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2015 Out of this World Highlights

Last week’s SpaceX mission was a great success but the real ‘heavy lifting’ is being done by Scott Kelly during his one ...

Air Date: December 28, 2015

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Winter Solstice Tonight

At 11:48pm, Earth reaches a specific point in its orbit around the sun, where the axial tilt of the earth has its greatest extension away ...

Air Date: December 21, 2015

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Safe

In light of recent terrorist violence and mass shootings, it sometimes seems scary to go to public places, or big gatherings. In their we ...

Air Date: December 14, 2015

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Geminid meteor shower at its peak tonight

Meteors are typically debris from comets, but in this case, the Geminids are debris from asteroid 3200 Phaeton; only the January Quadrant ...

Air Date: December 14, 2015

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Building supplies? Jewelry? Babysitting? Kidney transplants get creative with Craigslist

Last week, doctors at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital canceled a kidney transplant surgery under unusual circumstances. The donor ...

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Feel the Wave

The European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder Satellite will launch soon to advance the goal of detecting the unbelievably small effe ...

Air Date: December 7, 2015

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Out of this World Turkey with Trimmings

International Space Station NASA Commander Scott Kelly and five fellow crew members at work over the Thanksgiving Holiday may be coming i ...

Air Date: November 30, 2015

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Cosmic Archaeology

Trying to learn about the early history of the galaxy, NASA has used Hubble Space Telescope to find the oldest galactic ‘bones̵ ...

Air Date: November 23, 2015

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Gratitude and Transitions

It’s Thanksgiving week — and in between the football and turkey there’s the thanks. As many people have heard, this is the ...

Air Date: November 23, 2015

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To Pluto… and Beyond

A 10th dwarf planet has been discovered out beyond the orbit of Pluto. The newest one V774104 is less than half Pluto’s size and is ...

Air Date: November 16, 2015

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Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and our Common Humanity

There was a time if you said meditation it conjured up hippies, communes and a certain amount of stereo-typing. But thanks to our guest t ...

Air Date: November 16, 2015

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How much was your flu shot? WHYY’s PriceCheck wants to know

The start of flu season means lots of ads and public health reminders about the importance of getting a flu shot. Manufacturers are makin ...

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Gone with the Wind

MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft data shows that the primary reason the Martian atmosphere is gone is the activi ...

Air Date: November 9, 2015

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Anonymity, 12-steps and New Paths to Recovery

Anonymity has long been the staple of 12-step programs. But, lately there has been a trend toward self-disclosure especially by those in ...

Air Date: November 9, 2015

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Destination Enceladus

The Cassini Saturn orbiter (which launched from Earth in 1997) took a close pass by the intriguing moon Enceladus last Wednesday. The obj ...

Air Date: November 2, 2015

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