Health & Science
– Winter Solstice arrives Sunday at 6:03 pm – The Mars Rover Curiosity discovers evidence of lacustrine deposits in Gal ...
Air Date: December 15, 2014
ListenWhen the words won’t come — recovering from a series of strokes in my 30s
I wanted to read the lines so desperately, to force the words from the pages into my mind and out of my mouth. But they were ceasing to b ...
11 years ago
ListenNASA Halts New Horizens’ Hibernation
-Geminid Meteor Shower peaks Friday -Earliest sunsets of 2014 will occur over the next few days -NASA Orion launch completely ...
Air Date: December 8, 2014
ListenBlack Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Tis the season of desire, whether it is for gifts, extra desserts or shopping fo ...
Air Date: December 8, 2014
ListenSunrise – (earliest) sunset (this Friday)
Earliest Sunset – This week Friday 4:34 and we dwell there for a week. Then sunsets slowly drift later. But sunr ...
Air Date: December 2, 2014
ListenThe Philae comet lander is fine – hibernating until next summer when extra sunlight can recharge its batteries an ...
Air Date: November 25, 2014
ListenThe holiday season is here… and while it is filled with gift-giving, it’s also a good time to talk about opportunities to mak ...
Air Date: November 24, 2014
ListenWhether it’s a professional athlete or a school report — or maybe even a talk show host preparing for a Ted Talk — we all r ...
Air Date: November 17, 2014
ListenLeonid Meteors are visable late tonight into dawn tomorrow, although Leonids are a weak shower. Other night sky treats ...
Air Date: November 17, 2014
ListenEarth watery from birth – A geological study of meteorites and asteroids indicates that surface water was here at ...
Air Date: November 11, 2014
Every day we hear about advances in medicine… successful trials to cure diseases, technology to restore sight, hearing or regenerat ...
Air Date: November 10, 2014
ListenChinese spacecraft Change’e 5T1 launched last Wednesday, did a swing around the moon and is now on its way back t ...
Air Date: November 3, 2014
Listen“The Boom Boom Retreat” – Growing up with borderline personality disorder
Angry. Strange. Lonely – these are all words that describe Talya Lewis as a little girl and teen. Today, she knows she has borderline p ...
Air Date: November 3, 2014
ListenPreparing for the next hurricane requires making tough decisions
Two years after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, many of New Jersey’s coastal communities continue to struggle with reco ...
11 years ago
Tricks on terra-firma, treats overhead
Halloween and cross-quarter day comes this Friday with a first quarter moon, followed by All Saints Day November ...
Air Date: October 28, 2014
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