
Health & Science
In the meat industry, cellular agriculture is a new frontier
Scientists are creating meat without killing animals. Some people sink their teeth into a piece of juicy, bloody steak and enjoy e ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:27How can we get into outer space faster? Nanocraft! The $100 million Breakthrough Starshot initiative intends to develop, within a genera ...
Air Date: May 16, 2017
Listen 00:05:46Homeowners, spate of animal deaths may come down to yew
Drop-dead gorgeous plant kills big game in the Rocky Mountain West. The Japanese yew is beautiful and deadly. So deadly, land ...
8 years ago
ListenWithout medical support, DIY detox often fails
Kicking an addictive painkiller habit often requires prescriptions and counseling. By the time Elvis Rosado was 25, he was addicte ...
8 years ago
ListenHow a gene editing tool went from labs to a middle school classroom
It seems just like yesterday that the gene editing tool called CRISPR Cas9 burst into the science community with seemingly endless option ...
8 years ago
ListenRace for the Cure draws thousands, raises millions
Thousands gathered on Eakins Oval Mother’s Day for the 27th Annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Families and friends gathered to w ...
8 years ago
Guests: Doug Fierberg, Gentry McCreary 18 members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Penn State University face c ...
Air Date: May 12, 2017
Listen 00:49:21‘Driving’ to Delaware operating room gets kids revved up for dental surgery
Miniature vehicles are helping a Wilmington, Delaware, clinic ease fear before surgery and cut down on medication. Four-year-old D ...
8 years ago
ListenA precarious 101 days for a premature baby
When I went to the doctor on a cold November evening to find out whether I was having a boy or a girl, the last thing I was expecting to ...
8 years ago
From ’80s to now: Waves of investment in drug treatment can help, hurt patients
Just as the clothes we wear and the restaurants we visit follow trends, the illicit drugs we ingest cycle in and out of fashion. I ...
8 years ago
ListenThis research subject calls himself a ‘professional guinea pig’
Alex Spencer has earned thousands of dollars as a research subject. “That vein right here on the left side of my left arm ha ...
8 years ago
ListenWith the return of the summer constellations rising around midnight, the Milky Way rises up from ringing the horizon and will arc slowly ...
Air Date: May 8, 2017
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