
Science
Pluto: The non-ringed non-planet
We begin with the story of Spitz Laboratories, based in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s, the space race kicked off a nationwide s ...
Air Date: October 23, 2017
Listen 07:42Black women at higher risk for pregnancy-related heart failure, prolonged recovery
A new study suggests that African-American women are more likely to suffer from Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and are more likely to worsen before getting better.
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What we eat and how we feed ourselves is inherently cultural and political in nature.
Air Date: October 20, 2017
Listen 0:00From soup on the table to a bill in congress: a look inside the shark fin debate
Shark fin is the main ingredient in a much-prized soup. Fishermen commonly cut off the fins and throw the rest of the shark overboard to drown.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Black farmers work to cultivate diversity
Farming is the second-whitest job in the United States.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Al Gore: We’re getting close to bipartisan action on climate
Al Gore says he’s optimistic the U.S. will break its political standoff over climate change, and that the U.S. is “not that far” from a bipartisan consensus on climate change.
7 years ago
Ribbon-cutting for first-of-its-kind chemical manufacturer in Delaware
Chemical company, Croda, said its Delaware plant can now make a key chemical bonding agent from 100 percent renewable resources.
7 years ago
After hurricane hits 'Island of Monkeys,' Penn researcher helps macaques' minders
An island colony of wild rhesus macaque monkeys — the oldest primate research site in the world — suffered major storm damage, but no deaths.
7 years ago
Gore tells climate activists: ‘We’re going to win this’
Gore’s presentation was part of his Climate Reality Project, which the former vice president and Nobel laureate founded 10 years ago.
7 years ago
Nearly 30 arrested protesting Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Nearly 30 people were arrested and charged with defiant trespassing Monday after blocking construction equipment for the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline in Lancaster Co.
7 years ago
This Saturday marks the 94th anniversary of the first public planetarium show given at the German model for The Franklin Institute, the D ...
Air Date: October 16, 2017
Listen 06:04FDA panel backs gene therapy from Philly's Spark Therapeutics
The therapy can help children with a rare genetic eye disorder see better. It comes after two other recent significant developments in gene therapy.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Water problems persist along Mariner East pipeline route despite court intervention
Water impacts continue at numerous Pennsylvania sites where Sunoco is building the Mariner East 2 pipeline two months after a court-brokered agreement.
7 years ago
Designing cardboard hacks to modify wheelchairs
Temple University students create inexpensive adaptive designs for children with cerebral palsy.
7 years ago
We used to think of nerds as unattractive, pimply or tragically unfashionable — but somehow over the years — the meaning changed.
Air Date: October 13, 2017
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