
Health & Science
Giving of ourselves to help others is a win-win activity. It’s deemed generous, kind, and cooperative. It also increases intimacy, co ...
Air Date: December 30, 2013
ListenTime marches on, but sunrise will be stuck at 7:22 a.m. for more than a week. Winter constellations becoming prominent ...
Air Date: December 30, 2013
ListenWhy men won’t go to the doctor, and how women coax them
It’s a perpetual battleground in the war between the sexes. Elisabeth Perez-Luna brings back dispatches from the frontlines. ...
12 years ago
Listen 10:13Last minute gift for space geeks
LEGO Curiosity Rover model (295 pieces) goes on sale on Jan. 1. Designed by a mechanical engineer who actually worked o ...
Air Date: December 23, 2013
ListenTwo decades ago, Tom Hanks and ‘Philadelphia’ prompted changing attitudes toward HIV-AIDS
An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...
12 years ago
Listen 23:35For 40 million Americans, it’s chronic. For 20 to 30 million others it’s seasonal or temporary. Let’s face it, many of us don’t ...
Air Date: December 16, 2013
ListenTime grows short to tackle the fall 2013 to-do list
Winter solstice arrives Saturday afternoon at 12:11. Saturday also marks a manned mission milestone, on 12/21/68 – ...
Air Date: December 16, 2013
ListenWe know that children of alcoholics are four times as likely to develop substance abuse problems than other children, and they’re at ri ...
Air Date: December 9, 2013
ListenVenus is VERY bright after sunset; at its brightest for the year tomorrow. Don’t miss it. Nothing is ever this br ...
Air Date: December 9, 2013
ListenEarliest sunset arrives this Saturday, latest sunrise arrives early next month. Summer constellations can still be seen ...
Air Date: December 2, 2013
ListenPeace psychology: Conversations
The journal American Psychologist has published a special issue on peace ...
Air Date: December 2, 2013
ListenThe Thanksgiving comet beckons
Comet ISON arrives at the sun on Thanksgiving Day. Observers hope the close approach will dramatically increase dust pr ...
Air Date: November 25, 2013
ListenStepfamilies: What works, what doesn’t
Blended families with children have a lot on their plates. There are roles to define, needs to pay attention to, and loyalties to underst ...
Air Date: November 25, 2013
ListenComet ISON 10 days out from one and only rendezvous with the sun
As Comet ISON heads towards the sun, its icy CO2 nucleus is beginning to sublimate, releasing the dust trapped since th ...
Air Date: November 18, 2013
ListenThe crisis of postpartum depression
No woman expects to suffer the physical and emotional devastation of postpartum depression or PPD. Expectant mothers are more inclined t ...
Air Date: November 15, 2013
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