
Health & Science
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie – that’s a supermoon!
Supermoon? – Ridiculous! Invented by Astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. Difference in size between these full moons and other full m ...
Air Date: July 22, 2014
ListenTeaching children empathy through the arts
Empathy is an essential skill to connect with the people and world around you. It is also so much more than even compassion- to be truly ...
Air Date: July 18, 2014
ListenWednesday marks the 45th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11 carrying the first humans to another celestial body. Buzz Aldrin is askin ...
Air Date: July 14, 2014
ListenMindfulness at work: How do you come across?
Dr. Daniel Ames from Columbia Business School did a ...
Air Date: July 14, 2014
ListenThe overdose ‘antidote’: how Narcan works
Nalaxone or Narcan is one powerful drug, with powerful, immediate effects. So how does this lifesaving drug actually work? It come ...
11 years ago
Listen 3:50Divorce is not just between two parents, but the family’s children as well. On this show, we’ll speak with ...
Air Date: July 7, 2014
ListenA wrinkle in the fabric of space-time
Orbital Carbon Observatory-2- now in orbit will help scientists better understand Earth’s carbon cycle, identifying natural and man ...
Air Date: July 7, 2014
ListenLook aloft July 4th … and 5th!
Cassini Celebrates its 10th year at Saturn – will continue to explore until 2017 when it’ll plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere. Frankl ...
Air Date: July 2, 2014
ListenWe tend to to think that grief after the death of a loved on means stage after stage of misery, that we slowly, if ever, climb out of. Co ...
Air Date: June 30, 2014
ListenScience explains changes in water temperature from beach to beach
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...
11 years ago
Listen 6:28“And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes . . .”
Penn State Astronomers figure out why near side and far side of the moon are so different – front side, maria: large smooth areas w ...
Air Date: June 24, 2014
Listen11 tips to avoid toenail fungus: Easy to catch, hard to kill
It’s sandal weather, the pool and beach beckon — and that means naked, exposed toes. That thought fills millions of Americans wit ...
11 years ago
ListenSet your sights on the 6:51 a.m. Saturday Summit
Summer Solstice. Sun at Solar Max – although it’s one of the most minimal maxes seen in decades. Cycles last 9- 14 years. Pro ...
Air Date: June 18, 2014
ListenPro and con: Is football too dangerous for kids?
When you think of football, do you think about the concussions, crippling diseases or even the Alezimer's disease that your child can develop just from playing?
11 years ago
Television has a negative influence on kids and should be limited
Do you want to ruin your child by putting them in front of the television? Recent studies from all over the world show how badly televisi ...
11 years ago
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