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Health & Science
Astronomers now ‘mapping’ brightness variations in stellar atmospheres. T-class “star” Luhman16 ...
Air Date: February 3, 2014
ListenLove through a scientific lens: Our true capacity to connect
Positive emotions expert, social psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has some advice for all of us. It’s time to upgrade our view of ...
Air Date: February 3, 2014
ListenSuper Bowl Sunday a good time for addicted gamblers to consider future
With New Jersey hosting its first Super Bowl ever, excitement has been growing across the state. Even more importantly, betting is alread ...
11 years ago
The science of grunting while weightlifting
Is there any benefit to making noises when you lift weights or hit a tennis ball? Or are you just being annoying? My gym is the Pl ...
11 years ago
Listen 5:16This Superbowl Sunday is also Groundhog Day, cross-quarter day and Candlemas. A newly discovered Supernova 11.4 million light year ...
Air Date: January 27, 2014
ListenAny parent with a teenager can tell you that their child’s adolescent years can be confusing, anxiety-ridden, tumultuous. Even the ...
Air Date: January 27, 2014
ListenAstronomers have discovered a star with almost no impurities – just hydrogen and helium (and faint traces of calc ...
Air Date: January 21, 2014
ListenJulian Calendar year 2767 begins tomorrow. 13 days out of step with Gregorian Calendar which started in 1582. ChinaR ...
Air Date: January 13, 2014
ListenWe’re tethered to our smartphones, tablets and computers. We leave our phones in plain sight during bedtime stories, holiday gatherings ...
Air Date: January 13, 2014
ListenLet’s mark our 2014 calendars with these out-of-this-world reminders: Only 2 solar (April 29th- Annular, extreme ...
Air Date: January 6, 2014
ListenThe changing nature of what we remember
Did you ever notice that your memory of an event changes depending on whom you’re with? Do you find yourself negotiating the detai ...
Air Date: January 6, 2014
ListenGiving of ourselves to help others is a win-win activity. It’s deemed generous, kind, and cooperative. It also increases intimacy, co ...
Air Date: December 30, 2013
ListenTime marches on, but sunrise will be stuck at 7:22 a.m. for more than a week. Winter constellations becoming prominent ...
Air Date: December 30, 2013
ListenWhy men won’t go to the doctor, and how women coax them
It’s a perpetual battleground in the war between the sexes. Elisabeth Perez-Luna brings back dispatches from the frontlines. ...
11 years ago
Listen 10:13Last minute gift for space geeks
LEGO Curiosity Rover model (295 pieces) goes on sale on Jan. 1. Designed by a mechanical engineer who actually worked o ...
Air Date: December 23, 2013
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