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A swan swims in Barnegat Bay in Toms River, N.J.
Environment
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Barnegat Bay marshes help keep water clean

Much of the tidal marshland in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay has been destroyed, but the remaining 26,000 acres provide important filtering for the ecosystem.

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This photo shows Dominion Resources Cove Point terminal in Maryland. It has completed its conversion from a gas import facility to an export terminal to ship Marcellus Shale gas to Asia. In December, it received its first natural gas shipment, which will need to be liquefied before being loaded onto a tanker.
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Dominion’s Cove Point plant preparing to export LNG

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A backhoe clears land for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Delaware County in early 2017. (Emily Cohen)
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Top 10 things you need to know about Mariner East 2

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A view of the mobile homes at the former Penn State mobile home park in State College, Pennsylvania. (Image by Google street view from June 2012)
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From Coal Town to Trail Town

8 years ago

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Scientists use gene editing to prevent a form of deafness in mice

While cautioning that much more research is needed, the scientists said they hope the technique might someday be used to prevent deafness in children.

8 years ago

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Technology

Being different helped a NASA roboticist achieve her dream

When Ayanna Howard was a little girl, her favorite TV show was the Bionic Woman.

8 years ago

FERC's headquarters in Washington, DC. The agency said it will review its longstanding policy on certification of natural gas pipelines. (MARIE CUSICK/ STATEIMPACT PENNSYLVANIA)
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Energy
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Pennsylvania

FERC, saying ‘much has changed’, will review natural gas pipeline policy

8 years ago

File photo. A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site in Bradford County, PA. (RALPH WILSON / AP PHOTO)
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Energy
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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Attorney General’s lawsuit over royalty payments advances

8 years ago

Rutgers University seniors Taylor Dodge and Steven Weber are headed to Antarctica. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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New Jersey

Krill-seeking in Antarctica

Heading south over the holidays?  It’s doubtful you’ll be going as far south as Rutgers University s ...

8 years ago

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In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, Dr. Albert Maguire, right, checks the eyes of Misa Kaabali, 8, at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Misa was 4-years-old when he received his gene therapy treatment. On Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved the therapy which improves the vision of patients with a rare form of inherited blindness, another major advance for the burgeoning field of genetic medicine. (Bill West/AP Photo, file)
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Medicine
Philadelphia

Spark’s gene therapy for rare form of blindness wins FDA approval

For Katherine High, president and chief scientific officer at Spark Therapeutics, the drug’s approval signals renewed hope in the possibilities of gene therapy.

8 years ago

Protesters march on Arch Street in support of the EPA, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. EPA employee Gary Morton spoke at the rally. About a week later, a Freedom of Information Act request was made seeking any emails between him and Sen. Bob Casey.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

EPA union leader: Public records request was ‘retaliation for my political activities’

8 years ago

Scott Perry, Deputy Secretary of DEP's Office of Oil and Gas Management holds up an iPad.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

DEP says iPads, plus a new app, mean staff can do more oil and gas inspections

8 years ago

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Space

The Winter Solstice is At Hand

Monday, December 18 is the new moon of the year’s last lunar cycle. The moon will be in the 1st quarter by Christmas Eve. If you ...

Air Date: December 18, 2017

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Participants in a candlelight vigil in 2013 mark the one-year anniversary of the death of a 23-year-old woman who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi. (Raj K. Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
NPR

In interviews with 122 rapists, student pursues not-so-simple question: Why?

Her study has inspired others in India as well.

8 years ago

The Philippine eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi faces extinction from mining, pollution and poaching.
(Tim Flach)
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Environment

Animals that could disappear because of us

Earth is facing an extinction crisis — and humans shoulder the blame.

8 years ago

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