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At 30,000 feet, tomato juice simply tastes different than at sea level. (Claus Ableiter/Creative Commons)
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Why do we drink tomato juice on planes?

Ever get the urge to drink a glass of tomato juice on a flight? You aren’t alone, and there’s a scientific explanation why. ...

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MAVEN & MOM at Mars

Two New Spacecraft in Orbit at Mars; MAVEN (atmospheric studies) and the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM); (atmospheri ...

Air Date: September 29, 2014

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Voices in the Family
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Curiosity

Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity, innovation, and learning in general. It is something we’re all born with- but not ...

Air Date: September 29, 2014

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For more summer, go South… or way North

Summer ended at 10:29 p.m. Monday. If we were on Mars we could enjoy summer for a whole 6 months, thanks to it’s ...

Air Date: September 23, 2014

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A discussion on domestic violence

When celebrities engage in domestic violence, it saturates the headlines, but then often fades into the background. However, domestic vio ...

Air Date: September 22, 2014

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Expanded A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children ready for debut

A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children is ready to unveil its massive new expansion that’s designed to ease young patients and their fam ...

11 years ago

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Savor what’s left of summer

Autumnal Equinox arrives at 10:29 pm Monday, 9/22. Since it takes quite a bit of time for water to heat up, it also tak ...

Air Date: September 15, 2014

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When did we get so old?

Inspired by a New York Times a ...

Air Date: September 15, 2014

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Hooray for the Harvest Moon!

Wednesday’s full moon is this year’s Harvest Moon – way out ahead of Autumnal Equinox by 14 days. Nex ...

Air Date: September 10, 2014

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Voices in the Family
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Real family solutions with Dr. Stephen Treat

Fewer people are getting married, the divorce rate remains just below 50% which means there are more stepfamilies, sometimes 3 stepfamili ...

Air Date: September 8, 2014

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99 + 44/100ths% pure

For the first time – scientists have identified a second generation star – one made up of the remnants of the earliest stars ...

Air Date: September 2, 2014

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Contagious Stress “Best of”

Everyone has experienced yawning when someone else yawn or else has walked into a room full of people where the mood was light and cheerf ...

Air Date: September 1, 2014

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One small year for a Mars rover…

The Mars Rover Curiosity has spent now one Martian year on Mars (which equals two Earth years), traveled 5.5 miles and taken over 178,000 ...

Air Date: August 26, 2014

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Peace psychology: Conversations

The journal American Psychologist has published a special issue on peace ...

Air Date: August 25, 2014

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Dog days retrieve longer nights

Close planet conjunction – Jupiter and Venus very close in tomorrow’s pre-dawn sky . Watch the moon slide down to join them t ...

Air Date: August 19, 2014

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