About this podcast
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.
Episodes
- Mystery of Venus (10-26) · 3 minWhenever 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…
- Hamlet · 5 minHamlet – directed by John Deaderick – is on the boards at the Nevada Theater, October 29-November 8. I spoke with John about the play.
- Losing the sky · 10 minWe 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…
- Conjunction Of Venus & Moon · 3 minVenus and crescent moon will float close to each other in the western sky, in the twilight after sunset.
- Southern California Chemical Tank Emergency · 3 minMay-June, 2026 - Pressure began rising within a tank of methyl methacrylate in Garden Grove. A little chemistry behind the event.
- Venus & Jupiter Approach Conjunction · 3 minVenus 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…
- Artemis II - about to launch · 3 minGetting 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.
- Lunar Eclipse + 1918 Flu · 3 min3March2026 ... before dawn ... the moon will suffer total eclipse. Also, a few words about the 1918 flu pandemic.
- Cyclones and Atmospheric Rivers Approach California · 3 minAtmospheric rivers do not bring rain to CA ... they bring moisture.
- Viruses - Bird Flu · 3 minThe 1928 flu pandemic killed more people than died in all of the so-called great war. How do viruses do it?
- HALEU (High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium) New fuels For New Nukes · 3 minA new generation of nuclear reactors is under construction across the U.S. A quick look at the new fuels the new nukes will require.
- How Our Brains Make Memories with Al Stahler · 25 minAl 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…
- Steering Atmospheric Rivers to CA · 6 minCalifornia depends on atmospheric rivers (ARs)- currents of air carrying humongous amounts of water vapor - for roughly half its annual precipitation. I spoke with Dr. Katerina…
- Electromagnetism from space can play havoc with electronics · 4 minThe world's electronics can be massively messed with, by electromagnetic fields, coming off the sun.
- Artemis Scrub · 5 minFirst launch of the Artemis moon project was scrubbed this morning. Here's why.
- Health Is Wealth · 30 minDid 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…
