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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Space

Time to Start Spotting Sunspots

The current (approximately 11-year-long) Solar Cycle is about to come to an end. Several years of long stretches of days without sunspot ...

Air Date: August 13, 2018

Listen 07:40
NPR
Space

NASA braves the heat to get up close and personal with our sun

Early Saturday morning, if all goes as planned, 91-year-old Eugene Parker will watch a NASA spacecraft named after him blast off on an unprecedented mission to study the sun.

7 years ago

Dolphins swim in the Shrewsbury River Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Sea Bright, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

A missing gene could make marine mammals more vulnerable to common pesticides

Next steps: Figure out how much of the pesticide is in the water, then assess the impact

7 years ago

U.S. Seretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks to scientists at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Energy
Politics

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry salutes fusion work at N.J. lab

Perry visits Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory for a tour and a chance to address hundreds of scientists.

7 years ago

Tank Creek was classified as an exceptional value stream by DEP in October 2017. It feeds into the Delaware River.
(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Environment
Pennsylvania

In the Poconos, a fight simmers over ‘exceptional’ streams

Resort owners worry the greater protections could hamper future development.

7 years ago

Listen 4:51
Delaware Water Gap. (Kim Paynter/WHYYNews)
Delaware
Environment

$4.3M fund to support Delaware River watershed conservation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are launching a $4.3 million fund to support conservation efforts in the Del. River watershed.

7 years ago

At the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier in southern California, researchers logged the warmest sea surface temperature in 102 years. (Tim Buss/Flickr)
NPR
Environment
National

San Diego researchers measure highest ocean surface temperature in a century

Wednesday's 78.6 degrees Fahrenheit at the pier surpassed a previous record of 78.4 degrees in 1931.

7 years ago

NASA has named nine astronauts to crew the first test flights and missions of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. (From left) Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover. (NASA)
NPR
Business
Innovation
Space

NASA announces crew for first commercial space flights

In 2019, SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner are both scheduled to blast off on test flights with NASA astronauts on board.

7 years ago

Along the back of this field of sugar snap peas, sunflowers and bachelor buttons at Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center is a buffer of maturing big-leaf maples and red-osier dogwoods. It's a combination of forest and thicket that the farm has left standing to help protect water quality in the river and aquifer.
(Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center)
NPR
Environment
Food & Drink

Which vision of farming is better for the planet?

Farmers face a growing dilemma. Specifically, a food-growing dilemma. How do you feed an increasing number of people without harming the environment?

7 years ago

DNA phenotyping helped scientists create a composite of an unidentified woman whose body was found in 1977. (New Castle County Police)
Criminal Justice
Delaware

DNA technology could help solve decades-old Delaware case

New Castle County Police hope a lifelike composite image of the woman will lead them to family members and eventually solve the decades-old cold case.

7 years ago

Humpback whales feed at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary near Provincetown, Mass., on July 9, 2014. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Biology
Books
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Fresh Air

Scientists are ‘Spying On Whales’ to learn how they eat, talk and … walked?

"We live in the golden age of whale science."

7 years ago

Invasive tick (NJ.com / youtu.be/r5e8_mjxY8Q)

Invasive Asian longhorn ticks found in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Here's what to do if you find one.

7 years ago

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took photos from the Vera Rubin Ridge showing the interior and rim of Gale Crater. The full image features 16 photos stitched together.
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Skytalk
Space

A Plethora of Planets

Mars’ close approach is Tuesday, July 31. A large subglacial lake of (very salty) liquid water has been found on Mars. This conclus ...

Air Date: July 31, 2018

Listen 05:58
Damage caused by traumatic brain injuries isn’t just the result of the physical blow, but it is connected to the release of a neurotransmitter called glutamate. But the brain has a natural defense against damage caused by glutamate — a compound called cypin. (Bigstock/DedMityay)
Biology
Innovation
Medicine

Rutgers study proposes novel approach for treating traumatic brain injury

More than 2 million are hospitalized in the U.S. every year for traumatic brain injuries. Long-term effects can include epilepsy, depression, and impaired cognitive function.

7 years ago

Amyloid plaques accumulate outside neurons
Health Care
Innovation
Medicine

Encouraging results from experimental Alzheimer’s drug

Results from an early trial give doctors hope that an effective treatment could be within reach.

7 years ago

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