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<title>Discovery Now</title>
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<description>Discovery Now is a daily 90 second program that presents an overview of aeronautics and astronautics technology, science, history, innovations, research, and inventions from the aerospace industry, worldwide.  
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<title>Discovery Now</title>
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<title><![CDATA[Alternative Rocket Fuel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new alternative rocket fuel could get a boost - from water on the moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Measuring the Universe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The most ambitious attempt to map the expansion of the universe is proving to be boss.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Butter for Better Pilots]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If you're training for a triathlon, watching your fat intake is a good idea. But if you're piloting a fighter jet, recent findings say, 'bring on the butter!']]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[ArterioVision]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Technology that helped us get a good look at Mars is now helping save lives here on Earth!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fall of the Maya]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mayan civilization was a dominant force in Central America for 1200 years.  Then one day, they were gone.  Now, NASA technology is helping to find out why.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Science on a Zeppelin]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eureka! The zeppelin proves its weight in air as a valuable platform for research.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[HICO & RAIDS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Its destination was the final frontier but its journey was filled with 'firsts!']]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA and Buzz Lightyear]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new initiative that involves a famous rocket man is launching space education 'to infinity and beyond!']]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[The ALMA Observatory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High up in the Andes mountains sits a one hundred-ton piece of hardware - and it's ready to give the world an eye-opening view!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Robotic Insects]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New research out of Oxford is generating quite a buzz - and it all centers around an insect!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Electron Beam Fabrication]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the world of science fiction, something can always be created from nothing. Now, that same idea is becoming science fact!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Perfect Space Age Storm]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The weather report for outer space is calling for continued cosmic ray storms and the most intense action may be yet to come!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ALICE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What does it take to produce a safer and simpler fuel?  That's easy, rocket science!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Dark Matter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Theories abound when it comes to Dark Matter. Some are popular one is just wimpy.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Cliffbot]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With tips from cliff-scaling earthlings, teams of tethered rovers will really go places on Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Lunar Laser Ranging]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An experiment left on the lunar surface over 40 years ago, provides a reflection of our changing universe.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Wind Tunnel's Last Hurrah]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An historical aviation testing facility may have had its last hurrah but in doing so, it ushered in the future of aircraft design!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Creating Clouds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Eastern United States was recently covered with an unusual cloud and the event turned a dark night into an illuminating experience!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Asteroid Protection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If an asteroid were hurtling towards earth, how would nations respond? And who would make the decisions?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[An End to Salmonella?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Space research may soon stop deadly bacteria in its tracks and bring an end to salmonella poisoning.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Aircraft Challenge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A challenge to go green could have aviation designers rolling in the green.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Clothes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new line of astronaut garb has been put to the ultimate test.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Growing Problem of Space Junk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Space agencies are taking a new look at an old problem - orbiting space junk - and their ideas could give the cosmos a clean sweep.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[English Channel Anniversary Flight]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you combine the power of a lawnmower with bicycle wheels and a wooden propeller?  History repeating itself.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Best View of Earth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Planet gazing is made easy with a new NASA website.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[EXPERT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Skyrocketing away from Earth is a regular occurrence in the space industry but now one agency is hoping to make a grand entrance!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hubble Shows Jupiter's Shiner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jupiter recently took a big ol' punch and the Hubble Space Telescope got a close-up look at the shiner it left behind.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Window to the Universe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new window aboard the International Space Station has been installed and it is giving astronomers a whole new view of the night sky.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[ESA's MELiSSA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A long stay on Mars means never having to say goodbye. Everything, including human waste, must be recycled.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Lights Out]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One tiny New Zealand town is staying in the dark in order to light up the night sky.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[LSMS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Astronauts who live and work on the moon are going to need a helping hand - and NASA wants to extend an entire arm!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Repair for Broken DNA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the microscopic world inside the cells of astronauts, enzymes have their own special way of repairing damaged DNA.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[New Heights In Areial Photography]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The latest flying machine is the size of a seat cushion and buzzes like an electric razor]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving NASA's Notes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How do you document the doodads and scribblings of a legendary rocket scientist?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[UK Version of NASA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Apple pie. Baseball. And NASA. All three are uniquely American - and now one of them may be the model for Britain's strategic focus on space exploration.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Mission to Jupiter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's all systems go, as the search for extraterrestrial life embarks on a mammoth mission  - on an icy-covered moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Bacterium to Mars and Back]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A trip to Mars requires the right stuff, whether you are man, mammal or bacterium]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Microalgae for Sale]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[At NASA, going green is as simple as pairing rocket science with seaweed.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[More Earths?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As far as planets go, Earth is pretty spectacular. But now astronomers have found planets that they say are super.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apollo Program Overview]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's giant leap to the moon was really a series of small steps, made possible by big engineering.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mars 500 Completes Mission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Take one mock spacecraft.  Add in six men. And dish out three months of isolation. It's a recipe that is giving would-be space travelers a taste of the long journey to Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shear Thinning in Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To understand the thick and thin of fluid dynamics, NASA is taking ketchup into consideration.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Zero G Brain Scanner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How does a brain scanner made for astronauts prove its smarts?  By acing a test on the notorious 'vomit comet!']]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Constellation Space Suit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new ride - and a new trajectory - calls for a new space suit for NASA's next generation of space explorers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Dust Devils on Mars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Are they friend or foe? The unpredictable plumes called Dust Devils can cause problems on Earth , and on Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Aviation Hall of Fame Inductees]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What do an astronaut, an actor, a CEO and a female trailblazer have in common?  Their dreams of flight landed them in Dayton, Ohio.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Parking]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Parking spots can be elusive, except it seems, when they are in deep space!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Mid-Flight Morphs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In an effort to build greener, quieter planes, engineers are making winglets that move.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fisher Space Pen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Defying the laws of gravity!! Withstanding the most extreme temperatures!! It must be, the one and only- Space Pen!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[The End of Ulysses]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A spacecraft that circled the Sun has finally been put to rest.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Satellites Reveal Crop Damage]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Soybeans and satellites may not have much in common, but a NASA study is using one to help the other.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[QUIET]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Almost a hundred years after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravity waves, his theory will be put to the test.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[From Dust to Bricks?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new idea for food in space has astronauts asking 'where's the beef'?!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Deep Space Network]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What does it take to keep in touch, when you're traveling to deep space?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Future Mars Exploration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to raising a child, some say it takes a village.  When it comes to international partnerships, it takes a planet, the Red Planet to be exact.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Ikhana]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's most pressing missions sometimes occur very close to home - especially when the job is combating wildfires.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Hearts in Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Floating around in space seems relaxing, but, as we know, microgravity weakens muscles and the heart is no exception.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Our Sun Truly Round?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that planet Earth is round. The moon is too. The Sun? Not so much.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Forecasting Turbulence]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Flying over the ocean puts planes at risk for unexpected turbulence.  Now a NASA-funded project is about to make 'crossing the pond' smooth sailing for commercial airlines!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[CRaTER]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Living and working on the moon comes with a few 'occupational hazards' but one NASA mission is assessing the risks now, to keep astronauts safe in the future.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[PhD in Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Astronauts are known for many firsts- like, being the first to orbit earth, walk on the moon, and now, receive a college degree, while in space!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Hawaii's Moon Connection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The islands of Hawaii have it all-the sun- the waves, the moon-like dust- you just can't keep NASA scientists from enjoying themselves there!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[ASTER Earth Map]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While globes and atlases had their moment, they are so last millennium.  Now the most complete map of the Earth is available right from your computer!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[OCEANSAT-2]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new ocean monitoring satellite has India riding a wave of success and other nations are jumping on board!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban Climate Change]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using remote sensing, NASA is turning up the heat on urban climate change.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[New Frontier in Cellular Service]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How can you stop dropped cell calls or avoid cellular 'dead zones?'  The world's largest commercial satellite may have the answer!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[A Breathing Atmosphere]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New data shows the earth's upper atmosphere takes a licking and keeps on ticking. But can satellites go with the flow?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[My NASA Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An expedition around the Americas, will track the ocean's health, one data-set at a time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Around the Americas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An expedition around the Americas, will track the ocean's health, one data-set at a time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Tech Detects Cataracts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A NASA space probe has been found to have eye-opening benefits right here on Earth - by detecting the world's leading cause of vision loss!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Aircraft Nervous Systems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The next generation of jets can now detect their structural health by taking a cue from the human nervous system!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth's Plasma Cloak]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Invisible cloaks aren't just for wand-waving boys in storybooks. Earth has one too, but it's much more energetic. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[IRIS Experiment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On orbit, international cooperation is in more than just the eye of the beholder.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Strongest Ceramic Yet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new synthetic material is giving Mother Nature a run for her money and it could give the aerospace industry an added boost as well!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Spherical Solar Power]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Solar Power developers are hoping to give space-based arrays, a design that's as simple as the sun.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[From Space to the E.R.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To prepare for pandemic outbreaks, European hospitals have learned a thing or two from spaceships.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunrise Balloon Observatory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[They built the rockets that put man on the moon - Now, they want to launch a satellite using a balloon!  What is NASA up to now?!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Circus Founder in Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The founder of one of the greatest shows on earth is seeking new thrill- in space!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Uranium on the Moon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Will findings from a pioneering satellite inspire a rush to mine the moon?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Spaceport America]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Space may be the final frontier for tourism, but where is the launch pad for such a trip?  The New Mexico desert, of course!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Apollo Crew]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Three at a time, NASA's Apollo astronauts ventured into the unknown and gave the world a new perspective of itself.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/093009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Apollo 17]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Apollo 17 was a mission of firsts, lasts, and record-breaking endeavors for the Apollo space program.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apollo 11 Descent]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It took a national effort send humans to the moon - but it would take the efforts of a few astronauts to give Apollo 11 a safe lunar landing.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[After the Moon Landing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1969, a nation was united with a footstep and a phrase - but Apollo 11 also set the stage for future Apollo successes - in engineering and science.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[Before the Moon Landing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Apollo program's ascent to glory started long before Apollo 11 touched down on the lunar surface!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
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<title><![CDATA[The Apollo 11 EVA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What's a trip to the moon with out a walk on it too?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Apollo Science EVA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Apollo 11 astronauts were the first to kick up lunar dust, but they also kicked off some serious science.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Moon's Silicon Disc]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The first crew to step foot on the moon left lasting messages from around the world.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sea of Tranquility]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Apollo 11 mission had the world on the edge of its seat, but a well-chosen landing site brought some 'tranquility' to the historic trip.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Apollo Program Overview]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's giant leap to the moon was really a series of small steps, made possible by big engineering.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Space Tomtato]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A failed space experiment has launched into a fruity success story - and it's packing a nutritional punch!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edge of Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Where does Earth's atmosphere end and 'space' begin? ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[PAMELA & Dark Matter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What is dark matter? Only through its destruction does it leave some bright clues.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ENDURANCE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How do we search for life on other worlds?  The answer:  ENDURANCE.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunseeker]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Who says planes need fuel to fly? The Sunseeker is proving 'the sky's the limit' for solar powered planes.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Mars' Stormy Past]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Data from Mars reveals a stormy past that have shaped the Martian landscape.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA & Diabetes Research]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Diabetes researchers are borrowing NASA technology, to help take a closer look at insulin.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[BMW Benefits from Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using space technology, BMW is pushing the limits of auto-making on Earth]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Diameter of the Universe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A group of scientists is going across the universe - and taking numbers along the way.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Biofeedback & Pro Golfers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For some pro-golfers, getting in the zone, means training with NASA.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Electric Nose]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From space station to subway station, one cosmic technology knows how to sniff out danger!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Streams from the ISS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Web surfers can now see the Earth as never before: live from the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[TIGER: Phase 2]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From forecasting the weather to ensuring communication, satellites are always working, but their latest job is bringing relief to countries in dire need.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[What's Inside a Cloud]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Clouds contain a 'holy grail' of information for researchers studying climate ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Kepler the Planet Hunter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If there's one thing NASA's Kepler probe is good at: it's staring, and that's just what it plans to do for three years.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[O/OREOS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Can outer space and biology ever be friends?  The answer is "probably not", but a new research project will soon uncover how life responds to the full array of harsh space conditions]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Phantom Ray]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An aerospace giant is aiming high, with a futuristic project that is riding on the wings of the past.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Satellites Phone Home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Less than thirty years after E.T. wanted to phone home, space satellites are calling Earth - using their cell phones!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Herschel Space Telescope]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What does it take to peer into the coldest depths of space?  Just the largest, most powerful infrared telescope in history.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazing Algae]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What's so interesting about algae? It could take a rocket scientist to find out.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Terrestrial or Not?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Terrestrial or not terrestrial- that is the question asked by planet- hunting scientists.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Gigapan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Technology used to explore Mars is giving people on earth a bigger perspective.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Final Hubble Mission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has given earth a deeper vision of the cosmos.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Oil Seed Jet Fuel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new alternative fuel is ready for take-off , and it could cut the aviation industry's greenhouse gas emissions by 84 percent!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[UAVSAR & GLISTIN]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA is putting its latest airborne radars on ice , and the idea is getting a warm reception!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Tech. in the E.R.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Medical technology designed for outer space is coming down to Earth - and could transform Emergency Rooms around the world!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[SABER Studies Ionosphere]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Solar storms wreak havoc on Earth and in space. Now NASA is counting on one satellite to help better understand this highly charged phenomenon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/081009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Plastic Helps Hearts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A super plastic meant for high-speed aircraft is now saving lives, by making its way into the hearts - literally - of cardiac patients.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/080709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Aquarius]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. space agency is getting a taste for the sea, with a new mission that will show how salt can affect our lives.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/080609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Planck Observatory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Time travel may be more science fiction than science, but one revolutionary telescope is about to come close!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/080509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[PharmaSat]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The battle against bacteria has gone cosmic - with the launch of a tiny satellite known as PharmaSat.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/080309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Collecting Comet Dust]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new plan has aircraft collecting dust - and hitting pay dirt with an unexpected discovery. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/073109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Research on Mt. Everest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA researchers are going to extremes, by climbing the tallest mountain on Earth, all in the name of science.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/073009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird Deterrent for Airlines]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New research may help shoo birds from airport runways.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/072909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Himiko]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The universe is filled with mysteries - and the latest is a colossal ball of gas that has astronomers both baffled and intrigued.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/072809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hydrokinetic Energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA researchers are riding the wave of renewable energy, by using space technology to harness the power of the ocean.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/072709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Where's the Anti-Matter?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A very patient passenger will be hitching a ride on NASA's last shuttle mission in hopes of discovering an antimatter universe.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Earthshine]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[First there was sunshine. Then there was moonshine - the real and the man-made!  Now there's a new kid in town, and its name is Earthshine.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Asteroid Threats]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If an asteroid were hurtling towards earth, how would nations respond? And who would make the decisions?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Solar Power]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Californians may soon be getting a power boost - when 200 megawatts of electricity is beamed down from space!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Tornados]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New research has revealed the cause of Earth's beautiful auroras]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[JAXA Sneakers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Astronauts get their kicks with new shoes designed for zero g.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Astronaut Health Studies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Human Research Program gets funding for studies that will ultimately benefit life on earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[ISS Views on Earth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Planet gazing is made easy with a new NASA website.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Colbert's Node]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Comedy and diplomacy meet in low earth orbit, for the naming of a new addition, to the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[DNA on Mars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new DNA test designed for use on Mars might connect the dots in the sequence of life's origins.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[A Quiet Sun]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The sun heats our planet, but it also has the ability to knock out satellites with no advanced warning- until now.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Springtime on Mars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know Mars enjoys springtime too? But it's not like we know it.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Planes with Feathers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a plane - with feathers!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Deep Solar Mininum]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[According to NASA the sun's energy is in a bit of a slump. But just how low will it go?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Russia's Space Goals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Russia is revving its engines for a new space project so ambitious, that it could launch a brand new space race.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Solving Salmonella]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Space research may soon stop deadly bacteria in its tracks - and bring an end to salmonella poisoning.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Sandblaster]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Merging technologies could give pilots new vision for many happy returns.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[GOCE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A European satellite is on the move, mapping out the Earth's gravitational pull - and it's a 'force' to be reckoned with.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Unfamiliar Bacteria]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Could new species of bacteria come from outer space?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Lunar Oasis Greenhouse]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We've landed on the moon; we've walked on the moon; and soon we'll be growing vegetables on the moon!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Arctic on Thin Ice]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As new melt seasons begins, how vulnerable is the Arctic's ice cover?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Northwest Passage Mission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Across the icy Northwest Passage, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency are venturing down a road less traveled.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Cyclone Tracker]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using math, computers and a catastrophic cyclone, NASA has developed a forecasting tool that could save thousands of lives.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Galileo's Telescope]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In celebration of 400 years of astronomy, Galileo is finally coming to America - a trip that's long overdue.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[GLACIER]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new appliance is bringing a big chill to the International Space Station, by making science very cool.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Catch a Shooting Star]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists have hit the astronomical jackpot - by capturing a shooting star!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[European Anti Light-Pollution Reserve]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Local villages in France are making history - and preserving the night sky - all in the name of astronomy.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Ares Super-Chute]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Arizona desert recently had a lot of company drop in - 50,000 pounds worth - and it's all part of NASA's mission to return to the moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Shape-Shifting Helicopter Blades]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A science-fiction idea is becoming an aviation reality, with a shape-shifting material set to transform helicopter flight!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Clean Sweep in Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Space agencies are taking a new look at an old problem - orbiting space junk , and their ideas could give the cosmos a clean sweep.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Runaway Stars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A serendipitous sighting by Hubble reveals star behavior gone awry.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[China's Space Station]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[China is following in the footsteps of George Jefferson , but instead of 'movin' on up' to the East Side, the country is aiming higher - with new digs on its very own space station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ eSpace]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How can potential space entrepreneurs get their gadgets from the workbench to the launchpad?  A not-for-profit company has the answer , and a whole lot more!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Geared Turbofan & Open Rotor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The aviation industry is working to clear the air - and two new engines could help them reach that goal!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Planetary Skin]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's latest environmental project has the space agency flashing a little skin, in order to save some green!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Pluto Under the Telescope]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The dwarf planet Pluto is full of surprises , as European astronomers found when they recently got the big picture on the small planet]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Satellites & Ice Melt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Satellites allow us to use cell phones, forecast the weather, and study the universe , but the latest satellite technology is helping scientists gauge the signs of global warming.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Starlight Reserve]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One tiny New Zealand town is staying in the dark - in order to light up the night sky.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Water-Powered Jetpacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jetpacks have made the idea of personal flight soar, but the latest design is really making a splash!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Tailored Arrivals]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A tailor-made landing program has aircraft fuel-efficiency looking up - and the airline industry flying high!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[A New Saturn Moon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine looking out your window and seeing over 60 moons in the sky. That's close to the number that orbit Saturn - and now Cassini has added another to the list!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Phobos-Grunt]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Is there life on Mars? No one knows-but thanks to Russian science, there will soon be life on a Martian moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Science S'Cool]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When scientists and school kids get together, the results are... S'Cool.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Waste-d Energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Taking out the trash and mowing the lawn are acquiring a higher status - going from "must-do chores" to "alternative-energy" sources.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Europa Mission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's all systems go, as the search for extraterrestrial life embarks on a mammoth mission - on an icy-covered moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Super Earths]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As far as planets go, Earth is pretty spectacular. But now astronomers have found planets that they say are super.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Code]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Security codes.  Zip codes.  Even secret codes.  It seems there's some kind of code for everything - and now that may include space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NuSTAR]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We live in a high-energy Universe. But to get a look at high-energy action, we need eyes sensitive to X-rays.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's Insulating Powder]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What comes in every color you can imagine, but still always stays green?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ISS Immune Experiment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How would a trip to Mars affect the human immune system? NASA is making this question a full time experiment.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Mantis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The sighting of an unusually large mantis has set the aviation community abuzz - and put a European company in the spotlight.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Runaway Stars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A serendipitous sighting by Hubble reveals star behavior gone awry.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Gamma Ray Flare Star]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Now playing - the most spectacular light show in the universe!  Packed with more energy than the Sun, this must-see event is putting on a remarkable show - and NASA has front row seats.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NOAA-N]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It has helped us decide what to wear, whether we should drive , and even how to plan our day,and now the last of its kind has left Earth for good.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Alternative fuels are being put to the test - because the future of aviation depends on it!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Stardust's 10th Anniversary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[String the streamers, blow up the balloons and toss up the co - smic dust? NASA's Stardust spacecraft just turned 10, and it's in the prime of its life!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Far Side of the Sun]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, NASA's got a first glimpse of the far side of the sun.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Water on the Moon?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new look at moon rocks has been raising some very old questions.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[New Air Force One]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The next big bid for the airline industry will determine who will carry the country's most precious cargo.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ Microtransceivers: From Mars to Earth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When hi-tech space gadgets get an upgrade, the benefits are far from remote.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Montana Moondust]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA researchers are leaving the lab and heading to the mines - all in the name of science!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[First Star's Radio Signal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Like legends who live fast and die young, the very first stars of the cosmos may have also left an everlasting imprint on the universe - in radio waves.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Herschel Space Observatory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's silver.  It's spectacular.  And, after 20 years in the making, the biggest telescope mirror in the world will soon become the biggest telescope mirror in the universe!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Lockheed Makes Waves]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A leader in the aerospace industry is coming down to sea level - and riding the wave of alternative energy!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Axel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When you see a yo-yo, you probably think, 'child's toy.'  When NASA engineers see a yo-yo, they design the next generation of space rovers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Mars 3D]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What happens when a space agency and an Internet giant combine forces?  A mysterious red planet appears on your computer, in all its 3D glory.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Moveable Morphable Winglets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In an effort to build greener, quieter planes, engineers are making winglets that move.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Lunar Bricks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The moon may not hold all of the building blocks for life, but enough to build some shelter, at least.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Singularity University]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forget everything you've heard about summer school.  This summer, education is going sci-fi, with the most cutting edge curriculum on the planet.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[E-Turbs & TAPS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ladies and Gentleman, your attention please - we are not encountering turbulence!  Thanks to new technology, airplanes could soon be steering clear of choppy air.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Mapping Forest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Because loggers can't see the forest for the trees, scientists are using laser scanners to do the job.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[SpaceWorld]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[India is taking giant steps with its space exploration program ,and that means a world of fun for everyone.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Silk Worms in Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A steak dinner in space isn't the easiest task to accomplish, so where will astronauts on long-duration flights get their necessary protein?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Jelled Rocket Fuel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The sciences of gastronomy and rocketry are jelling - to give engines a new boost.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ibuki Satellite]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Japan has launched the first satellite to monitor greenhouse gases worldwide.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Cosmic Inspired Music]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The mysteries of the universe inspire dreamers to dream, thinkers to think and now, musicians to play..]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird-Detecting Radar]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Runways weren't designed for both planes and birds. Radar might be the key to keeping the two from colliding.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Astronauts Hall of Fame]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Guitars and leather jackets are cool , but it's the Hall of Fame for Astronauts, not rock and roll, that redefines what it means to be 'far out'!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[SandBoT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Leaping lizards!  The next wave of robot explorers has made a giant leap in walking - by mimicking the unusual movement of desert animals.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[CECE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A robust rocket engine is heating things up at NASA, by creating a deep freeze that will ensure a safe landing on the moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Exoplanet Atmosphere Detected]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists are forging a new frontier in space , by seeking out new worlds, and perhaps new civilizations, that go beyond our solar system.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Hawk/GLOPAC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A renowned military aircraft is getting a second chance at flying high , all in the name of science!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 1 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hawaii Hot Spot]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The islands of Hawaii have it all,the sun, the waves, the moon-like dust, you just can't keep NASA scientists from enjoying themselves there!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/033109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[AIRS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For NASA, gazing at clouds is more than just a way to pass time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/033009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hiaper]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientific discovery is taking a global perspective , with an ambitious 24,000-mile mission aimed to capture a complete picture of greenhouse gases.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Methane on Mars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent findings on Mars now reveal that the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet , at least under the surface!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban Heat Study]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using remote sensing, NASA is turning up the heat on urban climate.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Flying Cars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It can go from road to runway in a matter of seconds , and make traffic jams a thing of the past.  Buckle up - because the world's first flying car is preparing for take-off!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Bees Improve Drone Aircraft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Australian scientists are 'buzzing' over a honeybee discovery that could transform drone aircraft into stinging target-seekers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ADS-B]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With airplanes crowding the skies, faster flights require a safer route.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Balloon for Science]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Letting a balloon loose in the sky might make a kid cry. But it seems to make NASA scientists smile.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Laser Detects Cataracts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A NASA space probe has been found to have eye-opening benefits right here on Earth , by detecting the world's leading cause of vision loss!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[How Round is the Sun]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that planet Earth is round. The moon is too. But what about the sun? Not so much...]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Biofuel Test Flights]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The airlines are going green, or at least using green, in test flights that could 'rev up' the role of sustainable fuels in the skies.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[LRIT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[India has a new weapon against terror , and its players are located on the sea and in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Out of the Box]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The world's top minds are giving the future of flight some serious thought - with pie-in-the-sky concepts that would make sci-fi air travel a reality.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/031209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Deep Space Internet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Being without email and instant messaging would be like living on another planet. But never fear interplanetary internet is here.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Boeing 757 Hostel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Near an airport in Stockholm Sweden, an old jumbo jet will accommodate travelers in a new way.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA & NASCAR]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The engines are already revving up for NASA's next trip to the moon , and NASCAR will be riding shotgun the entire way there!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 9 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Iron on the Moon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forget the Swiss cheese. With spectral imaging, scientists are discovering what the moon is really made of.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Rubber Ducks in the Name of Science]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From out of the bathtub and into the ocean, NASA's latest research tool is a classic rubber ducky.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Earth's Atmosphere Breathes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New data shows the earth's upper atmosphere takes a licking and keeps on ticking. But can satellites go with the flow?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 4 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[More to the Magnetosphere]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Invisible cloaks aren't just for wand-waving boys in storybooks. Earth has one too , but it's much more energetic.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Korean Lunar Lander]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Building a spacecraft is no easy task. But with a little help, Korea hopes its new lander will make it to the moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Real World Design Challenge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More fun than a math test, more challenging than a science project, one annual competition puts teams of kids to work on real world problems.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Globular Cluster]]></title>
<description><![CDATA["Globular clusters" don't sound particularly stellar. But they've recently become a star attraction for sky gazers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Mars Collaboration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If it takes a village to raise a child, perhaps it'll take an international collaboration to complete a mission to Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[CINDI Says Space is Closer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[So where does the Earth's atmosphere end and space begin? Well, scientists are realizing it's closer than they thought.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Microbes Survive Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Can life as we know it endure a trip from one world to another?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Space-DRUMS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Blasting sound out of speakers isn't just for rock concerts anymore.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[APOGEE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What's bright, bloated and red all over?  Scientists at the University of Virginia will soon have the answer , in minute detail!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[HiRISE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mars is soaking up its time in the spotlight , as the Red Planet poses for stunning photographs that are worthy of the red carpet.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Mars on Earth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Where on Earth would you ever find Mars?  Take a trip to Denmark and you just might find out.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021709.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Toughest Ceramic Ever Made]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new synthetic material is giving Mother Nature a run for her money , and it could give the aerospace industry an added boost as well!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Great Moonbuggy Race]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The business of aerospace is serious, but once a year, NASA loosens up its spacesuit and goes for a joyride ,moonbuggy-style.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Satellite's Eyes on Darfur]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Whether peering into deep space, or deeply troubled parts of the world, satellites provide a much-needed perspective on humanity.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[EXPOSE-R]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A biology experiment is aiming to uncover the origin of life on Earth , by bringing science to unprecedented heights on the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ESA Tech Transfer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To prepare for pandemic outbreaks, European hospitals have learned a thing or two from spaceships.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ LRIT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[India has a new weapon against terror , and its players are located on the sea and in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Mars 500]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[105 days in isolation , no, it's not a prison sentence; it's part of an epic study to prepare astronauts for the next frontier in space travel!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Europa's Ocean in Motion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Once known as merely a giant ball of gas, Jupiter is stirring things up , literally , on its icy moon, Europa.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 3 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Soot Factor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA scientists are airing some dirty laundry]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[NASA Tweets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA has entered a new frontier by giving Space Age missions an Internet Age spin , and it's setting their work all a-'twitter!']]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/013009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ Australia Rejoins the Space Race]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Space Race is about to get another player , or mate , as the Land of Oz takes its space research from down under to above and beyond!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/012909.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Lockhead Wind Forecasting System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even with clear skies ahead, gust of wind that are not seen by the naked eye can really stir things up on an airplane.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/012809.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[FREE Satellite Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody on earth loves a bargain. Soon, free access to satellite imagery from around the globe will be the new 'deal of the universe.']]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/012609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Monitoring Pilots' Brains]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Stress and fatigue can affect anyone's work performance. But for airline pilots, work overload could mean endangering lives.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/012309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Wi-Fi Up High]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sending an email from 23,000 feet in the air shouldn't be as complex as rocket science - so when will WiFi earn its wings?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/012209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Project Odyssey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Space tourism will allow us mere mortals to boldly go where no tourist has gone before ,and now a new program is along for the ride.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/012109.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Boeing's Hydrogen-Fueled Aircraft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What do you call a plane that can fly for up to 10 days, emits water vapor instead of toxic fuel and reaches altitudes topping 60,000 feet? Boeing calls it the future of flight.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/012009.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Nano-Satellites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The skies seem over-crowded with satellites.  But engineers are working to clear the air.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/011609.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[TV Shot in Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Station ID's make your favorite radio or TV channels memorable. Now one network is using space as a brand to catch viewers' attention.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/011509.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Biosphere 2]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What's the best way to teach teachers about research in the real world? By inviting them to learn in an enclosed one.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/011409.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Cupola]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Contrary to what you may you think, installing a window really is rocket science.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/011309.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Water Recycling System]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Astronauts have been collecting for a special recycling project on the International Space Station , and it's a far cry from paper and plastic!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/011209.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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<title><![CDATA[Protecting Deep-Sea Divers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Technology designed to protect astronauts in space, now has earthlings diving head first into earth's most extreme environments.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Treading on the Moon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The big wheels keep on rolling, as some of the first tires ever to leave tracks on the moon are used for the next generation of lunar travel.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hubble & Supernovas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For almost 20 years, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has helped rewrite the textbook on exploding stars , and it all started with one titanic.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hubble WCF3]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will lead the legendary instrument on a new voyage of scientific discovery.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hubble & ANGST]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will lead the legendary instrument on a new voyage of scientific discovery.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Volcanic-Hotspot Mercury]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will lead the legendary instrument on a new voyage of scientific discovery.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtual Space Station]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new camera on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will lead the legendary instrument on a new voyage of scientific discovery.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[SOFIA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Boeing 747 will soon embark on a 20-year mission that will have scientists across the globe seeing red - infrared, that is!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Interplanetary Internet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Spanning the entire globe isn't enough for the Internet , now it's looking to go "universal" , and a partnership between NASA and Google could make it happen!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Junk-Free Lunar Orbit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's time to take out the trash, and make the world , or in this case, the moon, a cleaner place.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Orbiting Carbon Observatory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA scientists are hoping a new mission will help turn the tide on Earth's oceans , and help prevent a serious problem from becoming catastrophic.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Fat Cells Help Heart]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Too much fat can be harmful for the heart, however, new research is suggesting that fat cells might be just what the doctor ordered.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Lunar Lander Challenge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The third time was definitely a charm for a dedicated team of rocketeers, whose persistence and hard work paid off in this year's Lunar Lander Challenge]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Ares 1-X Data Collection]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forget about smoke and fire , one NASA rocket will launch a frenzy of data-collecting that is pivotal to man's return to the moon!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Apollo Heat Sheild]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The saying is true , what's old IS new again, as a new generation of space vehicles goes retro, with a blast from the past!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Ames Coronagraph Experiment Lab]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to observing Earth-like planets, sometimes starlight is just TOO bright , but a new lab is dimming those lights, for the sake of science!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA eNose]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A sensor originally developed for the space shuttle could prove handy in saving lives.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/121108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[India's Moon Mission]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[India's maiden moon voyage will give all those back on Earth a more 3-dimensional view of our favorite satellite.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/121008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Age Metal Foam]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Metal foam - This stuff works wonders!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate> Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/120908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[X-51]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A jet-fueled, air-breathing vehicle is about to go the distance , and set new records in hypersonic flight!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/120808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Buckypaper]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An oddly-named super-material, with origins from outer space, could revolutionize the future of planes, cars and computers!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/120408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Scarab Testing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What does a Hawaiian volcano and the moon have in common?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/120308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Mars Science Laboratory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new set of wheels could be rolling on the Martian surface in the near future , but a hefty price tag is threatening to put on the brakes.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/120208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[WISE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to studying the solar system, NASA knows how to get smart  - with a new mission that's turning ,WISE, eyes on the skies!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the help of Hubble, scientists confirmed the existence of black holes]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/112608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hubble & Dark Energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Hubble Space Telescope is helping astronomers understand one of the most mysterious and possibly abundant forces in the universe: Dark Energy!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/112508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The James Webb Telescope]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The next generation of space telescopes is built to capture images -- and the attention of astronomers worldwide.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/112408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The International Year of Astronomy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you're an amateur or professional stargazer, 2009 will be the year to celebrate astronomy together]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/112108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hubble Space Telescope]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What is it about the Hubble Telescope that has astronomers , and the world , asking for more?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/112008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Galileo]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pointing his telescope towards the skies, Galileo Galilei changed the course of astronomy forever]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Age of Our Universe]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How old is the universe? The Hubble Space Telescope has found old stars that confirm new estimates.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[MAVEN]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Billions of years ago, Mars was a very different place. Now scientists are searching for the clues to its change.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Elevator]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Once a sci-fi fantasy, the space elevator has risen from storybooks to capture the imagination of engineers world-wide.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Producing Life on Titan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A graduate student's research has the scientific community taking notice, and showing one of Saturn's moons in a whole new light!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanotechnology Biosensor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As nano-technology increases, so does the ability to keep us all safe.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Aerosols & Climate]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Can a man-made fire in the Amazon change the course of the weather?  The forecast is surprising!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Supercomuters for Smooth Flying]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Turbulent airplane travel could be a thing of the past - thanks to a supercomputer that can turn bumpy rides into smooth sailing!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/111008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ Vasimir]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A revolutionary new rocket will soon be headed to the International Space Station - and the result could make high-powered, fuel-efficient rockets a reality!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/110708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Geysers on Enceladus]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You've heard of Old Faithful but that's nothing compared to the geysers shooting off of Saturn's moon Enceladus]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/110408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Biggest Chopper]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you cross a helicopter with a blimp?  The JHL-40!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/110308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[M2-F1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Over 40 years ago, a wingless craft that looked like a bathtub on wheels made its flying debut, and launched the legacy of the NASA space shuttle!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/103108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - NASA Parachute Saves Lives]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, a pilot's parachute-landing into a Texas Mesquite tree grove made aviation history and became a NASA success story!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/103008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Ames Systems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Using major automations, space travel could be made a whole lot easier.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50 - Apollo 13]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Before it was a major motion picture, Apollo 13 was a real-life drama that unfolded in 1970.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Pioneer 10]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, has seen its fair share of our solar system.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Magellan]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Magellan spacecraft was the first to orbit Venus, the spot of its eventual resting place.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Eileen Collins]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The first woman to command a space shuttle mission, Eileen Collins has spent quite a lot of time in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Endeavour]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, a NASA Space Shuttle, named after a legendary British exploring ship, left Earth on its dramatic maiden voyage.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Hubble]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Having sent hundreds of thousands of images back to Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope is quite the piece of equipment.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Terra]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Terra is the most comprehensive global monitoring program helping give us a heads up when bad weather is on the way.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Winglets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1987 the Winglet was introduced as a more efficient wing for airplanes. Today, nearly all jumbo jets use the technology.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Spirit & Opportunity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's been four years since NASA's most famous twin geologists landed on the Martian surface and they've been breaking ground ever since!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - LCVG Spinoff]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Innovative NASA technology made man's trips to the moon a 'cool' venture - and has continued to make history ever since!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NIA Algorithms]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As computer systems get more complicated, working out the bugs means bringing back the math.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's A-Train]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Six different satellites aboard NASA's A-Train are helping scientists learn about the global climate.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Landing on an Asteroid]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In addition to returning man to the moon, NASA's sights are set on Mars, with a possible pit stop on an asteroid!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ DARPA Turns 50]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[DARPA is an agency whose mission it is to help guard the nation against any future technological surprises.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[JEM]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As the International Space Station continues to grow, Japan contributes a gem of a space lab.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Future Mars Missions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ever-intriguing Red Planet is the next hotspot on the international space scene, as a melting pot of Earth explorers gear up to go to Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Stardust]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Part treasure hunt, part space odyssey, this NASA mission flew to the edge of the solar system to bring back a galaxy of riches!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ NASA's 50th  Reagan and the ISS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Twenty-four years ago a U.S. President green-lit a project that would forever alter the country's space program.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ NASA's 50 th - Deep Impact]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deep Impact blew up the equivalent of 5 tons of TNT on a comet and snapped some really great pictures from it.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th  - Cassini-Huygens]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Cassini-Huygens Probe is has changed the way we'll look at Saturn and her moons forever.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Nasa's 50th - NEAR]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know that NASA actually landed on an asteroid?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Nanospikes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Etching microscopic ridges into metals, creating Nanospikes, is one of the newest technologies being employed to increase the efficiency of solar panels to bone replacements.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Conductive Plastics]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/092608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Nasa 50th - Surveyor 1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1966 NASA's Surveyor I landed on the Moon's Ocean of Storms,and sent over 1100 photos back to Earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Zero Gravity Surgery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/092408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Synthetic Skin]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[To revolutionize prosthetic limp technology, scientists are using a human touch.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ NASA's 50th - Skylab]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[20 years before the International Space Station, there was Skylab, the first space station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Pioneer 5]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pioneer 5 took to the skies with the mission of mapping the interplanetary magnetic field.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ NASA's 50th - F-8 Supercritical Wing]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Aerodynamics research in the 1970's led to the design of the supercritical wing, increasing efficiency on airplanes.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's 50th - Mars Global Suveyor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mars Global Surveyor was the maintained a 10-year orbit around the red planet giving scientists a wealth of information.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[China's Chang'e 1 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Named for an ancient Chinese legend about a trip to the Moon, the Chang'e (Pronounced Chang-uh) 1 Lunar Probe is forging a new path in space for China.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Ion Plumes ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mysterious plumes of plasma have been disrupting telecommunications on Earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Brew ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Japanese brewery Sapporo is teaming up with Okayama University biologist, Manabu Sugimoto to produce the very first "space beer."]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Explosions on the Moon ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA scientists have discovered that meteors traveling 30,000 miles per hour constantly bombard the Moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Air Quality Reports ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Satellites help meteorologists forecast weather for days to come, but Air Quality reports are currently only available on a daily basis.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/091008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Project Lead the Way ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[High schools around the country are teaming up with aerospace and high-tech industries to launch student interest in science and engineering.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/090908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Hot Springs on Mars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A broken front wheel on the space rover Spirit is partly responsible for the discovery of ancient hot springs on Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/090808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Grail ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[MIT physics professor Maria Zuber is part of a NASA mission called GRAIL - the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/090508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Lung Disease Research ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA scientists are teaming up with the medical community to discover how satellite data can aid in the fight against lung disease.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/090408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Rocks Bring Life ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists believe that rocks ejected from Earth by an asteroid impact,could protect organisms living inside them as they speed through space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/090308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Fastest Non-military Jet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The world of conference calls and business suits is breaking the sound barrier, as supersonic flight goes corporate!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/090208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Marvels]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Astronomers at the University of Florida are getting ready to scan 280 solar systems in search of new planets.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/090108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Military Tests Alternative Fuels]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As oil prices continue to soar, the U.S. Air Force is testing synthetic jet fuels in its B-52 and B-1 stealth bombers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/082908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA and GE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA and General Electric have joined forces to test fuel-saving jet engines.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/082808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Bio Jet Fuel]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The aviation industry is going green, literally, with the development of a bio-fuel made from vegetation and algae-based oils.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/082708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[GPS III Satellites]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin is the recipient of a 1.5 billion-dollar contract for the development and construction of two Global Positioning System III satellites.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/082608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Goes Commercial]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA officials hope to contract private space companies to develop economical cargo vehicles as they kick-start commercial space transportation.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Rocket Man]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In May of 2008, Pilot Yves Rossy made history when he strapped on his homemade jet-powered wing and jumped out of a plane at 7500 feet.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Glory Satellite Sensor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The NASA Glory satellite has a mission that will determine the impact that aerosols have on global warming and climate change.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Electromagnetic Formation Flight]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Magnets are the latest space mission tools - and they're 'attracting' quite a bit of attention!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[ACRAS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency's Mars Express Spacecraft has been busy probing underneath the Red Planet for water.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Bigelow Orbital Milestone]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A privately funded space station has passed an orbital milestone, which could reshape the future of space travel.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[CAMRAS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sweating and heavy panting were the focus of a recent scientific study - and the results have researchers breathing easier.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[EcoJet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The budget airline Eco-Jet has the aviation industry buzzing with its radical new design.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[First U.S. Space Lawyer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Dodge, a law student at the University of Mississippi is the recipient of the first space law certificate in the United States.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[S-3B Viking]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Originally built to fly into enemy territory, the U.S. Navy's S-3B Viking aircraft is reporting for duty on an entirely new mission.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Trip To The Sun]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA and the Applied Physics Laboratory are working together to develop a solar probe that will get us eight times closer to the sun than any spacecraft has been before.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA 50th - NASA's Greatest Hits]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For half a century, NASA has amassed an impressive collection of 'greatest hits' , and it's that 'star' quality that has moved the space program to the top of the charts!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Names In Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine having your name attached to the discovery of an Earth-like planet beyond our solar system?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/080708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Nasa Goes Virtual]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Second Life, NASA's version of reality TV is open to anyone, and the first Federal Government presence in the 3D virtual world.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Beatles Travel to Deep Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On February 4, 2008, NASA's Deep Space Network beamed The Beatles' hit 'Across the Universe' directly into deep space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Andros EOD Robot]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Andros Explosive Ordinance Disposal robots work in hazardous combat zones and see action virtually every day.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[X2 Technology]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky Aircraft is developing a helicopter that will fly almost as fast as conventional aircraft.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Exoskeleton]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A futuristic robotic suit is blurring the lines between science fiction and reality, turning the soldier of tomorrow into the fictional superhero of today.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[The Caterpillar Chariot]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA is enlisting the help of Caterpillar, Inc., to help create a lunar vehicle with the ability to dig and move dirt on the moon's surface.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[NextGen - Airportal and Airspace]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most important NextGen ideas is to keep passengers consistently in the loop, with frequent updates that allow them to plan their schedules accordingly.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Jason-2 OSTM]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Ocean Surface Topography Mission, or OSTM, is an international study of our oceans' effects on weather, climate and response to global climate change.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[India's Satellite Business]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In April 2008 India successfully blasted off 10 satellites into orbit, and set a new record for the most satellites ever fired off on a mission.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Athlete Habitat]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA is developing a mobile robot and habitat combination that will allow astronauts to move their homes around to different lunar base camps.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[CVX-2]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the physics of food, a NASA experiment has served up a scientific phenomenon - and it's fat-free!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Selene Releases Lunar Maps]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Space Agency's SelEEneological and Engineering Explorer will investigate the moon from pole to pole.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[DALI]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Astronomers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory hope to start listening to the universe by placing one hundred thousand antennas on the moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/072108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[First Vietnamese Sattelite Launched]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The launch of Vietnam's first satellite may help bridge the communication and economic gaps that divide the country's urban and rural communities.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/071808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Selene Releases Lunar Maps]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Space Agency's SelEEneological and Engineering Explorer will investigate the moon from pole to pole.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/071708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Nasa's 1st - First Shuttle Walk]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1983,NASA astronauts Donald Peterson and F.Story Musgrave stepped out for the very first spacewalk of the Shuttle Program.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/071608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Dragonfly Or Insect Spy?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Miniaturized surveillance planes built to look like bugs could save lives by navigating collapsed buildings to locate survivors.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/071508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Flowers On The Moon?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Ukrainian team,working with the European Space Agency has shown that marigolds can grow in anorthosite,a mineral similar to lunar rocks.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/071408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Lunar Databank]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If civilization is wiped out on Earth,salvation may come from a databank kept on the moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/071108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title><![CDATA[Nasa 50th - Surveyor 1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1966 NASA's Surveyor I landed on the Moon's Ocean of Storms,and sent over 1100 photos back to Earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/071008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Nasa 50th - Kennedy's Message]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On May 25th 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Galaxy's Bigger than thought</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has revealed that roughly 20 percent of nearby galaxies have spiral arms that extend far beyond the galaxies' apparent edges.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>From Space To Earth</title>
<description><![CDATA[The technology that allows doctors to monitor critically ill patients all started with the Apollo missions.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Right Stuff For The ESA</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Astronaut Corps is seeking out new talent for future missions to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Space Age Swimsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[A space age swimsuit, developed with NASA's help is available at a cost of a little over $500.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>NASA Cuts Utility Costs</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new NASA partnership is using space-age technology to say goodbye to the high cost of consumer gas and electric bills.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Spacecraft Shock Absorbers</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA engineers are considering heavy duty shock absorbers to smooth out a potentially bumpy ride aboard the Ares I rocket.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/070108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Hydrogen Powered Plane</title>
<description><![CDATA[The aviation industry is going green - with a new plane that could change the face of flight.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/063008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nutrigras Spin-Off</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's quest for more nutritious space food led to a revolutionary new fat substitute that cuts calories and enhances flavor!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>ARCTAS</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA and its partners are studying the Arctics lower atmosphere.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>1st Cosmonaut on Shuttle</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1994, two superpowers joined forces in space - and made international history above the clouds.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/062508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>EADS Space Tourism Rocket Planes</title>
<description><![CDATA[European aerospace company EADS is looking to meet the demands of the future space tourism market by producing planes specifically made to carry paying passengers into space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>All-Woman Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[An all female crew made NASA history when they took the reins of a space mission on Mars in February 2008.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Cots</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA has offered approximately $500 million to industry companies to develop a commercial supply vehicle that can successfully dock on the ISS, deliver cargo and transport a crew.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>HACCP</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, or HACCP concept developed forty years ago by NASA and the Pillsbury Company has led to food safety systems and new nutritional products in space and on Earth!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Dextre</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dextre, the stick-figured shaped robot is assembled and ready for work aboard the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>X-38</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, the first life-boat for the International Space Station took flight giving the ISS its own SOS vehicle.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Scramjet</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA is working on developing smaller, lighter and faster planes by taking away the need for on-board fuel tanks.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Drones In Demand</title>
<description><![CDATA[The US military is examining ways of keeping an unseen eye on insurgent activity in Iraq without putting soldiers in harms way.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Exploding Star</title>
<description><![CDATA[Long ago and far away  a distant star exploded taking 7.5 billion years for its light to reach Earth!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Oil Resistant Material</title>
<description><![CDATA[Engineers at MIT have designed a substance that can repel oils when coated on spacecraft.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Many Earth Like Planets</title>
<description><![CDATA[A University of Arizona study suggests that worlds with potential for life might be more common than previously thought.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/061008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Fly My Remains To The Moon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Celestis Incorporated will take your ashes to the Moon!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Antarctic Space Rocks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A pair of unusual space rocks found recently in Antarctica has scientists wondering about their origin.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>2nd Generation Astronaut</title>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Garriott has signed up to take a trip to the International Space Station and following in his fathers footsteps, former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/060508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Milky Way Is Bigger</title>
<description><![CDATA[Data from the Internet has helped a group of Australian scientists recalculate the size of the Milky Way.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nasa 50th - 1998 ISS</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1998 officials from 15 countries met in Washington to sign the 1998 Intergovernmental Agreement on Space Station Cooperation.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nasa 50th - DeBakey and NASA Heart</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two decades of an innovative collaboration began when a NASA engineer, the late David Saucier, became a patient of famed heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Better Space Images</title>
<description><![CDATA[Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrop Grumman just signed an agreement to develop new instrumentation that will improve the way we observe planetary surfaces from space]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Signs Of Life On Saturn</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASAs Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs on Saturns moon Enceladus]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Converting Radiation To Energy</title>
<description><![CDATA[US researchers have developed highly efficient materials that convert the radiation from nuclear reactions into electricity.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Invisible Braces</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA technology originally designed to track heat-seeking missiles has developed into invisible dental braces.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Hypersonic Passenger Jet</title>
<description><![CDATA[A British firm called Reaction Engines is developing a hypersonic craft that will carry 300 passengers and will travel at a sustained speed of 3800 miles per hour.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>The Search For Life</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 30 years after NASA's Viking landers first searched for life on Mars, NASA again asks the question - are we alone in the Universe?]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Atomic Oxygen Saves Art</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>22 Osprey</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Rovers</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/052008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Virtual Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/051908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Venus Lighting</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/051608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Sun Laser Beams</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/051508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Sub Helo</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/051408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Metallic Glass</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/051308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Skin Patch With Meds</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/051208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>PLATO</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>New Telescopes On Moon</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nasa 50th Viking 1</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nasa 50th Mariner</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nasa 50th Apolo Soyuz</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nanotubes Fight Tumors</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nano Building Bacteria</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/050108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Moonlite</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/043008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Medical Microbots</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Lunar X Prize</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Lunar Rover Concept Vehicle</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Kimchee In Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Individual Lift</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Hypersonic Missles</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Flying Casinos</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/042108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Fish In Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Exp Crew ISS</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Electric Force Fields</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>China's Flying Phoenix</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Bionic Bones</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Bionic Limbs</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>50th Galileo</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/041008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>50th First Flight Shuttle</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>50th First Astronaut on Mir</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>50th Twin Voyagers</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>1958 Comeback</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Space Race</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>1983 Sally K Ride 8</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Apollo 8</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/040108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Freely In Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/033108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>1983</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Project Mercury</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Undular Bores</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Repair For Broken DNA</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Desert Rats</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Laser Fly Planes</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/032008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>James Webb</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/031908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Van Allen Belts</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/031808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Leeland Melvin</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/031708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Columbus Science Lab</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/031408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Astro and Nexsat</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/031108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Lunar Agreement</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/031008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Moon Base South Pole</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Hirad</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030608.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>FastSat</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Rovers Renewed</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nextgen</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/030308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nanodiamonds-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Lockheed Sharpshooters-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>pimp my plane-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022708.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Tones From Space-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Nanoparticles-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Firefighting Plane-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/022008.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>arctic melting-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021908.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Spinning Brains-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021808.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Satellite Health-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021508.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>15-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021408.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Messenger-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021308.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Messenger-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/021208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>LCROSS-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/010208.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>LRO-</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/010108.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Orbital Test Vehicle</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/123107.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>SAM</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/122807.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>ISS Investors</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/122707.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Good Vibes</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/122607.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Brain Interface Game</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/122407.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Virtual Product</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/122107.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Mars Caves</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Bacteria in space</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>china launch</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Terra Pass</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Beating Bugatti</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Nintendo</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Arterio Vusion</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Space Race</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Space Technology</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Spore Detection</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Space Suit Tailors</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Sarsat</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Freezing Charters</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Cool Suits</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>ISS Harmony</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Ramadan in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Neutron Star</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Missee</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Geoss</title>
<description><![CDATA[No description available at this time.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Sunita Williams</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sunita Williams is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut, since 1998.  It wasnt until December 2006 that she boarded the Space Shuttle Discovery for her first flight into space.  But little did she know that her first time in space would also account for some firsts in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Space Shuttle Facts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Space Shuttle, the most complex machine ever built, has more than 2.5 million parts, including almost 230 miles of wire, more than a thousand plumbing valves and connections, over 14 hundred circuit breakers and more than 27 thousand insulating tiles and thermal blankets!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Rover Braving Dust Storms</title>
<description><![CDATA[A series of severe Martian summer dust storms has affected the NASA rovers Opportunity and Spirit, blocking over 90 percent of direct sunlight to the rovers leaving little sky light to power them.  NASA scientists fear the storms might continue for several days, if not weeks, which will prevent the rovers from generating enough power to keep themselves warm and operational.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Virgin Galactic</title>
<description><![CDATA[Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic continues to take commercial space travel to new heights.  The company will soon be taking reservations for the first pleasure trip to the moon and the entrepreneur has decided to launch his new endeavor with the help of the BBC and reality television.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Cost of Space Tourism</title>
<description><![CDATA[To date, five space tourists have paid $20 to $25 million to visit the space station via the Soyuz spacecraft, with trips arranged by Space Adventures.   The company recently announced that two more Soyuz seats have been purchased for tourists to fly in 2008 and 2009.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>NASAs Spitzer Finds Water Vapor on Hot, Alien Planet</title>
<description><![CDATA[Beyond our solar system lies a scorching-hot gassy planet, steaming with water vapor, according to new observations by  NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope.  The telescope observed the hot-gas planet as it dipped behind a star and was able to detect the spectrum of its light.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Pierces Disease</title>
<description><![CDATA[California vineyards have been under attack by glassy-winged, pesky insects that suck the moisture from the heavy stalks of grapevines, and winemakers have called on NASA for help.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Baby Food Supplement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Its difficult to imagine a connection between planetary space flight and baby food, but there is such a thing.  Infant formulas now contain nutritional enrichment ingredients that trace back to NASA-sponsored research!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Center of the Earth?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Currently, scientists define Earths center in two different ways: as the mass center of solid Earth or as the mass center of Earths entire system, which combines solid Earth, ice sheets, oceans and atmosphere.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Center of the Earth?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Currently, scientists define Earths center in two different ways: as the mass center of solid Earth or as the mass center of Earths entire system, which combines solid Earth, ice sheets, oceans and atmosphere.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/110907.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>August 28 Lunar Eclipse</title>
<description><![CDATA[Early Tueday morning on August 28, most of North America and five other continents will have their eyes on the sky for a total lunar eclipse, which occurs when a full moon passes through the earths shadow during its orbit.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/110807.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Space Walk for Money</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Adventures, a company that arranges private trips to the ISS, is now offering a bonus spacewalk for clients willing to pay for more than the standard $20 million trip.  Future visitors to the space station can take a 90-minute space-walk, or extravehicular activity and extend their orbital trip by up to eight days for additional $15 million!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/110707.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>NEEMO 13</title>
<description><![CDATA[This summer, NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 13 (NEEMO), a 10-day moon walk mission on the ocean floor, lent itself to the use of advanced navigation and communication equipment. NEEMO 13 allows NASA to reevaluate and adapt missions before a return to the moons surface for a lot less than the real thing.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Animals in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the early days of space exploration, no one knew if people could survive a trip away from Earth, so using animals was the best way to find out. Today, the use of snails and fish can be applied to human conditions, which provide enough similarities to gain necessary knowledge and new insights into biological mechanisms that influence our lives on Earth and in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/110507.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Mars Mission Redesigned</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA latest mission to Mars will include attempts to unlock the secrets of the Red Planets frozen water.  This time, it means using bits and pieces of equipment from previous, but failed, missions to Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Fuel Cells</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA research is helping to tackle some of the obstacles of high prices at the pump, by finding new ways to build solid oxide fuel cells that operate at half the temperature of current designs.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Fashionable Spacesuits</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and Rocketplane, Ltd., along with a number of fashion designers and artisans, have taken it upon themselves to organize the Hyper Space Couture Design Contest.  The multi-part competition has been underway for several months, patterned to elicit space tourism fashion ideas.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/103107.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Dawn Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the recently launched Dawn mission, NASA hopes to compare the different evolutionary paths of asteroid Veras and dwarf planet Ceres as well as create a picture of the early solar system overall.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/103007.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Modified Jet Trainer</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA has two highly advanced simulators for training their pilots. With the modification of four of its corporate jets with shuttle cockpits and control and computer simulators, pilots get the real feeling of drag and dive, while flying at about 300 miles per hour!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102907.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>NASA and Homeland Security</title>
<description><![CDATA[Efforts to protect our nations internal security have quadrupled since the terrorists attacks of September 11. Federal agencies, including NASA, are doing their part to provide technology that proactively monitors our nations most important resources: air and water.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102607.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>AIRS Data</title>
<description><![CDATA[Using sensors on weather balloons, NASAs Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) creates a global, 3-D map of atmospheric temperature, water vapor, clouds and greenhouse gases with the same accuracy currently possible only through such direct measurements, where the data is extremely limited.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102507.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Astronaut Health Reviews</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the arrest of former astronaut Lisa Nowak in February 2007, NASA began a quest to reassess its behavioral health procedures.  Four primary areas will be reviewed: alcohol use, medical policy, astronaut code of conduct, and communication between astronauts and the space agency.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102407.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Ski Boot Spinoff</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since 1970, NASA and a company called Comfort Products have partnered to develop NASA technology-inspired ski boots for use by the recreational skier as well as hundreds of world-class competition skiers.  The ski boots use accordion-like folds, similar to the design of space suits, to allow the boot to flex without distortion, while giving support and control for precision skiing.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102307.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Green Giants</title>
<description><![CDATA[Global warming isnt a new issue, but regulators and politicians are challenging the aviation industry to clean up the air, making the friendly skies, more eco-friendly while more and more airlines go green.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102207.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Aerotropolis</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aerotropolis: In the film, The Terminal, Tom Hanks found everything he needed to survive - food, water, sleeping areas, shopping and even entertainment  all, within the confines of an airport.  The movie may be fiction, but the idea of an airport providing the comforts of home is about to materialize and may be coming to a terminal near you!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/101907.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
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<title>GEOSS</title>
<description><![CDATA[GEOSS: There are thousands of systems observing the Earth at any given time, from GPS systems to weather satellites. The systems are so diverse and the most of them use different formats. In 2005, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) implemented the Global Earth Observation System of Systems to tackle the challenge of putting all systems under one format.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>NASA and Discovery Communications</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA and Discovery Communications: NASA and Discovery Communications have teamed up for the anniversary party of the century  bringing space, science television and story-telling together for one big celebration - with the world television premiere of the film In the Shadow of the Moon, in 2008. And you dont want to miss it!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Spacecraft Recycling</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spacecraft Recycling: In the world of space exploration, spacecrafts are designed specifically for each mission and upon completion, never used again.  But that concept is changing as NASA gives new life to old spacecraft  recycling them for future exploration.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Lightsaber in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lightsaber in Space: For 30 years, the film series Star Wars has brought instant fame to a hairy Wookie co-pilot and two quirky androids.  NASA will celebrate the anniversary of Like Skywalker and friends by giving a movie prop, a Star Wars-studded sendoff into real  outer space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/101507.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>ADS-B</title>
<description><![CDATA[ADS-B: When radar technology was first introduced in the 1950s, it revolutionized air travel. But today, many say that same technology needs a major upgrade, such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, ADS-B, which determines and broadcasts a planes location every second.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/101207.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Space Hotel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Hotel: If youre looking for a getaway that's out of this world, look no further than the high-end Galactic Suite hotel  the first luxury hotel planned for use in spac]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/101107.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Asian Space Race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Asian Space Race: Chinas military-run space program has made great strides in the past few years and in 2003, became the first Asian country to send its own astronauts into space.  Competing with China is Japan, which claims its space project, SELENE, a lunar satellite, is the biggest since NASAs Apollo program.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/101007.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Training for Space Walk</title>
<description><![CDATA[Training for Space Walks: For every hour in spent in space, the astronauts train for seven hours on the ground, in a special training facility that mimics zero gravity, called the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL).  The NBL is a large pool that holds over 6 million gallons of water and astronauts can train underwater, wearing spacesuits with two-way communication capability with flight controllers as if they were in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100907.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Women in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Women in Space: Scientists speculated that since women are smaller and lighter than men are, on average, they might make good occupants for cramped space vehicles.  With that in mind, in 1960, the Women in Space Program was born and award-winning pilot Jerrie Cobb was invited to undergo the first physical testing regimen for women. Within a year, 19 women pilots had taken astronaut fitness exams to be allowed to fly in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100807.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>NEW HORIZONS IMAGES</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW HORIZONS IMAGES: New photographs and movies sent from space are offering an unprecedented look at Jupiter and its moons.  The New Horizons spacecraft has seven cameras and sensors, sending data and images, traveling over 600 million miles, back to Earth. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/181.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Death In Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Death In Space: Preparing policies about how crews should react in the unlikely event of the death of an astronaut on missions to Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>METHANE POWE</title>
<description><![CDATA[METHANE POWER: Exploring the solar system can have its drawbacks  not only are gas prices out of this world, but finding a refueling system once you leave Earth can be just as difficult. NASA is using a natural gas that farmers have known about for years  methane fuel as the fuel of the future for planet-hopping spacecraft!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>PHOENIX</title>
<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX: Early NASA missions to Mars always landed on dry regions , leading scientists to believe that the planet was barren, with no signs of life. But, recent satellite missions have revealed widespread ice near the planets poles.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Mercury 13</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mercury 13: It was 1961, when Russia put the first man in space and a group of thirteen American women were undergoing top-secret astronaut training in the United States, aka Mercury 13.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/177.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Cosmic Ring Evidence of Dark Matter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cosmic Ring Evidence of Dark Matter: It cant be seen, it doesnt shine or reflect light, and no one knows what its made of, but existence of dark matter has been indicated by images from the Hubble Space Telescope.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Vulcan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Vulcan: It has a hot, dry climate and is filled with beings who are logical to a fault.  And now Gene Rodenberrys planet Vulcan could be the next stop on a NASA planet-finding mission!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tiros</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tiros: Back in 1962, NASA took an experimental step to determine if satellites could be useful to the study of our planet, using the Television Infrared Observation Satellite Program, or TIROS. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/174.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Team American Rocketry Challenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Team American Rocketry Challenge: The Aerospace Industries Associates in conjunction with NASA is in its fifth year sponsoring the Team American Rocketry Challenge; a unique contest that has attracted youth to the world of aerospace.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>SSpace Tether</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Tether: Blasting rockets into space may now be tethered to swing from one place to another if Rob Hoyt gets his way.  The physicist and aerospace engineer knows a lot about flying space junk and has designed a new kind of space tether.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/172.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Sonic Booms and Space Tourism</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sonic Booms and Space Tourism: By the end of the decade, the skies will be much busier due to the debut of private spacecraft and increased tourist space flights, which means more noise, especially sonic booms.  Officials at NASAs Kennedy Space Center are the impact with computer models to reduce the annoyance.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/171.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>A SHUTTLE SIMULATED</title>
<description><![CDATA[A SHUTTLE SIMULATED: The Shuttle Launch Experience, a $60 million attraction that opened up this summer at the Kennedy Space Centers Visitor Complex, takes its riders on a trip to space with state-of-the-art special effects, sounds and vibrations that will make you really feel like an NASA astronaut.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Shooting Marbles</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shooting Marbles: NASA is planning extended missions to the Moon, where crew members would work and live on the lunar surface.  Before that can happen, protecting the astronauts from commonplace explosions that occur when meteorites slam into the moon is  first priority.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/169.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Orbiting Gas Station</title>
<description><![CDATA[Orbiting Gas Station: Stone Aerospace in Austin, Texas is drawing up plans to re-fuel spacecraft in orbit.  First stop, the Moon.  The idea is to send a team to Shackleton Crater at the Moons south pole, to search for frozen water and other resources under the lunar surface. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/168.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Kibo</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kibo: Japans space agency, JAXA, has developed the Kibo laboratory, a new $3 billion experiment module, will be the first Japanese human spaceflight facility set to be attached to the International Space Station, by 2008.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/167.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>EASTERN U.S. HEATS UP</title>
<description><![CDATA[EASTERN U.S. HEATS UP: A new NASA study says that the eastern United States will start warming up with summer temperatures reaching 10 degrees higher by the mid-2080s. According to Dr. Leonard Druyan, one of the scientists with the study, says that computers underestimate the severity of global warming because they take into account too many rainy days in their predictions which tend to cool things down. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/166.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Dreamlifter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dreamlifter: Humpbacked in shape, Boeings Dreamlifter cargo plane, once a 747, carts around all the large pieces of Boeings new Dreamlifter 787 with its 65,000 cubic feet of storage from factories all over the world to the assembly plant in Washington state.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/165.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Astronaut Glove Challenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[Astronaut Glove Challenge: An engineer from Maine can now add space innovator and astronaut tailor to his resume.  Peter Homer grabbed the $200,00 prize in NASAs Astronaut Glove Challenge this year.  The contest is part of the Centennial Challenges program designed to spur interest and innovation in spaceflight technology.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/164.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>ASDE-X</title>
<description><![CDATA[ASDE-X: The worst airplane accident in history didnt occur during flight  it happened on the runway, when two jets collided, killing 547 people.  The FAA is turning to a new digital system, called ASDE-X, which is designed to track planes, snow plows and other ground vehicles with greater accuracy on the runways.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/163.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Aquarius/Nemo</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aquarius/Nemo: Just like space, the underwater environment is an alien and hostile place for humans to live.  Thats why NASA researchers spend so many weeks submerged in underwater labs, like Aquarius in Key Largo, Florida.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/162.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Sticky Issues in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sticky Issues in Space: When astronauts and cosmonauts become critically ill or injured while on the International Space Station, the idea is to have them return safely to Earth via the Russian Soyuz space capsule.  Future Mars-bound astronauts wont have that luxury.  NASA doctors and scientists are trying to answer some sticky questions like, how to dispose of the body of a dead astronaut or when to pull the plug on a critically ill astronaut who may be exhausting precious oxygen or endangering the rest of the crew.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/161.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Hubble/Carina Nebula</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hubble/Carina Nebula: NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has snapped almost 500,000 images of more than 25,000 celestial bodies over the past 17 years.  To celebrate the almost 2 decades of space exploration, NASA scientists released the most dazzling image Hubble has ever captured  a star birth, and death, in the Carina Nebula.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/160.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Space Suit Dilemma</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Suit Dilemma: The first American woman to walk in space was Kathryn Sullivan in 1984.  Sullivan, one of only seven other women to walk in space, says that being an astronaut is an amazing experience, but spacewalking is something even more special.  Spacesuits have a lot to do with making the trip outside in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/159.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>New Mexico Spaceport America</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Mexico Spaceport America: Voters in a southern New Mexico county recently approved a tax that will raise an estimated $49 million toward a $198 million dollar tourism spaceport.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/158.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Space Traffic Control</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Traffic Control: At the moment, the chief focus of government regulation in space is on the radio frequencies used by satellites  but there arent any regulations on preventing satellites from occupying the same physical space, which runs the risk of collisions between satellites and space junk.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/157.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Space Debris</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Debris: Low Earth Orbit is a crowded place with thousands of satellites circling the Earth, from 100 to 1000 miles above Earths atmosphere. This is a continuous growing problem and the US Air Force is tracking almost 14,000 orbiting objects, it calls space junk.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/156.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>DEPTHX</title>
<description><![CDATA[DEPTHX: The Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer, or DEPTHX, is an autonomous robot capable of exploring and mapping underwater caverns, with its 56 Sonar sensors and advanced software, its capable of maneuvering and creating 3-D maps of its extreme environment.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/155.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>HINODE</title>
<description><![CDATA[HINODE: Hinode, an international study of our sun has scientists hoping to shed new light on solar activity that may be interferring with communications here on Earth. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/154.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE</title>
<description><![CDATA[JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: The next generation of space observatories is ready to take over where our current Hubble Space Telescope leaves off.  Set to orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescopes primary goals will be to find the first galaxies that formed in our universe, connecting the Big-Bang to the Milky Way.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/153.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>MARS CURE FOR INSOMNIA</title>
<description><![CDATA[MARS CURE FOR INSOMNIA: A full day on Mars is 24.65 hours.  That may not seem like a big difference from our 24-hour day, but its enough to throw most people into a constant state of jet lag  something that astronauts cant afford while working and living on Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>MIDSTAR-2</title>
<description><![CDATA[MIDSTAR-2: A unique partnership between NASA and the U.S. Naval Academy is giving seafaring students an out-of-this-world experience.  Midshipmen at the academy in Annapolis are building a satellite called MidSTAR-2, which will carry four NASA experiments into space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>GJ 436b</title>
<description><![CDATA[GJ 436b: A Neptune-sized planet, called GJ436b, has been discovered 33 light years away and it seems to have characteristics of a few different planets in our solar system, like orbiting a star, having water  like Earth, but its as hot as Mercury and gaseous like Jupiter.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>QuikScat</title>
<description><![CDATA[QUIKSCAT: Clear evidence of the first widespread melting of Antarctica has been detected by NASAs QuikScat satellite.  The extensive snow melt appears to have occurred in 2005 and is the most significant melt observed by NASA satellites in 30 years.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Venus Express</title>
<description><![CDATA[Venus Express: Over a year ago, the European Space Agencys Venus Express probe arrived at the second rock from the sun  Venus.  Its been studying this mysterious planet on a global scale to understand its climate and atmosphere to help us understand our planet.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Rocket Racing League</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rocket Racing League: Formed in 2005, the Rocket Racing League is getting ready for its first NASCAR-style venture in the open skies.  The league uses rocket planes, or X-Racers, that will take off side-by-side from a runway and fly a course based on the Grand Prix competition.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Turning Plastic to Fuel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Turning Plastic to Fuel: In an effort to develop a new source of sustainable energy, one scientist has bio-engineered a fuel-latent plastic that can be converted into bio-diesel.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Learning to Fly From Nature</title>
<description><![CDATA[Learning to Fly From Nature: NASA and the military have funded extensive research into planes that mimic birds ability to shift the size and shape of their wings.  This research promises to create aircraft capable of far more versatile and efficient flight.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>New Planet</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Planet: A team of Swiss, French and Portuguese scientists have discovered a super-Earth about 5 times the mass of planet Earth. Dubbed an exoplanet, it is the smallest ever found up to now and it completes a full orbit in 13 days.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Earth Isn't Round</title>
<description><![CDATA[Earth Isn't Round: Our globe is not a perfect sphere as ancient Greek scholars, like Aristotle proposed.  In fact, its not even a perfect oblate spheriod, according to Isaac Newton, because mass is distributed unevenly within the planet.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Conductive Fibers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Conductive Fibers: Copper is the most common electrical conductor, but as with most metals, it can be heavy, expensive and breakable. However, conductive fibers can provide a lightweight, flexible alternative to copper wiring and carry virtually any necessary current.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>History of Astronauts</title>
<description><![CDATA[History of Astronauts: In 1959, NASA asked the U.S. Military to list their members who met specific qualifications as pilots for the manned spaceflight program. This only included white men.  But for more than 20 years after NASA launched the first rocket with an astronaut aboard back in 1961, men and women of all races are flying high above the Earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>POLE-AIRSHIP</title>
<description><![CDATA[POLE-AIRSHIP: In 2008, scientists will for the first time create a continual profile of ice thickness in the Artic, extending from the Canadian coast across the North Pole to Siberia.  The PoleAirship mission is part of a large-scale project, since 2005, that has united 44 scientific institutions from 10 European countries.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Plants Get a New Pair of Genes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Plants Get a New Pair of Genes: On Mars, plants would have to tolerate conditions that usually cause them a great deal of stress  sever cold, drought, low air pressure, etc.  But scientists believe they can develop plants that can live in these conditions.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>A Shuttle Simulated</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Shuttle Simulated: The Shuttle Launch Experience, a $60 million attraction that opened up this summer at the Kennedy Space Centers Visitor Complex, takes its riders on a trip to space with state-of-the-art special effects, sounds and vibrations that will make you really feel like an NASA astronaut.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>NASA Supercomputer</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA Supercomputer: Named after the Columbia Space Shuttle Crew STS-107, a new superconductor is making it possible for NASA to achieve breakthroughs in science and engineering, fulfilling the Agencys missions and Vision for Space Exploration.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Staying Sane in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Staying Sane in Space: Humans have always been explorers.  But over the years, explorers today have had to deal with issues that our ancestors have never had to face, including lack of gravity, air and comfortable temperatures all while being confined to small enclosed habits.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Raven the Robot</title>
<description><![CDATA[Raven the Robot: For 12 days the surgical robotic system known as Raven will be put through its paces in an underwater capsule that duplicates conditions in a space shuttle.  While surgeons back in Seattle will guide its movements.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Radiation Deflector</title>
<description><![CDATA[Radiation Deflector: Scientists are now experimenting with technology that would allow them to build a radiation deflector, much like the deflector shields which protect the fictional USS Enterprise and other spacecraft in the Star Trek TV series.  The real shields could be switched on and off and generate ionized gas called plasma.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Phoenix</title>
<description><![CDATA[Phoenix: Early NASA missions to Mars always landed on dry regions , leading scientists to believe that the planet was barren, with no signs of life. But, recent satellite missions have revealed widespread ice near the planets poles.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Quantum Mechanics Radar</title>
<description><![CDATA[Quantum Mechanics Radar: Lockheed Martin in planning to use research so new and modern that it actually only exists in theory.  Using the principles of quantum mechanics, the company will build the ultimate radar, so strong it could see through anything, from buildings to solid earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>NASA Partnership</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA Partnership: Everything from launch vehicles and habitation modules to the small scientific and engineering gadgets, NASA spinoffs are used on Earth in more than ways that most think.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>NASA Technology Helps Fight Fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA Technology Helps Fight Fire: NASA delivered a ground-breaking performance that demonstrated the use of unmanned aircraft systems in providing real-time  images in an actual disaster.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>LAB-ON-A-CHIP</title>
<description><![CDATA[LAB-ON-A-CHIP: A portable detection system will soon pave the way for further development of science equipment that makes use of lab-on-a-chip technology that will be used aboard the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Another Moon, Another Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[Another Moon, Another Mission: Jupiters moon Europa, became a high priority for scientists after measurements from the Galileo probe found that the ice-covered moon could have an ocean of liquid water beneath its surface, which could mean life, but it comes with a huge price tag.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Day Jet</title>
<description><![CDATA[Day Jet: Day Jet, a small airline company in Florida, provides on-demand transportation services in the air  much like a taxi does on the ground  could be the beginning of a new market in business aviation.  The company plans to begin flying the nations first on-demand, per seat air taxi service this summer.  And no doubt, competitors who are considering the air taxi business, will be watching carefully, from the sidelines.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Centrifuge For Astronauts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Centrifuge For Astronauts: The first astronauts headed for Mars may be carrying a lot more than a first-aid kit.  Since bone loss is such a very real, and troubling affect on astronauts after long-duration space flights, NASA is considering equipping a Mars-bound spacecraft with a centrifuge, a rotating mechanism in which astronauts could spin to help avoid the bone loss that accompanies long space travel.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Aerospace Industry Boost</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aerospace Industry Boost: The aircraft industry will see a huge boost of production over the next 10 years, according to a recent report by analyst Teal Group. They forecast production of over 41 thousand aircraft worth over one trillion dollars!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/125.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Bone Loss in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aerosol Study: (pinpointing global warming): Investigating pollutant sources is an important part of the ongoing battle to improve air quality and fully understand its impact on climate.  Scientists are using NASA data to reveal that carbon-containing aerosols, such as soot, actually absorb sunlight and create heat. ]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Bone Loss in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bone Loss in Space: The long-term effects of microgravity on the bones of crew members aboard the International Space Station reveals that on average, the astronauts lose roughly 11 percent of their total hip bone mass over the course of their mission.  That means crewmembers have lost as much bone mass in one month on orbit as an elderly woman loses in an entire year.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>X Planes</title>
<description><![CDATA[X Planes: The X Plane program, initiated after World War II, was a set of experimental test flights that would compete against, and hopefully outperform, the Soviet Union during the Cold War.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/122.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Wise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wise: NASA is wising up with a $300 million mission, called WISE - the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer.  This satellite telescope will scan the entire sky in infrared light, uncovering new and unexpected celestial bodies in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/121.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Winglets</title>
<description><![CDATA[Winglets: One of the greatest benefits to passengers of commercial airline flights is something they've probably never even noticed before, unless they happened to look out the window.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/120.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Wind Tunnels</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wind Tunnels: Boeing is one of several companies buying wind-tunnel time at the U.S. National Transonic Facility at NASA's Langley Research Center to test new concepts in aviation. This unique wind tunnel can duplicate true flight.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/119.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Why ISS?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Why ISS?: Despite the politics, technical delays and budget cuts, the International Space Station has had a constant human presence in space for almost 7 successive years. Every aspect of this project teaches us about the world in which we live - and will help us prepare for visits to distant worlds in the future.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/118.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Water on Mars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Water on Mars: Launched in 1997, the Mars Global Surveyor has been the most productive science mission to Mars, returning more than 240,000 images to Earth. To date, the most important of these is evidence of water on Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/117.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>TDRSS</title>
<description><![CDATA[TDRSS:The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a communications signal relay system, at the White Sands Complex in New Mexico, has been the premier provider of tracking and data services between low earth orbit spacecraft and researchers on the ground since the 1960's.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/116.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>TWT</title>
<description><![CDATA[TWT: Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT), will be used for deep-space applications because their construction is radiation tolerant and their power and efficiency levels are significantly higher than those of solid-state amplifiers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/115.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Stardust</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stardust: Scientists have been studying comets for centuries, mostly because these icy travelers are known to be made of the best-preserved raw materials in our Solar System - the same materials that are believed  responsible for life here on earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/114.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Spaceward bound</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sputnik: On October 4, 1957, Sputnik One, a small aluminum sphere, weighing just 183 pounds, successfully left Kazakhstan and orbited the Earth, allowing the former Soviet Union to make history, with the world's first artificial satellite in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Spaceward bound</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spaceward bound: NASA's Spaceward Bound project is a mixed group of 24 students, recent graduates and a teacher stationed in Utah to study remote environments - like Mars.  This project focuses on helping train the next generation of space explorers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Spaceports</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spaceports: Plans for new spaceport facilities are popping up even before the space tourism business is fully operational.  There are already six operational spaceports - in Virginia, Florida, Oklahoma, Alaska and two in California.  The newest spaceport, which will be home base for Virgin Galactic's sub-orbital flights, is based in New Mexico.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Solar Sails</title>
<description><![CDATA[Solar Sails: Solar sails were dreamt-up centuries ago, when scientists thought that a sail in space might work similar to a sail on the windy seas. Unfortunately, there are no high winds in space. But scientists have discovered, there is another propelling force at work in space - the sun.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Solar Array</title>
<description><![CDATA[Solar Array: When the space shuttle Atlantis heads for the International Space Station on STS-117, its mission may sound a little familiar.  The crew will install a new truss segment, unfurl new solar arrays and fold up an old one, while replacing a solar array.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Sky Crane</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sky Crane: The Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL, is a researching robot on wheels -- NASA's newest version of the Mars exploration rover. The rocket-powered "sky crane" would hover, like a helicopter, above a landing site and gently lower the car-sized MSL rover to the surface using a tether.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Simulated Moon Dust</title>
<description><![CDATA[Simulated moon dust: NASA is returning to the moon, and engineers are now designing new landers and rovers for future lunar missions.  The lunar soil samples taken from the moon during the Apollo missions, more than 35 years ago, are running low, so scientists need to improvise - or fake it!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Solar Sentinels</title>
<description><![CDATA[Solar Sentinels: Hazardous space storms and deadly solar flares are a major concern for the new lunar explorations - and as NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the moon, forecasting space weather is a necessity.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/106.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Plastic Spaceships</title>
<description><![CDATA[Plastic Spaceships: The next time you carry a plastic shopping bag home from the grocery store, or empty a plastic trash bag, you might be carrying the key to sending humans to Mars!  NASA wants to build a spaceship out of plastic.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Phoenix</title>
<description><![CDATA[Phoenix: NASA's next Mars lander, the Phoenix mission, is rising from the ashes of two ill-fated attempts to reach the Red Planet.  Headed for the northern arctic region of Mars, the craft will dig for subsurface water ice and search for signs of life.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/104.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Paraffin Wax Fuel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Paraffin Wax Fuel: The environmentally friendly rocket fuel of the future could come from paraffin wax - a material found in household candles.  Paraffin burns cleanly, without giving off toxins - leaving behind only water vapor and carbon dioxide.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/103.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Ocean Climate</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ocean Climate: After studying nearly a decade's worth of climate data and satellite imaging of the word's oceans, NASA scientists have concluded that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are playing a big part in global warming.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/102.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>SAME</title>
<description><![CDATA[SAME: Fire prevention is essential in every home and place of business - but it's even more crucial in space, where astronauts may not have the option, or time, to leave the spacecraft.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/101.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Noogle</title>
<description><![CDATA[Noogle: If you're looking for a 3D map of the moon, or want to track the International Space Station, all you need to do is "Google" it.  NASA's Ames Research Center has partnered with the Internet search engine Google to make space information more easily accessible, through a new search-engine: Noogle.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/100.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Nerve Guidance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nerve Guidance: An injury to the spinal cord can cause serious, sometimes permanent, damage to the body's central nervous system.  With the help of scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, researchers are developing a device to bridge the gap between damaged nerves and new cell growth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/99.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Nanotechnology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nanotechnology: "Nano" means a billionth - a nanosecond is one-billionth of a second.  What scientists have discovered is that materials reduced to the nanoscale, can suddenly show very different properties compared to what they exhibit on a macroscale.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/98.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>MoonRox</title>
<description><![CDATA[MoonRox: When Apollo astronauts landed on the moon, a persistent problem was the dust.  It got everywhere - including in their lungs.  Not necessarily a bad thing, as the Moon's soil is nearly half oxygen. Found to be very beneficial for future lunar missions, the new challenge for NASA is extracting the oxygen from the lunar dust.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/97.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>New Space Generation</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Space Generation: Back when John Glenn orbited the Earth and Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon, children were captivated and awed by space travel.  Today, children have become apathetic towards the space program.  NASA wants to change that.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/96.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Lindbergh Flight</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lindbergh Flight: In 1919, Raymond Orteig, a New York hotel owner, offered a $25,000 prize for the first nonstop airplane flight between New York and Paris.  The first aviators to attempt the feat paid with their lives.  But on May of 1927, an airmail pilot named Charles Lindbergh set off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York became the first to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/95.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Lunar International</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lunar International: This year a new competition for lunar exploration has begun. India, China and Japan are moon-bound and they might make it to the lunar surface before NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter takes action in 2008.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/94.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Last Apollo Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last Apollo Mission: By December 14, 1972, the United States had successfully brought several men to the moon, ending that era of lunar exploration.  Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt bid farewell to the moon by unveiling a commemorative plaque at the Taurus-Littrow valley on the lunar surface, bearing the signatures of the astronauts and President Nixon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/93.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Kiku Satellite</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kiku Satellite: In 2006, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully launched its biggest satellite ever, the Kiku experimental communications satellite, raising Japan's image as a space power, and bolstered its plans to enter the commercial satellite business.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/92.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Moon Base</title>
<description><![CDATA[Moon Base: NASA plans to return mankind to the moon by the year 2020 and establish a permanent base there.  The lunar outpost would be used to prepare for manned trips to Mars and act as home base for a continual crew presence on the moon's surface.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/91.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>ISF</title>
<description><![CDATA[ISFS: The U.S. Geological Survey and NASA are weeding out the national garden. The National Invasive Species Forecasting System, or ISFS, and NASA satellites are locating "hotspots" for one of the country's most harmful invasive plants - a large deciduous shrub, called tamarisk.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/90.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>IP</title>
<description><![CDATA[IPD: In 1926, the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched by Robert H. Goddard, and  was a precursor to the space shuttle's feats that would thrust astronauts into space. Now, there's a new generation of liquid-fueled rockets, the Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator, or IPD.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/89.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Ingestible Thermometer Pil</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ingestible Thermometer Pill: Astronauts working in space suits, insulated to protect them from temperature extremes, experience a rapid rise in body temperature that is potentially deadly.  Popping a pill, called the Ingestible Thermal Monitoring System, might be an easy way to monitor body temperature during space flight.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/88.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Hubble Servicing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hubble Servicing: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has offered invaluable information to scientists and astronomers.  Years of significant data and over 750,000 photographs later, NASA has decided to move forward with a fifth servicing mission to the telescope planned for 2008.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/87.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Jamestown Remembered</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jamestown Remembered: As America's explorers of space and beyond, it's only natural that NASA is playing a part in the 400th anniversary of America's early explorers.  In honor of Jamestown, Va., the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, NASA will fly a relic from the settlement that was recently unearthed there.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/86.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Friendship 7 Flight</title>
<description><![CDATA[Friendship 7 Flight: History was made 45 years ago, when American astronaut John Glenn became the first man to orbit the Earth, circling the globe in the Friendship Seven spacecraft; this came just 10 months after Soviets launched the first man in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/85.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>FAA Space Tourism Rules</title>
<description><![CDATA[FAA Space Tourism Rules: The Federal Aviation Administration has issued the very first set of commercial space tourism rules, including fitness evaluations and training for company-crew members, among other regulations, before adventure-seekers can hop on the next rocket to outer space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/84.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>F-35</title>
<description><![CDATA[F-35: The F-35 Lightening II, a descendant from the X-35, is a single-seat, single-engine military strike fighter, which accomplished it's first flight in late 2006.  The  F-35 is able to perform tactical bombing, air-to-air combat and close air support.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/83.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Great Observatories</title>
<description><![CDATA[Great Observatories: NASA's Great Observatories for Space Astrophysics are a family of three orbiting satellites carrying telescopes that have given astronomers the opportunity to look at distant parts of the universe without interference from the earth's atmosphere.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/82.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Gravity Probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gravity Probe: Forty years ago, scientists interested in testing Albert Einstein's 1916 general theory of relativity proposed an experiment requiring technology that didn't even exist at the time. The Gravity Probe-B started its orbit 400 miles above Earth just a few years ago.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/81.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Dream-liner</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dream-liner: The airframe of Boeing's 787 Dream-liner jet is built entirely from carbon fiber-reinforced plastic.  It's the largest-scale project of its kind - the 787 is one of the fastest-selling commercial jets in aviation history.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/80.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>E-ELT</title>
<description><![CDATA[E-ELT: Europe's ambitious plans for a revolutionary optical and infrared telescope are underway, with a new project called the European Extremely Large Telescope or E-ELT.  The 5500-ton telescope can observe super-massive black holes and the first galaxies in the universe.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/79.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Earth-Water Studies</title>
<description><![CDATA[Earth-Water Studies: With the help of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE, researchers are now able to estimate variations in river basins that cover most of Earth's land area.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/78.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>F-22</title>
<description><![CDATA[F-22: The F-22 Raptor, successor the aging F-15 fighter jet, is being hailed as a "supercruiser" - with the ability to cruise at one and a half times the speed of sound, without the use of an afterburner.  Capable of flying extended portions of its combat missions in supercruise mode.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/77.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>EZV1</title>
<description><![CDATA[EZV1: The ground around Kennedy Space Center's launch area became polluted with chlorinated solvents used to clean Apollo rocket parts. These contaminants stayed in the ground because their density caused them to sink, leaving them virtually undetected, until now.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/76.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>CLOUDSAT</title>
<description><![CDATA[CLOUDSAT: Two NASA satellites reveal the inner workings of the Earth's atmosphere, called CloudSat and CALIPSO. These highly sensitive satellites fly 438 miles above the Earth and send back 3D views of clouds and airborne particles, called aerosols.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/75.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Clean Water</title>
<description><![CDATA[Clean Water: Recycling water is a must for astronauts spending extended periods of time on the International Space Station.  NASA is constantly working to improve their filtration systems, and here on Earth, where people are in need of affordable, clean water.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Chandras X-ray telescope</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chandras X-ray telescope: Astronomers using NASAs powerful Chandra X-ray telescope are able to study high-frequency matter.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>CASSINI</title>
<description><![CDATA[CASSINI: NASA and ESA's mission to Saturn and its Moons.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>DAWN Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[DAWN Mission: NASA's recently reinstated "Dawn" mission is a study of two very different, ancient asteroids that are almost as old as the solar system itself: Vesta and Ceres, located between Mars and Jupiter.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Bioreactor</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bioreactor: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Growing new, healthy hearts, using cells taken from the patients themselves may sound like science-fiction, but it's a goal for MIT scientists and a NASA-designed device called a bioreactor.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Beer or Medicine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Beer or Medicine: The nose-tickling bubbles of a refreshing soft drink or a frothy beer after work are just some of the missed comforts of home on Earth for an astronaut.  A graduate student at the University of Colorado sent a beer-experiment into space and she discovered the real surprises were not in the bubbles.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Aviation Pollution</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aviation Pollution: With the number of airline flights worldwide expected to skyrocket over the coming decades, scientists are concerned that by the year 2050, aircraft emissions will be a top contributor to global warming.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/68.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Archeology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Archeology: NASA researchers are using satellites to detect ancient Mayan ruins.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>COROT</title>
<description><![CDATA[COROT: French scientists are on a mission, called COROT, as "planet-hunters", to search for habitable, Earth-like planets outside our solar system.  The first of its kind, COROT is capable of detecting rocky planets, larger than Earth, which orbit stars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>America Space Prize</title>
<description><![CDATA[America Space Prize: The Space Race has gone commercial.  2004's Ansari X Prize and its the ten million dollar prize for developing a sub-orbital spacecraft. This time, hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow and his America's Space Prize has a purse size of 50 million dollars!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Aircraft Emissions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Aircraft Emissions: Aircraft emissions threaten to be one of the largest contributors to global warming, according to a recent study in Britain. The aerospace industry and NASA are developing more environmentally friendly jet engines.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>AIM Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[AIM Mission: Just after the Sun sets and the sky darkens, scientists watch closely for a very special kind of cloud, called noctilucent clouds, which cast a neon-blue glow. Some researchers believe they are indications of global climate change.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>2007 ISS Mission</title>
<description><![CDATA[2007 ISS Mission: One of NASA's latest space experiments involves a suitcase-sized case full of samples ranging from lubricants to solar cell technologies, left open, exposed to the harsh environment of space, then returned to Earth for examination.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>ANTS</title>
<description><![CDATA[ANTS: NASA's Automated Nanotechnology Swarm, or ANTS, is a concept for intelligent, decision-making satellites, destined for launch into deep space in 2020. Working autonomously from Earth, these unmanned satellites will gather and analyze information, respond to asteroids and study deep space phenomena.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Tsunami</title>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Spacesuits for Mars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Spacesuits for Mars: Astronauts exploring the Martian surface will need more protection than ever before, and NASA has designed space suites for use in orbit to give more freedom of movement.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Athlete  the new Mars Rover</title>
<description><![CDATA[Athlete  the new Mars Rover: Athlete is the latest and greatest land rover designed by NASA to navigate the rocky terrain of the Moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>AiroCide Ti02  Anthrax-killing air scrubber</title>
<description><![CDATA[AiroCide Ti02  Anthrax-killing air scrubber: NASA scientists have discovered that the gas, ethylene, released by plants in space, can be developed into an anthrax-killing air scrubber to zap deadly airborne gases before they can be inhaled.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/57.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Paper Airplanes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Paper Airplanes: Korean Researchers, in collaboration with NASA are building paper based unmanned aircraft.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/56.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Commercial aerospace</title>
<description><![CDATA[Commercial aerospace: A trip out of this world can be a dream come true, if your pockets are deep enough to buy for a ride to space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Robonaut  Robotic Astronauts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Robonaut  Robotic Astronauts: Astronauts are getting a helping hand from robonauts  robots with arms and hands so sensitive, they are human-like - equipped with advanced fiber optic sensors that will give modern technology a human touch.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/54.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>SATS  Small Aircraft Transportation System</title>
<description><![CDATA[SATS  Small Aircraft Transportation System: This on-demand, point-to-point, transportation system will utilize small aircraft and public-use-landing facilities.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/53.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Gripping Mechanism</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gripping Mechanism: NASA technology designed for robotics research is now being used by the private sector to enable people confined to a wheelchair, to stand and even walk.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Dealing with (moon) dust</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dealing with (moon) dust: Because dust is electrically charged, Apollo era astronauts found that lunar dust was almost impossible to remove, causing irritation to the lungs and eyes.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Mascons  mass concentrations - on the Moon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mascons  mass concentrations - on the Moon: Known as mass concentrations or mascons, there are five large dark areas on the front side of the Moon facing Earth and can be seen with binoculars from Earth.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>ARES  multi-stage rocket</title>
<description><![CDATA[ARES  multi-stage rockets: NASAs two new rockets, ARES I and ARES V, will take astronauts from low Earth orbit to the moon in the next decade.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/49.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>AURA  Ozone Monitoring Instrument</title>
<description><![CDATA[AURA  Ozone Monitoring Instrument: NASA is finding answers to tough questions about the Earths ozone, with the help of their Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard the AURA satellite.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/48.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Inflatable modules</title>
<description><![CDATA[Inflatable modules: Developed by NASA, inflatable modules, made out of layers of protective materials such as synthetic fabrics and carbon-fiber composites will protect spacecraft from space debris that would otherwise shatter upon impact.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/47.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Cassini Huygens</title>
<description><![CDATA[Cassini Huygens: NASAs Cassini spacecraft has brought the best images to date of Saturn, her rings and moons, helping scientists better understand not only Saturns origin and evolution, but the universe as a whole.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/46.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>New Mission to Pluto</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Mission to Pluto: In January of 2006, NASA launched its New Horizons spacecraft on a mission to Pluto, the first probe ever destined for the newly reclassified dwarf planet in our solar system.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/45.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>ISRU  In Situ Resource Utilization</title>
<description><![CDATA[ISRU  In Situ Resource Utilization: In the future, astronauts will collect and process native materials and energy for missions to the Moon and Mars, through In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU).]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/44.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Hibernation in Space</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hibernation in Space: As NASA gears up for manned missions to Mars, a journey that could take up to two years, some scientists are considering chemically-induced hibernation as an option for astronauts in order to make the trip.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/43.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Mars Food  Veggies on Mars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mars Food  Veggies on Mars: NASA scientists say astronauts may have to grow their own crops and process them into food, to be self-reliant for future missions to the moon and Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/42.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Dark Energy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dark Energy: Dark energy, scientists claim, can cause the universe to expand to the point of ripping apart.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/41.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Nanotechnology</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nanotechnology: Scientists have discovered that materials reduced to the nano scale, can suddenly show  very different properties compared to what they exhibit on a macro-scale.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/40.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>New Fuel</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Fuel: NASA is leading the way to alternative fuels that are moving vehicles full speed ahead.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/39.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Leaf Area Index</title>
<description><![CDATA[Leaf Area Index: Remote sensing specialists at the University of Boston and NASA have found a way to quantify plant growth on a global scale with satellite imagery.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/38.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>SL Primer  Mars Science Laboratory</title>
<description><![CDATA[MSL Primer  Mars Science Laboratory: The Mars Science Laboratory Rover is the most advanced suite of instruments for scientific studies ever sent to the Martian surface.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/37.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Bed Rest Research/Study</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bed Rest Research/Study: NASAs Bed Rest Project Study is developing ways to keep astronauts healthier and safer when they spend extended periods of time in space.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/36.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Active Drag Reduction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Active Drag Reduction: Aeronautics researchers in Germany have successfully simulated stabilizing drag reduction for the airfoils of commercials airliners.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/35.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>Blended Wing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Blended Wing: A model of the blended wing body design is currently undergoing free flight tests at NASA Langley Research Centers wind tunnels.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/34.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>NEEMO  NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations</title>
<description><![CDATA[NEEMO  NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations: NASA is sending groups of astronauts-in-training to an underwater laboratory in Key Largo, Florida to prepare them for life aboard the U.S. Destiny module on the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/33.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
</item>
<item>
<title>STEREO  Stereoscopic measurements of the Suns activities</title>
<description><![CDATA[STEREO  Stereoscopic measurements of the Suns activities: NASA is studying the nature and origin of explosions from the Sun by sending two golf-cart sized spacecraft as floating space observatories measure, in 3-D, the Suns activities.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>New Mission to Pluto</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Mission to Pluto: In January of 2006, NASA launched its New Horizons spacecraft on a mission to Pluto, the first probe ever destined for the newly reclassified dwarf planet in our solar system.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Space Elevator</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Elevator: These vehicles would make transporting materials from a planets surface into space by climbing a tether and escaping the planets gravity without using rocket propulsion.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Desert Rats</title>
<description><![CDATA[Desert Rats  NASA s Desert Research and Technology Studies: NASAs desert rats are a team of scientists and engineers who test futuristic equipment in Arizona that may one day be used for exploring the Moon and Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Grace Project - Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment:</title>
<description><![CDATA[Grace Project - Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment: NASAs Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment is one of many NASA research programs that uses twin satellites to collect data.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Orion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Orion: The Orion spacecraft, which borrows its shape and aerodynamic performance from Apollo, is part of NASAs Constellation Program, will carry the future astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Why Mars? Why are we going to Mars?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Why Mars? Why are we going to Mars?: Scientists believe that Mars could be transformed into a home away from home.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Hubble Telescope</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hubble Telescope: Although its troubled past has been costly, NASA still considers the Hubble Space Telescope well-worth the servicing missions and plans to make more upgrades to continue its capture of incredible high-resolution images.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Phantom Torso</title>
<description><![CDATA[Phantom Torso: The Phantom Torso, a 95-pound, 3-foot-high mockup of a human upper body, will measure the amount of radiation to which astronauts are exposed aboard the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Quiet Planes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Quiet Planes: The Silent Aircraft Initiative is an undertaking between the aerospace industry and academic researchers in the U.S. and Britain with the goal of on reducing the sound of airplanes.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/23.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Space Crops</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Crops:The Space Life Sciences lab at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, in partnership with the state of Florida, is perfecting methods to turn astronauts into space farmers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/22.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Helium 3</title>
<description><![CDATA[Helium 3: The moon is being referred to as a new frontier with resources to be exploited, such as the most valuable of those resources, Helium 3.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Great Observatories</title>
<description><![CDATA[Great Observatories: NASAs Great Observatory program which consists of the Hubble, the Chandra and the Spitzer telescopes, allows scientists to observe light waves at a variety of different spectral wavelengths.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Phantom Torso</title>
<description><![CDATA[Phantom Torso: The Phantom Torso, a 95-pound, 3-foot-high mockup of a human upper body, will measure the amount of radiation to which astronauts are exposed aboard the International Space Station.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Quiet Planes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Quiet Planes: The Silent Aircraft Initiative is an undertaking between the aerospace industry and academic researchers in the U.S. and Britain with the goal of on reducing the sound of airplanes.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/18.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Space Crops</title>
<description><![CDATA[Space Crops: The Space Life Sciences lab at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, in partnership with the state of Florida, is perfecting methods to turn astronauts into space farmers.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Helium </title>
<description><![CDATA[Helium 3: The moon is being referred to as a new frontier with resources to be exploited, such as the most valuable of those resources, Helium 3.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Virgin Atlantic</title>
<description><![CDATA[Virgin Atlantic: Beginning in 2008, the company plans to fly customers into space for the round-trip ticket price of $200,000 per person.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/15.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Quiet Spike</title>
<description><![CDATA[Quiet Spike: To suppress the sound and intensity of sonic booms, NASA has teamed up with Gulfstream Aerospace on a project called Quiet Spike.  The project is based on a retractable, 24-foot lance-like spike, mounted on the nose of a research jet.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/14.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>TET walkers</title>
<description><![CDATA[TET walkers: Tetrahedral Explorer Technologies, or TET-Walkers, which look like tripods standing in triangular frames, will make the future of planetary exploration seem like a walk in the park.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/13.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>ECLSS  Environmental Control and Life Support Systems</title>
<description><![CDATA[ECLSS  Environmental Control and Life Support Systems: The Environmental Control and Life Support Systems project, or ECLSS, is a system that recycles wastewater and crewmember urine into fresh drinking water and breathable oxygen.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/12.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Coral Reefs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Coral Reefs: NASA satellites have turned their attention to the Florida coastline, in a combined effort with the University of South Florida, to protect the states fragile coral reefs.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/11.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>New Horizons</title>
<description><![CDATA[New Horizons: New Horizons, the fastest spacecraft ever launched, will reach Jupiter in 13 months and then use the planets gravity to slingshot to Pluto  trimming the intergalactic trip by five years.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/10.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>LOCAD</title>
<description><![CDATA[LOCAD  Lab-on-a-Chip Applications Development program: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center developed this technology, which allows laboratory tests to be conducted on small chips, no larger than a dime.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/9.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Bigelow Space Hotel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bigelow Space Hotel: Once in orbit these inflatable space habitation modules will blow up to 45 feet in length and 22 feet in diameter, doubling their launch size and be used for space research, living quarters for astronauts and, if Bigelows vision materializes, as hotels for space tourists.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/8.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>SAM</title>
<description><![CDATA[ SAM  Secure Ambulation Mode walker Uncle Sams injured are being helped by a NASA technology of the same name - SAM (Secure Ambulation Mode walker) - an innovative physical therapy device being used at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/7.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>X-Prize</title>
<description><![CDATA[ X-Prize: X Prize is a series of monetary prizes that pays multi-million dollar awards for innovations in science and social arenas.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/6.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>MFRMAS  Magnetic Field Response Measurement Acquisition System</title>
<description><![CDATA[ MFRMAS  Magnetic Field Response Measurement Acquisition System: MFRMAS is a small hand-held unit that uses magnetic fields to both power sensors and gather measurements from them.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/5.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Report Instrument</title>
<description><![CDATA[LTAMDAR  Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Report instrument: This experiment not only promises to dramatically improve weather forecasts, but also to warn pilots of dangerous ice storms or turbulence  and even track hijacked flights.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/4.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>LCROSS</title>
<description><![CDATA[LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite:In 2008, NASAs LCROSS mission will search for precious water (and) ice on the lunar surface and it will do so by crashing on the moon.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/3.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is the first spacecraft out of the gate in NASAs Vision for Space Exploration program.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/2.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Active Drag Reduction</title>
<description><![CDATA[Active Drag Reduction: Aeronautics researchers in Germany have successfully simulated stabilizing drag reduction for the airfoils of commercials airliners.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/1.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<title>Microwaving Moondust</title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA has another trick up its sleeve, but there's no magic hat -just moondust and microwaves!]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020810.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>Quantum Messaging </title>
<description><![CDATA[Ones and zero's of the digital world unite! Quantum messaging is right around the corner.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020510.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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<item>
<title>The Mystery of Magnetic Fields</title>
<description><![CDATA[Unraveling the mysteries of magnetic fields requires a closer look at plasma.]]></description>
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://www.whro.org/home/html/podcasts/discoverynow/020910.mp3" length="1122638" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA</itunes:author>
<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
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