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Clouds create a spectacular solar eclipse view in Princeton

You would think clouds moving in would be the worst thing that could happen during a solar eclipse. But in Princeton, New Jersey, it ...

8 years ago

 Families wore eclipse glasses to look up at the natural phenomenon.(Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
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Delawareans gathered to watch solar eclipse

Delawareans gathered at Brandywine Creek State Park to watch the solar eclipse. Hundreds flocked to state parks to catch a glimpse ...

8 years ago

 A crowd wears protective glasses as they watch the beginning of the solar eclipse from Salem, Ore., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
National
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Historic eclipse turns day into night across the U.S.

Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the sun

8 years ago

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 Stephen Berr and his wife, Barbara, were featured in the Times Herald as solar eclipse chasers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Keeping true to an eclipse quest, despite the complications

John Lennon wasn’t thinking of my family’s trip to see the Great American Eclipse of 2017 when he wrote “Life is what happens when ...

8 years ago

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Delaware
Kids
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Delaware astronomer hopes solar eclipse inspires young people

A solar eclipse in the 70s inspired Judi Provencal to study the stars. Now, as the resident astronomer at Mt. Cuba Astronomical Observato ...

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Space

The total eclipse of the sun: where, when, how and wow

Guests: Jay Pasachoff, Derrick Pitts, Dave Goldberg The excitement is growing in anticipation of Monday’ ...

Air Date: August 18, 2017

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This photo provided by Bob Baer and Sarah Kovac, participants in the Citizen CATE Experiment, shows a 'diamond ring' shape during the 2016 total solar eclipse in Indonesia. (R. Baer, S. Kovac/Citizen CATE Experiment via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
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Monday’s eclipse to provide rare research opportunity for scientists

Paul Halpern, physics professor at University of the Sciences explains how scientists use this rare event in their research. The g ...

8 years ago

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History
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Travel

A star-studded trip to witness the 1973 eclipse

Retired Pennsylvania science teacher Stephen Berr made plans two years ago to witness this year’s solar eclipse in Driggs, Idaho. ...

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Sunset at Wayqecha Biological Station at 10,000 above sea level. Below, the Amazon Basin stretches out for thousands of miles toward the Atlantic Ocean. (Dan Grossman/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Biology
Environment
International

What’s a cloud forest without clouds?

Scientists say climate change could dry out misty jungles in the Andes of Peru. Along mountainsides in Central and South America, ...

8 years ago

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Dave Ritondo makes rounds to more than a dozen restaurants on the Delaware coast, collecting oyster shells to recycle. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
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Environment
Food & Drink

Returning restaurants’ oyster shells back to the water

Shell recycling keeps them out of landfills and improves ecosystem health. About 120 miles east of Washington, D.C., Delaware’s ...

8 years ago

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Theresa Dardar is leading an effort among several Louisiana tribes to restore their food sovereignty—the sustainable production of healthy, culturally appropriate food—as the land around them disintegrates. (Courtesy of Edmund D. Fountain)
The Pulse
Biology
Environment
Food & Drink

Gulf Coast land loss threatens food sovereignty

Pointe-au-Chien and other Louisiana tribes want to protect native ways of eating. Native Americans living along Louisiana’s ...

8 years ago

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Catfish that are part of the Tulane fish collection are stored in jars full of alcohol. Tulane is about to receive a large share of the University of Louisiana Monroe fish collection because ULM no longer wants to support it. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
Environment
History

When natural history collections bow to other priorities

In 1962, Neil Douglas accepted a position in the brand new biology department of what is now the University of Louisiana Monroe. The scho ...

8 years ago

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Pollution buildup at dam could harm Chesapeake Bay cleanup

8 years ago

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Dam removal helps American shad return after disappearing for centuries

8 years ago

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Why sand doesn’t always look the same in New Jersey

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