Science
New Jersey issues first advisories for consumption of fish containing PFAS chemicals
State scientists have recommended health limits for 12 species.
7 years ago
Songbird nesting habits may indicate severity of hurricane season
A Delaware professor is using a migratory bird species that nests in Delaware to predict the severity of the coming hurricane season.
7 years ago
Listen 5:33For a long time disability meant one thing — limitations. Think about the word disabled: its literal meaning is broken, not functioning ...
Air Date: July 20, 2018
Listen 49:46AI innovators take pledge against autonomous killer weapons
The position of the pledge is ultimately to encourage global governments to take legal action to ban any possibility of future destruction.
7 years ago
Aroused: how hormones control us
Guest: Randi Hutter Epstein We blame a lot on our hormones – weight gain, sex drive, sleep loss, mood swings, i ...
Air Date: July 19, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:55Galileo would be stunned: Jupiter now has 79 moons
More than 400 years after Galileo Galilei discovered the first of Jupiter's moons, astronomers have found a dozen more.
7 years ago
Relive Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Follow a replay of the NASA lunar exploration events from 49 years ago online. ...
Air Date: July 17, 2018
Listen 07:50Rising seas could cause problems for internet infrastructure
The dense network of cables that make up the internet is likely to be inundated with saltwater as sea levels rise, a new analysis suggests.
7 years ago
In Ireland, drought and a drone revealed the outline of an ancient henge
A drone flight and a lingering dry spell have exposed a previously unknown monument in Ireland's Boyne Valley, forgotten for thousands of years and long covered by crops.
7 years ago
Delaware estuary’s ospreys recover as fish contaminants decline, report says
The population growth suggests an overall improvement in the region’s ecological health.
7 years ago
Crews successfully disentangle distressed humpback whale in N.J. bay
The juvenile whale - estimated to be more than 30-feet-long - was freed Wednesday, months after the first reports of entanglement by a piece of gill net.
7 years ago
The Pulse explores how the environment shapes biology. Turns out that influence goes deep, down to the molecular level — to th ...
Air Date: July 13, 2018
Listen 48:57Researchers say environmental factors could explain why some identical twins taste things differently
7 years ago
Listen 05:38Epigenetics may hold answers to the survival of hatchery-born salmon
Coho salmon born in captivity are less likely to survive than those born in the wild, and scientists think captivity may be to blame.
7 years ago
Listen 06:23Astronomers identify supermassive black hole as source of neutrinos
A team of astronomers believe they've found the mysterious source of high energy neutrinos that travel for billions of light years in space before hitting Earth.
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