
Health & Science
Harvest Moon provides visual feast
Thursday’s full moon is the Harvest Moon, which is the full moon closest to the Autumnal Equinox, which arrives S ...
Air Date: September 16, 2013
ListenBe very afraid: this Friday marks the first of two Friday the 13ths this year. The Epsilon Perseid Meteors are a real s ...
Air Date: September 9, 2013
ListenA dazzling celestial sight just after sunset today: Venus and the moon
Did you happen to notice that little dot near the crescent moon just after sunset today? Emerging out of the Lincoln Tunnel at tha ...
10 years ago
Life as a university of adversity
In his new book The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of ...
Air Date: September 9, 2013
ListenBacteria found in Wilmington’s drinking water
Tests performed on Wilmington’s drinking water back in July showed coliform bacteria in en ...
10 years ago
Catch a closer-to-home rocket launch
This Friday night, NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere And Dust Environment Explorer is scheduled to launch from the Mid-Atla ...
Air Date: September 3, 2013
ListenThere’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: September 2, 2013
ListenSilver Splitters: The “Other Shade of Gray”
A growing number of people are divorcing as they near retirement age. In the last 20 years, the divorce rate has more than doubled for m ...
Air Date: August 26, 2013
ListenNot all planets orbit the stars from which they derived, and it’s now thought that some of these ‘free agen ...
Air Date: August 26, 2013
ListenDog day night viewing highlights
Moon is full tomorrow night, so watch as the moon rises as the sun sets or moon sets as sun rises. Venus and Saturn are ...
Air Date: August 19, 2013
Listen[Rebroadcast from June 14, 2013] Whether you’re a recent graduate just entering the workforce or you’ve been on a car ...
Air Date: August 19, 2013
ListenPerseids 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
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