
Health & Science
Fuel, oxygen, and ignition: the science of fireworks
A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:47Science can make blockbuster movies better
Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:49‘Positive scientists’ say you can learn to be happier
A busy journalist and mom test drives tools from “happiness science.” When the architects of America wrote about the p ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:11A reformed fireworks enthusiast now stays inside on the Fourth
Each year, a Missouri man created a bigger and more explosive pyrotechnics display — until the summer an ATF agent showed up at his d ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:10Philly, Conrail outline plan to clear long-festering heroin camp along tracks
Philadelphia officials say they have finally reached a plan with Conrail to remove and clean up a haven for heroin users on the company ...
8 years ago
A night shift doctor’s quest for daytime shuteye
After working overnight, an ER doctor does her best to sleep during the sunniest hours. While Dorian Jacobs’ husband and tod ...
8 years ago
ListenGuest: David Baron A total solar eclipse will occur on August 21st of this year over the United States ...
Air Date: June 15, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Weighing the health of hot dogs without killing the BBQ
Hot dogs are a staple of summer barbecues, but they’re also notoriously bad for you. Franks are typically a processed food, which ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:51Sex and aging remains an uncomfortable topic for many people. But, a new study finds that your sex life is impacted by how old you feel, ...
Air Date: June 12, 2017
Listen 00:02:55If you’re sweating from our current heat wave, be glad you don’t live on planet KELT-9, orbiting a blue A-type star 620 light ...
Air Date: June 12, 2017
Listen 00:04:39Why the Red Knot bird lives and dies by what happens here
Everything is in place along the Delaware Bay beach on an early late Spring morning. The net is carefully folded, the cannons set at the ...
8 years ago
Adjusting to two new identities: mother and cancer survivor
Jenny Leyh was 28 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She used to dread walking into the waiting room for ea ...
8 years ago
ListenSmoking is often the hardest ‘vice’ to quit
Public health experts say: Ditch your smokes. And if you have HIV, there are a few extra reasons to kick the habit soon. At ...
8 years ago
ListenDoctors scramble to care for U.S. babies with Zika-related birth defects
When her daughter was born in January, the first thing Maria Rios checked was the baby’s head. She’d seen the te ...
8 years ago
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