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Hubble Still Holding Forth

Scientists are using the aging Hubble Space Telescope to determine the components of the atmosphere of a so-called super-Earth planet 40 ...

Air Date: February 23, 2016

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 A serious headache in 2010 kicked off a five-year medical odyssey for Diego Luke.  (Photo courtesy of Luke)
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Teen recounts experience of fighting for his life

My name is Diego Luke, and I am a 17-year-old high school junior in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grow ...

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Gravitas !

Gravitational Waves detected, confirming a key component of Albert Einstein’s understanding of the cosmos. Derrick Pitts, chief ast ...

Air Date: February 16, 2016

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Ever wonder what doctors and nurses are listening for when they are manually taking your blood pressure? (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
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The sounds of blood pressure: What are we listening for?

Blood pressure. It's one of the most important measurements in medicine. And yet, taking it correctly is kind of an art.

10 years ago

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Astronomical Anomalies

What happens when the gas supply at a Black Hole runs out? – It’s “lights out!” Previous evidence suggested that ...

Air Date: February 8, 2016

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EARTH orbit – 365 days, 2MASS J2126 orbit – 328,500,000 days

Astronomers have found a gas-giant exoplanet named 2MASS J2126 that orbits about 600 billion miles out from it’s star, meaning the ...

Air Date: February 1, 2016

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Members of various veteran organizations carry flag-draped casket of J.B. Ralph from funeral home in Williamstown, Pennsylvania, Aug. 6, 1976. Ralph was one of over 20 Legionnaires who died from a mysterious disease after attending a state convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis)
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Audio Time Capsule: The discovery of Legionnaires’ disease

Solving the mysteries of infectious diseases requires man power, determination, and, in the case of Legionnaires' disease, pride.

10 years ago

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Out-of-this-world produce

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly aboard ISS has had success utilizing available sunlight to grow Zinnias – a prerequisite along the way t ...

Air Date: January 25, 2016

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Feelin’ the heat on Pluto

NASA’s New Horizen’s August fly-by over Pluto is revealing several surprises – including evidence of an internal heat s ...

Air Date: January 18, 2016

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An Intergenerational Look at Behavioral Health

In this first of Dr. Dan’s Voices in the Family specials, he brings two young psychiatric residents together with their academic adviso ...

Air Date: January 11, 2016

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2016 Out-of-this-World Highlights

Lots of cool planetary observing this coming spring and summer, as well as two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses… but the real ...

Air Date: January 11, 2016

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Princeton Plasma Physics Lab offers ‘Science on Saturday’ lecture series

On Saturday morning, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory will fill with a new type of energy: the public. Science lovers, stud ...

10 years ago

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2016 starts off with a (big) bang

This is a big week astronomically speaking…- Saturday we arrived at perihelion, yesterday was Summer solstice on Mars, tomorrow we enjo ...

Air Date: January 4, 2016

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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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