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an autumn scene
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Spring ahead…fall back

Clocks change back one hour to Standard Time on Sunday. The moon is one day old on the 31st; not the best for Hallowe’en, but ...

Air Date: October 31, 2016

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The Pulse
Science

The Body Show

This rebroadcast show is all about the human body – more specifically, what happens to us after weR ...

Air Date: October 27, 2016

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Speak Easy
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Mr. and Mrs. Claus have a brand-new bag

“Hi, kids,” said the 40-something desk clerk, grinning, as my 60-something husband and I scanned our ID fobs at our neighborh ...

9 years ago

an assortment of galaxies
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1,000,000,000,000

It turns out that the universe is more crowded with stuff than we previously thought. A new estimate of the number of galaxies in the Uni ...

Air Date: October 24, 2016

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a woodcut of astrological signs
Skytalk
Science

Zoom in on the Zodiac

Where are we in the zodiac now, and why would it matter? This week on SkyTalk, Dave and Dr. Pitts discuss the difference between astronom ...

Air Date: October 17, 2016

Listen 00:05:34
The Pulse
Science

The Science of the Cinema

Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...

Air Date: October 14, 2016

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Philly Parenting
Health

What to say to a parent whose child Is born with a disability

Last month, A & E’s reality show “Born This Way” took home an Emmy Award ...

9 years ago

In season 1 episode 5 of The Flintstones, Fred gets conked on the head (as pictured here) and it completely changes his personality. A second conk later on reverses it. (Screen grab of The Flintstones)
The Pulse
Health

Fact or cartoon fiction: Can the ‘double conk’ cure amnesia?

Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...

9 years ago

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Philly Parenting
Health

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 ...

9 years ago

Screenshot of Rita Hayworth as Gilda in the trailer for the film Gilda. (<a href=Photo via Columbia Pictures)" title="smoke" width="1" height="1"/>
The Pulse
Health

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. ...

9 years ago

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Sarita Kimble holds an audio description device at the Ritz Five movie theater in Philadelphia. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Human 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 ...

9 years ago

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Reels of film wait to be catalogued in one of the Library of Congress warehouses. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
Science

Digital 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 ...

9 years ago

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Special Delivery!

On 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 00:05:13
Elon Musk
Skytalk
Science

Musk Targets Mars

First, 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

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Health

Climate change could threaten our drinking water

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9 years ago

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