Today’s Radio Schedule at a GLANCE:

SET #1:  60-Second Earth ~ Discovery Now ~ York∞Universe!

SET #2:  60-Second Mind ~ EarthSky ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Ask the Naked Scientists

SET #3: 60-Second Science ~ AAAS Science Update ~ This Week in Science 

SET #4: 60-Second Space ~ A Moment of Science ~ 365 Days of Astronomy ~ Diffusion Science Radio

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SET #1:
UTC/GMT: 0200, 0600, 1000, 1400, 1800, 2200
US Eastern: 9pm, 1am, 5am, 9am, 1pm, 5pm
US Pacific: 6pm, 10pm, 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm

News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American’s “60-Second Earth” ~ How To Make Electricity Using Plants and Sunshine (00:01:29)

More news, Public Radio WHRV, “Discovery Now” ~  The Puffin: It’s a helicopter! It’s a plane! No, it’s a puffin, an electric-powered flying suit that could take aviation to new heights! (00:01:30)

An Astronomy.FM original program, from the observatory at York University in Toronto, “York∞Universe!” ~ Join us in the York chatroom for the live version at 0200 GMT /9pm EST. Replays featured throughout the rest of the schedule. (00:55:00)

SET #2:
UTC/GMT: 0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2300
US Eastern: 10pm, 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm
US Pacific: 7pm, 11pm, 3am, 7am, 11am, 3pm

News at the top of the hour, from Scientific American’s “60-Second Mind“ ~ More Than One Blow for a Concussion in Football (00:1:30)

More news, from “EarthSky” ~ Rivers in Trouble Worldwide: with Peter McIntyre (00:01:30)

Deep from the program vault, the January 13 2010 edition of “365 Days of Astronomy” ~ Remembering the Atwood Sphere: by Elizabeth Fracek (00:11:02)

From Cambridge University, two episodes of “Ask the Naked Scientists” ~ 1) Perfect Bubbles, Sniffing Danger, and Super Animals (00:18:33) ~ 2) Mysteries of Our Universe and Overcoming Our Fears (00:20:18)

SET #3:
UTC/GMT: 0400, 0800, 1200, 1600, 2000, 0000
US Eastern: 11pm, 3am, 7am, 11am, 3pm, 7pm
US Pacific: 8pm, 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm

(NOTE: Due to the length of This Week in Science, this set will begin about 5-minutes before the top of the hour.)

News at the top of the set, from Scientific American’s “60-Second Science” ~ Micro-bubbles Cut Cost of Algae-derived Biofuel (00:01:18)

More news, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Science Update” ~ Fat Receptors: A protein found in our tongues determines our ability to taste fat. (00:01:00)

The KickAss Science Show, “This Week in Science” ~ with Dr. Kiki Sanford and Justin Jackson: Jumping Neutrons; Trojan Tactics; Avian Illusions; Splitting Bonobos; Atomic X-ray Lasers; Lingering Lineages; Money for Value; Group Think; and more!  (01:13:30)

SET #4:
UTC/GMT: 0500, 0900, 1300, 1700, 2100, 0100
US Eastern: 12am, 4am, 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm
US Pacific: 9pm, 1am, 5am, 9am, 1pm, 5pm

(NOTE: Due to the length of This Week in Science in the previous set, this set will begin about 15-minutes after the top of the hour.)

News at the top of the set, from Scientific American’s “60-Second Space“ ~ Flame Dances Aboard Space Station (00:01:15)

More news, from WFIU Indiana Public Radio, “A Moment of Science” ~ Why You Cannot Tell Which Tooth Hurts (00:02:13)

Deep from our program vault, the January 14 2010 edition of “365 Days of Astronomy” ~ You Can Do Astronomy: by Carolyn Collins Petersen (00:11:15)

From 2SER Radio in Sydney, “Diffusion Science Radio” ~ Pigs in CyberSpace / Solar Storms: Pigs and humans collaborating in the virtual world; robot farmers; Google memory disorders; chocolate nuteceuticals; solar storms blow a good wind; pills to give you the benefits of strict diets. (00:28:02)

NOTE: Astronomy.FM Radio features a four-hour block of programming, repeated six times in our daily 24-hour schedule. Showtimes for UTC/GMT, US Eastern, and US Pacific timezones are shown for each of the four one-hour program sets.

Welcome, John – we are thrilled to have you on the team!

In this months episode, we talked about the crash of the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe, BBC Stargazing Live, and the upcoming Astrofest.  We also welcomed Jenny Winder, our new Skyguide to the Under British Skies team.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 21 Shownotes

The UBS team

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Under British Skies interviewed the lovely Hanny Van Arkel, and learnt all about her work with the Voorwerp and the Peas.  We also talked about BBC Stargazing Live, and what events the Under British Skies team are involved in.

The shownotes for this episode can be downloaded here: Episode 20 Shownotes

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Space-X's Dragon Capsule

SkyGuides Marty Kunz, Nick Evetts, John Schroer and Paul Harper discuss the world of Astronomy and Space including:

• Preparations for the Space-X Dragon spacecraft's first-ever docking with the ISS
• A strange new species of ultra-red galaxies
• GREPnova
• The origin of our oceans from dwarf-planet Pluto's realm

The crew takes questions from the chat room and keeps us up-to-date with the Universe(s) as we know it(them)! Click below for show links and notes.

Additional links for this show:

Astronaut Dan Burbank is preparing the International Space Station for a visit from SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft

Strange new 'species' of ultra-red galaxy discovered

Grepnova - new open-source software for amateur sky survey! 

Our oceans came form  Pluto's realm?

Mars is hard. Phobos-Grunt grunts no more.

Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope

Stonehenge Beauty Shot