [video]
A Delaware woman whose job has forced her to put her life on the line is now fighting for her life medically and fighting to get the stat ...
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NASA considers cutbacks due to sequestration
NASA’s education and public outreach activities may come to a halt – part of efforts to pare $1.2 trillion dollars over the n ...
Air Date: April 1, 2013
ListenPsychopaths. They’re often depicted as smooth-talking liars, devoid of guilt and empathy and immune to healthy fears and stress. Many ...
Air Date: March 28, 2013
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