
Health & Science
Can we predict or prevent mass shootings?
Too many times in the last few years we’ve heard the similar story of tragic, unnecessary violence: Someone who has been identified as ...
Air Date: June 9, 2014
ListenThe early June night sky offers plenty of treats for viewers. Derrick offers a simple time-tested way to test the passage of time. Camelo ...
Air Date: June 3, 2014
ListenContagious stress part 2: From adult to adult
We all talk about how stress is contagious, wondering if we can get it from that stressed-out co-worker. But did we ever guess we could g ...
Air Date: May 30, 2014
ListenDaring to be vulnerable with Brené Brown
Vulnerability is not a weakness, according to Brené Brown, author of “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the ...
Air Date: May 26, 2014
ListenThe answer is blowin’ in the wind
Following the failure of a position stabalizer, the Kepler Planet Hunter satellite has been successfully re-oriented – by using sol ...
Air Date: May 26, 2014
ListenLook for a new meteor shower this weekend – First pass ever Saturday May 24. Camelopardalids may be the biggest shower of the year. ...
Air Date: May 20, 2014
Female troops returning from deployment
Female soldiers are returning from deployment in record numbers, according to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of ...
Air Date: May 16, 2014
ListenSun’s sibling identified – HD 162826 is 100 light years away, 15% more massive than our sun, found in Hercu ...
Air Date: May 13, 2014
ListenBritish-born Jo Frost has been a nanny since she was 18 years old. But for the last 10 years, she h ...
Air Date: May 12, 2014
ListenScientists can now reliably calculate that the universe is expanding symmetrically, thanks to data from very big radio ...
Air Date: May 6, 2014
ListenDo you hate it when people complain, or do people hate it when you complain? Both? Dr. Dan Gottlieb discusses the effects of comp ...
Air Date: May 2, 2014
ListenPaying tribute to the women who helped integrate Pennsylvania’s health care system
Alumnae from the Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing returned to Philadelphia recently to remember their time together in the 1940s and 50s. ...
9 years ago
ListenAnnular (“ring”) Eclipse of the Sun tomorrow – Partial at best for most of Australia, Antarctica come ...
Air Date: April 29, 2014
What are teens learning about Civil Rights in school?
According to a ...
Air Date: April 28, 2014
ListenClear skies enhance chance to see showers
Lyrid Meteors beckon, though the shower rate pales in comparison to Geminid or Perseid. Philadelphia Science Fair kicks ...
Air Date: April 21, 2014
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