
Health & Science
Spring is the season for comets
Scientists are studying other moons in the solar system and it turns out our moon is much less dynamic than others. Europa, a moon of Jup ...
Air Date: March 11, 2013
ListenIt’s tax season, a time for close examination of how we handle our money. Seems simple enough: we earn it, save it, and spend it. But ...
Air Date: March 8, 2013
ListenClocking the speed of a Supermassive black hole
Astronomers, who have been trying to accurately clock the speed of a Supermassive black hole for some time, finally got their chance. Ke ...
Air Date: March 4, 2013
ListenStrings or no strings? Sexual hook-up culture
Outside of marriage, a “hook-up” is described as a fleeting, uncommitted sexual encounter with no strings attached. Surveys imply mor ...
Air Date: March 1, 2013
ListenAsteroids falling towards Earth
The asteroid that hit Russia seemed like quite a surprise, but over the last decade scientists have been trying to ...
Air Date: February 25, 2013
ListenBullying. From the playground to cyberspace, for victims it can be a minefield of teasing, taunting, threatening, shunning, and sometime ...
Air Date: February 22, 2013
ListenCuriosity Rover is digging deep into Martian rock, well, maybe not that deep. A drill will go just 2.5 inches into a fine grain piece of ...
Air Date: February 18, 2013
ListenGrit: Children succeeding with character
How do we measure a child’s success in school or socially? Plenty of attention is given to test scores and IQ. But there’s somethin ...
Air Date: February 15, 2013
ListenWhen we’re afraid and overwhelmed, it’s easy to turn away from ourselves for comfort. In her new book True Refuge: Finding Peace ...
Air Date: February 11, 2013
ListenWill an asteroid pass too close for comfort?
The 449th anniversary of Galileo’s birth back in 1564 comes up this Friday, February 15th and he is celebrating with an asteroid pa ...
Air Date: February 11, 2013
ListenWe all love a good story, and some of the most fascinating ones are conspiracy theories – often full of intrigue and difficult to debun ...
Air Date: February 4, 2013
ListenMars Curiosity drills to new depths
Today is Clyde Tombaugh’s 107th birth anniversary. Born in 1906 , he was an American astronomer, rocket scientist and telescope bui ...
Air Date: February 4, 2013
ListenThe shadow doesn’t know much about the end of winter plus the Brown Dwarf stars story
The amazing universe of Brown Dwarf stars: the most numerous of all in the galaxy, they form like normal stars do but lack the mass neede ...
Air Date: January 28, 2013
ListenJanuary 28, 2013 — Why do people make decisions they regret 10 years down the road, like getting a tattoo or rushing to ma ...
Air Date: January 28, 2013
ListenYes, Mars has a liquid past, the rocks tell the story
Mars Science Lab Curiosty has discovered fractures filled with calcium sulfates in sedimentary rock units. On earth, fractures like the ...
Air Date: January 21, 2013
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