On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will make the closest approach to the sun ever. We’ll learn about the science behind the mission.

And the Fish and Wildlife Service wants to place the monarch butterfly on the Endangered Species List.

The biggest T. Rex to ever live may be bigger than previously thought.

Several Northeast communities experienced record dryness this fall.

And a private New York college is becoming a university.

The spongy moth caterpillar has been defoliating forests in the United States for more than a century. Now, a study hopes to learn how the invasive species is affecting populations of the tick that carries Lyme disease.

And we’ll visit the ancient sand dunes of a unique upstate New York landscape.

After 25 years of stumping scientists, a mysterious mollusk found drifting in the ocean off the coast of California, has been identified. We’ll learn more about this unusual animal.

And we’ll learn about how human practices can both contribute to and help prevent wildfires.

Award-winning screenwriter Jacob Krueger teaches students how they can become better screenwriters and travels to share his knowledge with writers of all sorts.

We’ll speak about beginning a writing career, avoiding writer's block, and adapting books for TV or film.

The solar cycle is in its maximum phase, causing the northern lights to recently be visible in lower latitudes. We’ll learn about the science of auroras.

And amid a drought in the northeast United States, we’ll learn about the causes and science behind wildfires.

A meteorite that struck the Earth more than 3 billion years ago might have acted like a giant “fertilizer bomb” for life on the Blue Planet.

We’ll learn about a new national study that may lead to a new affordable treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.  

And officials are celebrating a new national hub for semiconductor research.  

Four years ago, Columbia University launched the Columbia Climate School. We’ll speak with Climate School Dean Dr. Jeffrey Shaman.

And a New York Congressman wants to place new restrictions on mobile sports betting. We’ll learn how sports betting affects student athletes

For more than a decade, glass artists at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in southern Vermont have been challenged and inspired by the creativity of children. We’ll speak with an artist who is bringing drawings to life.

We’ll meet students in upstate New York who are celebrating the turning point of the American Revolution.

And we’ll catch up with an apple researcher in Western Massachusetts.

Guitarist and composer Gary Lucas breathes new life into a nearly century-old vampire film.

We’ll learn about how farmers create a seasonal corn maze.

And we’ll take a trip to the weight room.

What’s your favorite scary story? We’ll speak with Jeremy Dauber, author of American Scary. The book chronicles the history of horror in America.

And we’ll learn about how libraries are creating sensory-focused spaces.