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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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In this Jan. 21, 2016 file photo, the Hoosic River runs through the village of Hoosick Falls, N.Y. No higher incidences of certain types of cancer linked to the toxic chemical PFOA were found in the upstate New York village whose water supplies were contaminated by the chemical, state health officials said in a report released Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (Mike Groll/AP Photo)
Health
The Conversation

EPA’s plan to regulate chemical contaminants in drinking water is a drop in the bucket

The EPA's announcement is a step in the right direction, but only addresses these two chemicals in drinking water and a new federal standard won’t be implemented for years.

8 years ago

Solar panels on the roof of the building supplying energy to the AirTrain at Newark Liberty International Airport soak up the rays. A New Jersey lawmaker wants the state to aim for 80 percent renewable energy use by 2050. (AP file photo)
Science
NJ Spotlight

Energy suppliers ordered to stop passing on higher costs to N.J. customers

Tens of millions of dollars are on the line as third-party suppliers dispute Board of Public Utilities’ order not to increase fixed rate during a term of contracts.

8 years ago

Actor Luke Perry poses for a portrait Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 in New York.  (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Arts & Entertainment

Luke Perry dead at 52 after suffering stroke

A publicist for Luke Perry says the "Riverdale" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" star has died. He was 52.

8 years ago

In this May 22, 2017, file photo shows the control room at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. Forty years after Three Mile Island became synonymous with America's worst commercial nuclear power accident, the prospect of bailing out nuclear power plants is stirring debate at the highest levels of Pennsylvania and the federal government. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science

Rescuing nuclear power plants could come with conditions

Giving nuclear power plants what opponents call a bailout to ensure they stay open could mean a politically risky vote to hike electric bills across the state

8 years ago

President Donald Trump hugs the American flag as he arrives to speak at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump’s ‘frightened world’ of the ‘happily stupid’

Trump begins his re-election bid with 90 percent support from the GOP base (despite his demagoguery, lies, and serial failures), and that blind fealty cannot be underestimated

8 years ago

Declared the winner of the FTD Interflora World Cup Australia's Bart Hassam holds his trophy aloft and waves to the audience. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community

Australian florist crowned world champion at the Philadelphia Flower Show

Over the three days, the competitors, including florists from Europe, Asia, Russia, and America, faced off in six rounds in hopes of winning a $17,000 prize.

8 years ago

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John Hickenlooper, Former Governor, The State of Colorado, speaking at a forum on
Politics & Policy

Narberth native, former Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper declares 2020 presidential bid

John Hickenlooper casted himself as a can-do uniter who's used to overcoming adversity and accomplishing liberal goals in a politically divided state.

8 years ago

The Please Touch Museum’s latest exhibition, America to Zanzibar is designed to educate children about Muslim culture (Provided)
Arts & Entertainment

Please Touch Museum exhibit teaches children about Muslim culture

A life-sized Middle Eastern sailboat, artifacts, and lively demonstrations by Muslim artists are featured in the Please Touch Museum’s latest exhibition: America to Zanzibar.

8 years ago

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public, co-educational historically black university that is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. (Emily Cohen for NewsWorks, file)
Education

Losing students and funds, Cheyney University continues striving for accreditation

The nation’s oldest historically black university is working to fulfill the conditions for certification, but it has options other than closing should it lose accreditation.

8 years ago

Troy Curtis calls it a “waste of money” that homes being built and slated for renovation on Wilmington’s East Side have languished without progress for months. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Money

Wilmington takes control of failing agency that builds homes for working poor

A Wilmington public housing partnership ran out of money when donations dried up. The city was forced to make loan payments for the agency and has now taken control.

8 years ago

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Health

Penn researchers find transplant potential in hepatitis C-positive hearts

Organs that once would have been rejected were successfully used in uninfected patients by Penn surgeons in a clinical trial.

8 years ago

Measles vaccine
Science
NJ Spotlight

Could registry of adverse reactions to vaccinations separate fear from fact?

Senator Robert Singer has proposed establishing a registry in the N.J. Department of Health that would track any adverse reactions experienced by children under the age of 19.

8 years ago

This undated photo provided by the European Space Agency, ESA, shows the surface of the Mars. Scientists say images of Martian craters taken by European and American space probes show there likely once was a planet-wide system of underground lakes. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via AP)
Science

Scientists see evidence of underground lakes system on Mars

Scientists say images of craters taken by European and American space probes show there likely once was a planet-wide system of underground lakes on Mars.

8 years ago

(Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Community

Impending storm spurs N.J. commercial travel ban

New Jersey officials enacted a commercial travel ban Sunday afternoon ahead of a storm that is likely to drop several inches of snow across a majority of the state.

8 years ago

In this file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is brought up on stage by President Donald Trump as he takes the stage at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Senate seems to have votes to reject Trump’s wall move

Opponents appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can't go along with the White House.

8 years ago

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