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Hang up and drive

Guest: Paul Atchley, Catherine McDonald, Russ Martin Why can’t we just hang up and drive? Most motorists have p ...

Air Date: July 16, 2018 10:00 am

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Space

All in the Family

Scientists have discovered 12 more of Jupiter’s moons, bringing the planet’s total count to 79. There are 175 known moons in ...

Air Date: July 23, 2018

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A peacock butterfly in Hurworth-on-Tees, England, in 2013. Peacock butterflies are one of the species the Big Butterfly Count is tracking, with the help of citizen volunteers. (Chris Golightly/Flickr)
NPR
Environment
International

Britain’s big butterfly count begins, with David Attenborough leading the charge

The United Kingdom is counting its butterflies — and will keep going for the next three weeks.

8 years ago

The Schuylkill river at dusk in Philadelphia. The river is a popular fishing spot. New Jersey DEP has begun testing fish for the family of chemicals known as PFAS and issued fish advisories. New Jersey has stricter limits on PFAS exposure than Pennsylvania. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New Jersey issues first advisories for consumption of fish containing PFAS chemicals

State scientists have recommended health limits for 12 species.

8 years ago

This veery songbird can predict the severity of the coming hurricane season more consistently than meteorologists, according to research published this month by Delaware State University professor Christopher Heckscher. (Courtesy DSU)
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Delaware
Environment

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.

8 years ago

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The Pulse
Health Care

Make (a) Way

For 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

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An autonomous tank is demonstrated in France last month. Leading researchers in artificial intelligence are calling for laws against lethal autonomous weapons. They also pledge not to work on such weapons. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)
NPR
Military
Technology

AI 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.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Biology
Medicine

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

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The planet Jupiter now has a total of 79 identified moons. (QAI Publishing/UIG via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Space

Galileo 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.

8 years ago

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Space

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

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Verizon crews pump water from an access tunnel in Manhattan in 2012 after flooding from Superstorm Sandy knocked out underground Internet cables. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
Technology

Rising 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.

8 years ago

Drone footage captured by Anthony Murphy shows the outline of an ancient henge, visible in the pattern of crops grown in a field near Newgrange, Ireland. (Anthony Murphy/Mythical Ireland)
NPR
Environment

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.

8 years ago

The osprey population has grown in part because of a decline in contaminants in the Delaware estuary. (Photo/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Biology
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware estuary’s ospreys recover as fish contaminants decline, report says

The population growth suggests an overall improvement in the region’s ecological health.

8 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Down the Shore
Biology
New Jersey
Outdoors

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.

8 years ago

Image: Sharon Pittaway/Unsplash
The Pulse
Health Care

DNA, Adapted

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

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