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Health & Science
New moon = Dark skies = Great celestial viewing opportunities
For a challenge, check out the Eta Aquarid meteor shower through Friday, 5/10. For an easier challenge, there are plane ...
Air Date: May 6, 2013
ListenNot too old for an “out of this world” walk
At the age of 59, International Space Station cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (pictured above) set a new record last week by ...
Air Date: April 29, 2013
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: April 26, 2013
ListenPhiladelphia Science Festival Continues
April 22, 2013 Image credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech [Dave Heller]: Get out the shampoo and ...
Air Date: April 22, 2013
ListenApril 15, 2013 [Dave Heller] Come one, come all: techies, geeks, freaks, families and those just looking for a fun ...
Air Date: April 15, 2013
ListenSport and religion: Connections
If you were to draw a Venn diagram of concepts associated with baseball and religion, there is a surprisingly large amount of overlap: fa ...
Air Date: April 12, 2013
ListenApril 8, 2013 [Dave Heller] Astronomers move a step closer to shedding light on dark matter, the stuff surmised to ...
Air Date: April 8, 2013
ListenThere’s a small trend afoot — a tendency toward slower, mindful, more meaningful living. Perhaps you’ve heard of slow travel, slow ...
Air Date: April 5, 2013
ListenDelaware woman’s fight for supplemental insurance [video]
A Delaware woman whose job has forced her to put her life on the line is now fighting for her life medically and fighting to get the stat ...
12 years ago
NASA considers cutbacks due to sequestration
NASA’s education and public outreach activities may come to a halt – part of efforts to pare $1.2 trillion dollars over the n ...
Air Date: April 1, 2013
ListenPsychopaths. They’re often depicted as smooth-talking liars, devoid of guilt and empathy and immune to healthy fears and stress. Many ...
Air Date: March 28, 2013
ListenFaster than a speeding bullet . . . WAY faster than a speeding bullet
Astronomers catch sight of the fastest orbiting body yet – a small star circling a black hole every two-and-a-half hours! Remarkabl ...
Air Date: March 25, 2013
ListenCuriosity generates ‘thirst’ for more information about the Red Planet
The Mars Rover hits paydirt, or more appropriately pay-clay pointing to water, water everywhere; including possibly drops to drink. It ...
Air Date: March 18, 2013
ListenLooking deeply at the ID rights movement, a work in progress
Like all civil rights movements, the intellectual disabilities rights movement is a work in progress. The emotional struggle that began ...
Air Date: March 15, 2013
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