Health & Science
Tackling the heat island problem in concrete jungles
Health issues and energy costs soar when the temperatures rise. It’s a hot day in June when I visit Ledean Durant’s ...
8 years ago
Listen 8:02Penn State study: Vapers report less dependence, addiction than cigarette smokers
E-cigarette users report feeling less dependent and addicted than traditional smokers do, according to a recent study. Even so, researche ...
8 years ago
Listen 1:56Sleep paralysis: How a deep-sleep glitch can conjure the boogeyman
There’s an unnerving, specific kind of dream — a nightmare, really — that can happe ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:00Reclaiming a good night’s sleep after trauma-induced insomnia
A museum exhibit helped Vashti DuBois finally sleep after nearly 3 years of unrest. Standing in her living room — a serene, dark ...
8 years ago
Listen 3:52Sleep habits may have helped humans branch off from other primates
Human sleep behavior is different than that of many kinds of primates. That made researchers wonder, why did our branch of the family tre ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:42Sleep is the new skinny — with a booming industry to help us get rest
We’re paying millions for plush mattresses and gee whiz gadgets — but a little “sleep hygiene̶ ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:47You Must Remember This – An Eclipse Is Not Just an Eclipse
Kepler scientists this week announced the 219 newest additions to the exoplanet count – 10 of which are identified as “terres ...
Air Date: June 26, 2017
Listen 00:07:13The dangers of replacing Obamacare with the Republican health care bill
How can we live in a modern society — what some would call the greatest country in the world — and not provide health care as a right ...
8 years ago
‘2001’ came and went, but the movie’s ideas still resonate
The 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” painted a grand vision of the future — but for lots of us, the real 21st Century has ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:44Stigma keeps some doctors from treating drug addiction
Most primary care doctors aren’t able to prescribe Rx anti-addiction medicine. Internal medicine physician Chinazo Cunningha ...
8 years ago
ListenVerizon Wireless testing drones for airborne 4G LTE for emergency crews
In a remote corner of South Jersey, a group of emergency first responders entered the woods on Tuesday, June 20, to test a drone-based ce ...
8 years ago
Philly briefs neighborhood on cleanup of Conrail heroin encampment
Philadelphia is trying to get the word out about the plan to clean up a stretch of railroad tracks in West Kensington plagued by the opio ...
8 years ago
How much lead is hiding in Philly’s former industrial neighborhoods?
The construction boom in the so-called “river wards,” once Philadelphia’s industrial hub, has unleashed a “lurkin ...
8 years ago
Sun’s Original Twin: What happened to it? UC Berkeley astronomer Steven Stahler and Sarah Sadevoy of Smithsonian Astrophysical Obse ...
Air Date: June 19, 2017
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