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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Voices in the Family
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From Refugee to Refuge: Cultivating Compassion

We see disaster stories on the news all the time. Whether it is a fire in California, or a tsunami halfway across the world, it can make ...

Air Date: October 5, 2015

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Science

7 Seas + 1

Scientists are now certain that the 313 mile diameter moon of Saturn, Enceladus, has a liquid water ocean that completely envelops its ro ...

Air Date: September 28, 2015

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Voices in the Family
Health

Teenage sexuality in today’s world

We humans are sexual beings; and like it or not so are our children. How do we deal with our own feelings abo ...

Air Date: September 28, 2015

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Science

Don’t Miss the Harvest Moon Eclipse

Autumn officially arrives Wednesday; at 4:21 am, Earth arrives at that point in its orbit where the rotational axis is in a position that ...

Air Date: September 21, 2015

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Science

Bid Adieu to Summer 2015

This is the last week of summer. Autumn arrives next Wednesday. NASA’s New Horizons is en route to a 35 mile-wide iceball on ...

Air Date: September 14, 2015

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Ponds surround empty oil tanks at Petty's Island on the Delaware River.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Science

Exploring urban islands: from natural to developed

Islands on Pennsylvania’s waterways are often overlooked, difficult to access or seen as liabilities, but some people are trying to change that.

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Voices in the Family
Community

On Celebration and Transition

Family relationships, workplace worries, difficult world events – for 30 years, psychologist Dan Gottlieb has helped us navigate our da ...

Air Date: September 14, 2015

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Alice De Tiberge's ranch home in Pennington is powered by solar panels and and a system that stores excess energy as hydrogen for use when sunlight is weak. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

New Jersey inventor unveils ‘affordable’ hydrogen-solar home

A New Jersey inventor unveiled Friday what he is calling the first fully-permitted and affordable house powered by solar and hydrogen in ...

11 years ago

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Science

Itty Bitty Black Hole Discovered

Along with the great visibility of Venus and Mars in the pre-dawn sky and Saturn in the evening, the big event this week is something we ...

Air Date: September 8, 2015

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Science

Name It & Claim It

20 planets beyond our solar system need names. . . . and the public is invited to give its thumbs-up or down to proposals. Results will b ...

Air Date: August 31, 2015

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Science

True or False; False

On August 27th , Mars will appear as large as the full moon. Don’t believe this hoax; It could happen BUT if it does, we have a lot ...

Air Date: August 24, 2015

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Kayakers on the Schuylkill (Jessica Kourkounis)
Keystone Crossroads
Science

[Video] Fast trip down the Schuylkill River to Philly

Recently, about a hundred hardy souls paddled down the Schuylkill River, from the quiet banks of Schuylkill Haven to the skyscrapers of P ...

11 years ago

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Science

It’s Been a Dog Day’s Night!

There’s a great International Space Station pass tonight northwest over to the west; 8:51 to 8:58, but it’ll blink out of sig ...

Air Date: August 17, 2015

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Michael Trost of Dingmans Ferry, Pa. (seen here with his wife, Susan Rosalsky) was billed $32,325 for a surgery with an out-of-network doctor in an in-network hospital. (Elana Gordon/for WHYY)
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Health

Surprise! When your hospital is in-network but your doctor isn’t

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

11 years ago

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Science

Perseid Peaking

Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this week. – Weds night, Thurs night, Fri night. No moon this year, so it should be much easier to obse ...

Air Date: August 10, 2015

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