
Health & Science
A quintuple star system is discovered in the constellation Ursa Major. Multiple systems are not unusual, in fact most stars are mu ...
Air Date: August 3, 2015
Listen 00:05:41Giant Surprises from the Dwarf Planet
Images and data beamed back from NASA’s New Horizons mission has astronomers rethinking what they thought they knew about Pluto. Ke ...
Air Date: July 27, 2015
Listen 00:07:2746 years ago – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon, while Michael Collins orbited overhead in ...
Air Date: July 20, 2015
Listen 00:06:13Why do some patients cry after anesthesia?
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...
10 years ago
Listen 5:45Twenty-five years ago, President George Herbert Walker Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, bettering the lives of many Ameri ...
Air Date: July 20, 2015
Listen 00:52:16Geophilus Hadesi discovered in Croatian caves – more than half a mile below the earth’s surface! These ‘extrem ...
Air Date: July 13, 2015
Listen 00:05:19Your baby is born prematurely… a nightmare of unknowns. We talk with Deanna Fei ...
Air Date: July 13, 2015
Listen 00:52:16Night Sky Fireworks Beyond the 4th
Call this Venus Week! Friday, Venus shows its greatest illuminated portion – and it will be at its brightest for this year on Sunda ...
Air Date: July 6, 2015
Listen 00:06:04Independence Day/Independent Life
At this time of year when we think about our nation’s independence, let’s look at what independence means in our lives. Your first s ...
Air Date: July 6, 2015
Listen 00:52:16The Sun will be at its furthest annual distance from the Earth next Monday afternoon – 94,506,507 miles. Heading outdoors to ...
Air Date: June 29, 2015
Listen 00:06:00Determination, individualism – work hard you’ll get ahead and get a piece of the American pie. Those are hallmarks of our society ...
Air Date: June 29, 2015
Listen 00:52:16Our region reached the maximum hours of daylight for the year yesterday. We lose two seconds today; a minute by the end of the week, and ...
Air Date: June 22, 2015
Listen 00:13:11Understanding Male Bonds and Codes
Bro-mances, buddy films –that’s the Hollywood picture of male friendship — but what do men really need to have an intimate rela ...
Air Date: June 22, 2015
Listen 00:52:16If we lived on a planet that orbited a lone star outside of a galaxy, a starless night sky would be possible. Now astronomers have discov ...
Air Date: June 15, 2015
Listen 00:12:31Fatherhood will be celebrated this month on Father’s Day. For many, fathers and father figures are key to supporting and raising childr ...
Air Date: June 15, 2015
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