
Health & Science
My 9-year-old has insomnia; here’s what I learned
Our 9-year-old son has recently been battling insomnia, lying awake each night until 10 or 11 p.m. The rare nights he falls asleep easily ...
8 years ago
Parents, researchers fight to stamp out smoking on the big screen
Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit. When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something. ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:50Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind
There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see. I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:23Digital demands paradigm shift in film archiving
At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:34On October 13 at 9:24 pm, Orbital Sciences will launch from Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia, sending 2,400 kilos of supplies ...
Air Date: October 10, 2016
Listen 00:05:13First, evidence has been discovered supporting a subsurface salt-water ocean at Pluto! It would have the right mass to account for how Pl ...
Air Date: October 3, 2016
Listen 00:06:44I might have Asperger’s Syndrome, but do I really want to know?
People just don't seem to understand the way I think, so when they can follow my train of thought, it feels like I have superpowers.
8 years ago
The Bloom Comes Off The Rosetta
Last Saturday Rosetta completed its final orbit and began its direct descent to the comet’s surface. It should impact on Friday in a re ...
Air Date: September 26, 2016
Listen 00:05:11First, Dave Heller and Dr. Derrick Pitts discuss the Autumnal equinox, which is this Thursday at 10:21am. Next stops? Halloween, th ...
Air Date: September 19, 2016
Listen 00:04:56Come with us as we step inside a time capsule of life on earth — the natural history museum. On this specia ...
Air Date: September 15, 2016
Listen 50:13The Brain Scoop and the sloppy business of learning
The story of how one YouTube educator is reshaping natural history. This piece is a part of our s ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:39Finders keepers doesn’t apply to fossils and bones
Paleontologists preparing for excursions have to think about appropriate gear, and clothing, but they also have to make sure all of their ...
8 years ago
Fighting for preservation in a wooded natural history museum
Eli Dickerson and I start at the edge of the unusual museum collection he manages. This piece is ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:02People with dementia entitled to the dignity of voting
As the 2016 Election approaches, the right to vote will be a deciding factor in the outcome. While courts are over-turning racially motiv ...
8 years ago
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