
Health & Science
Looking for climate change answers in the melting north
As Arctic ice caps warmed, scientists — believers and skeptics — came together to seek answers.
7 years ago
Listen 5:23Indigenous traditions get science backing
Scientists are learning from farmers and traditional healers — and documenting what powers their success.
7 years ago
Listen 8:22Making movies animates long-term Children’s Hospital patients
Drexel University students are teaming up with young patients at CHOP to create animated films.
7 years ago
Listen 2:02Freshwater mussels function as nature’s water treatment plants. Each animal can filter up to 600 gallons of water per month. And when w ...
7 years ago
Listen 4:57New Horizons: NASA’s mission to Pluto
Guests: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon NASA’s New Horizons spaceship launched in 2006 to visit tiny Pluto at edge ...
Air Date: May 2, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:47Guest: Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Joseph Cappella Vaping is becoming increasingly popular among teenagers. They are ...
Air Date: May 1, 2018 10:20 am
Listen 36:03Newly discovered? A purple planet! Actually, the color suggestion is just speculation based on the planet’s expected chemical compo ...
Air Date: April 30, 2018
Listen 06:11Penn State researchers join international effort to study Antarctic ‘doomsday’ glacier
7 years ago
To treat depression when drugs fail, CHOP researchers begin search for solutions in mice brains
Researchers found that stimulating a specific region of mice’s brains called the entorhinal cortex decreased their symptoms of depression.
7 years ago
Guest: Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Joseph Cappella Vaping is becoming increasingly popular among teenagers. They are ...
7 years ago
Are we prepared for a killer flu epidemic?
Humanity's ability to stop a flu pandemic has changed little in the past century.
7 years ago
NASA Mars mission faces setback after heat shield cracks under pressure
A critical part of NASA's next $2 billion rover mission to Mars broke during testing earlier this month.
7 years ago
Benzodiazepines: America’s ‘other prescription drug problem’
The problem with benzos, as they're also known, is that they're highly addictive medications, both physically and psychologically.
7 years ago
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