A look into how the natural world works and how we interact with it. Airing live on KVMR-FM Nevada City on 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 6:30pm-7pm.
Latest episodes
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3 min
26-10-26-Mystery of Venus
Whenever Venus and Earth come closest ... which is whenever Venus comes between Earth and sun, at inferior conjunction ... Venus always shows the same face to Earth. No one knows w…
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10 min
26-10-20-Losing the sky
We are losing the stars ... and not just from light pollution. Plans call for fleets of orbiting satellites that will be so large ... and so numerous ... they will literally blot o…
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5 min
26-10-20-Hamlet
Hamlet – directed by John Deaderick – is on the boards at the Nevada Theater, October 29-November 8. I spoke with John about the play.
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3 min
Conjunction Of Venus & Moon
Venus and crescent moon will float close to each other in the western sky, in the twilight after sunset.
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3 min
Southern California Chemical Tank Emergency
May-June, 2026 - Pressure began rising within a tank of methyl methacrylate in Garden Grove. A little chemistry behind the event.
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3 min
Venus & Jupiter Approach Conjunction
Venus and Jupiter move close in Earth's sky, reaching conjunction before dawn, 6/9 ... putting them super-close, after sunset, 6/8 & 6/9 ... and still, pretty darn close, in the ev…
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3 min
Artemis II - about to launch
Getting the 3000-ton Artemis II launch vehicle off the ground and to the moon requires 4500 tons of thrust; but the crew will fly home on a free return trajectory.
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3 min
Lunar Eclipse + 1918 Flu
3March2026 ... before dawn ... the moon will suffer total eclipse.Also, a few words about the 1918 flu pandemic.
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3 min
Cyclones and Atmospheric Rivers Approach California
Atmospheric rivers do not bring rain to CA ... they bring moisture.
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3 min
Viruses - Bird Flu
The 1928 flu pandemic killed more people than died in all of the so-called great war. How do viruses do it?
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3 min
HALEU (High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium) New fuels For New Nukes
A new generation of nuclear reactors is under construction across the U.S.A quick look at the new fuels the new nukes will require.
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25 min
How Our Brains Make Memories with Al Stahler
Al Stahler discusses the latest space news, and talks with Mark Andermann, Professor of Endocrinology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, about how our brains make…
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6 min
Steering Atmospheric Rivers to CA
Image: AR hits Pacific Northwest, 4Nov22.
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4 min
Electromagnetism from space can play havoc with electronics
The world's electronics can be massively messed with, by electromagnetic fields, coming off the sun.
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5 min
Artemis Scrub
First launch of the Artemis moon project was scrubbed this morning. Here's why.
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30 min
Health Is Wealth
Did you know that health care in the U.S. ranks last when compared to other high-income countries? That's according a study published by The Commonwealth Fund in August of 2022. In…