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Science

An osprey prepares to land on a natural nest in the Barnegat Bay. (Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

17-year-old osprey, one of N.J.’s oldest, still mates, raises young

One of the oldest living ospreys ever recorded in New Jersey returned to his bayside home to nest and roost.

8 years ago

Residue from tobacco smoke can end up in indoor air even in nonsmoking spaces. (Prawitr Sae Wa Ni/EyeEm/Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
Public Health

Tobacco smoke residue can become airborne again indoors

Drexel researchers suggest that after becoming gaseous again, smoke residue compounds can attach themselves to tiny air particles that come inside through an HVAC system.

8 years ago

The Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars InSight lander launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, as seen from the San Gabriel Mountains more than 100 miles away, on Saturday morning. The InSight probe is the first NASA lander designed entirely to study the deep interior structure of Mars. (David McNew/Getty Images)
NPR
Space

NASA InSight kicks off 6-month journey to Mars

NASA's InSight lander is on its way to Mars, after a successful launch on Saturday morning.

8 years ago

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Delaware
Environment

Preserving Our Water: How We Use the Delaware Watershed

Farm to faucet Welcome to the Riverwalk along the Christina River in Wilmington. It’s one of many rivers, cr ...

Air Date: May 4, 2018

The Pulse
History
Mental Health

How do we know?

When it comes to scientific knowledge, we’re selective about who and what we believe. But, how do we get to a place of knowing? We hear ...

Air Date: May 4, 2018

Listen 49:27
Canadian glaciologist Roy (Fritz) Koerner working on a glacier in April, 1983. (Image courtesy of Mark Serreze)
The Pulse
Environment

Looking for climate change answers in the melting north

As Arctic ice caps warmed, scientists — believers and skeptics — came together to seek answers.

8 years ago

Listen 5:23
Chris Bolden-Newsome puts new seedlings into a row. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Biology
Environment
Food & Drink
Health Care

Indigenous traditions get science backing

Scientists are learning from farmers and traditional healers — and documenting what powers their success.

8 years ago

Listen 8:22
An Alewife Mussel expells its larva, known as Glochidia, which looks like a combination of air bubbles and cloudy milk. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Public Health

With nation’s first city-owned mussel hatchery, Philly employing bivalves in battle to improve water quality

Freshwater mussels function as nature’s water treatment plants. Each animal can filter up to 600 gallons of water per month. And when w ...

8 years ago

Listen 4:57
(photo credit/Henry Throop)
Radio Times
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Space
Technology

New Horizons: NASA’s mission to Pluto

Guests: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon NASA’s New Horizons spaceship launched in 2006 to visit tiny Pluto at edge ...

Air Date: May 2, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:47
Skytalk
Space

The Color Purple

Newly discovered? A purple planet! Actually, the color suggestion is just speculation based on the planet’s expected chemical compo ...

Air Date: April 30, 2018

Listen 06:11
FILE PHOTO: This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. (JOHN SONNTAG/NASA VIA AP)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Environment

Penn State researchers join international effort to study Antarctic ‘doomsday’ glacier

8 years ago

Researchers found that stimulating a specific region of mice’s brains called the entorhinal cortex decreased their symptoms of depression.(Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo, file)
Innovation
Mental Health

To treat depression when drugs fail, CHOP researchers begin search for solutions in mice brains

Researchers found that stimulating a specific region of mice’s brains called the entorhinal cortex decreased their symptoms of depression.

8 years ago

NPR
Environment

EU to ‘completely ban’ outdoor use of pesticides blamed for devastating bees

8 years ago

The heat shield is designed to protect the Mars 2020 mission in the initial stages of its descent and landing. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NPR
Space

NASA Mars mission faces setback after heat shield cracks under pressure

A critical part of NASA's next $2 billion rover mission to Mars broke during testing earlier this month.

8 years ago

Bears in Pennsylvania are struggling with mange they can't seem to kick. (Brandon Wade/AP Images for The Humane Society of the United States)
Environment

Scientists mobilize to account for rise in mange among Pa. bears

Bears in Pennsylvania are struggling with mange they can't seem to kick. Scientists are studying what's unique about the disease in the state.

8 years ago

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