
Science
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Air Date: January 22, 2018
Listen 06:05Study: Conventional drilling waste responsible for radioactivity spike in rivers
Treatment plants that handle conventional oil and gas waste water are causing a buildup of radioactive materials at the bottom of three Western Pennsylvania waterways.
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Braving the wild for the perfect shot
Wildlife photographer Nick Nichols remembers a close call with a tigress.
8 years ago
Listen 4:10Returning wild animals to wild-ish places
We reintroduce animals to their native habitat as part of an impulse to re-create “wilderness” — a place untouched by man. The result is more like the feeling of wilderness.
8 years ago
Listen 10:37In Banff, design helps critters safely cross the highway
A hidden world of pathways leads wild animals safely across busy roads, keeping ecosystems connected even as human use fragments and disturbs them.
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Listen 6:36Did logging help reclaim Missouri wilderness?
Since the 1950s, a timber company has used conservation-driven logging to balance productive use and wild forests.
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Listen 6:21Century after pandemic, science takes its best shot at flu
There's no way to predict what strain of the shape-shifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic or, given modern medical tools, how bad it might be.
8 years ago