6-5-12: The Transit of Venus

See it today, or wait another hundred years or so.

5-30-12: Migrating Martian Sand Dunes

How and why the sand dunes of Mars move around the planet

6-13-2011: How to Make a Date with a Space Telescope

What it takes to schedule research time on the Hubble.

4-22-11: Still Lunar After All These Years

Why are Passover and Easter still dependent on the phases of the moon? We ask CCBC Catonsville astronomy professor Fred Hickok, who recently gave a talk at the Benjamin Banneker Planetarium called “Easter and the Changing Moon.”

4-4-11: It Keeps Growing and Growing…

Why this universe ain’t big enough for two theories on expansion.

12-10-10: Poetry in Science

Poet and scientist Michael Salcman on his latest work.

10-12-10: Dog is Man’s Best Friend, Scientists Say

What can science tell us about why we get so attached to our little puppy-wuppy oh who’s the widdle pup–uh, sorry, still getting that oxytocin out of our system. Tom Hall talks to author Meg Olmert about her book “Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond.”

9-10-10: Liz Lerman’s The Matter of Origins

Dancing about science!

5-11-10: Faith in Science

A new stem cell research initiative from the University of Maryland with an unusual backer: the Vatican.

4-28-10: The Trouble with Tiny Tech

Ellen Silbergeld on what we need to know about nanomaterials.