
Science
Move over Stonehenge – Philadelphia will feature its own version on Friday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m., when the sunset will align with M ...
Air Date: April 2, 2018
Listen 05:39What if a drug could make your blood deadly to mosquitoes?
Imagine this: A pesky mosquito sips some of your blood. Hours later, the blood-sucker drops dead, poisoned by the very blood it just slurped down.
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Rutgers professor studying invisibility says it’s only a little like Harry Potter
Professor Andrew Norris is creating ways to make sound waves go around underwater objects, instead of bouncing back.
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For houses vulnerable to flooding, elevation can be a solution. But how do you raise a home that’s connected to others?
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Listen 12:58Poll: Most Pennsylvania voters say climate change causing problems now
Party affiliation and political ideology continue to play a big role in people’s views.
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An acceptable range for the estimated number of galaxies in the universe is between 100 and 200 billion, according to astronomer Mario Li ...
Air Date: March 26, 2018
Listen 07:19Wastewater well opposed by some Pa. residents secures state permit
Marianne Atkinson of Brady Township said her family’s water well is 900 feet from the proposed injection site.
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Federal budget includes $5M for Delaware River clean up
The $1.3 trillion spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday unexpectedly brought good news for environmentalists.
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Could some Pa. counties scrap the annual vehicle emissions test? A study aims to figure that out
Emission tests are required in 25 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
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Report: Severance tax proposal could cost Pa. mineral owners millions
“States that levy a natural gas severance tax allow those costs to be treated like a post-production cost,” IFO director Matthew Knittel wrote.
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Mother of slain N.J. man blames computer program for his shooting
In New Jersey, there’s a bail algorithm designed to recommend whether you sit behind bars or walk free until your trial. The state’s court system recently abandoned cash bail.
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Listen 9:50Groups oppose another coal mining permit in Greene County state park
They argue that longwall mining, the technique Consol would use to mine beneath the stream, can cause ground beneath streams to fall in.
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StateImpact Pennsylvania invites public to forum in Towanda on natural gas royalties
Join StateImpact Pennsylvania for an educational forum to learn how other states handle natural gas royalty payments and what’s being done about the controversy.
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