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SUSAN PHILLIPS / STATEIMPACT A Cabot Oil and Gas well site in Susquehanna County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Cabot Oil and Gas to pay $99,000 for air quality violations in Susquehanna County

9 years ago

Skytalk
Space

Earliest Sunset

Sunset comes at 4:35pm this week, then gradually later and later, though it won’t be until early January before we really start to ...

Air Date: December 4, 2017

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3d rendering of human brain on technology background represent artificial intelligence and cyber space concept
Radio Times
Biology
Medicine

‘The Fear Factor,’ altruism and psychopathy

Guest: Abigail Marsh An heroic act by a stranger during car accident started ...

Air Date: December 4, 2017

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A view of the Delaware River from Washington Crossing Bridge at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Fracking ban proposed for Delaware River basin; ‘significant risks’ cited

The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday proposed a ban on fracking for natural gas in the basin.

9 years ago

What makes drug prices so high? Let us count the ways. (Brad Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Medicine
Politics

Report: Here’s what the Feds can do to cut drug prices

The independent advisory group's report lists dozens of suggestions of what U.S. officials could do to rein in those rising prices. Here's a rundown of key recommendations:

9 years ago

Radio Times
Environment

Vanishing insects / Blooming jellyfish

Guests: Scott Black, Juli Berwald If you’ve noticed that bugs aren’t splattering on your windshield like they ...

Air Date: December 1, 2017

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Gas processing equipment in Lycoming County. (Joe Ulrich/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pa. wants to cut methane emissions, but plans moving slowly

Methane is the main component of natural gas. Compared to carbon dioxide, it’s much more potent as a climate-warming greenhouse gas.

9 years ago

(Sashkin/BigStock)
Biology

Expanding DNA’s alphabet lets cells produce novel proteins

A team at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, expanded the genetic alphabet, creating two artificial DNA "letters" called X and Y.

9 years ago

A photo from an Eperanto conference in Belgium in 1911. (Wikimedia Commons)
The Pulse

What happened to the quest for a universal language?

A century ago, Esperanto seemed poised to solve the problem of "scientific Babel."

9 years ago

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Delaware
Military
Space
Technology

Delaware firm that made spacesuits for Apollo moon crew celebrates 70 years

Delaware company that made the apparel Apollo astronauts wore to the moon celebrates seven decades of operation and innovation.

9 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Sunoco proposes construction change for Mariner East 2, but meets fresh resistance

9 years ago

Part of the proposed PennEast pipeline could run through this stretch of land in Bucks County, Pa.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

FERC sued over alleged ‘unconstitutional’ granting of pipeline certificates

9 years ago

Natural gas drillers (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Lawmaker: Natural gas lobby too influential in severance tax debate

9 years ago



A virtual reality program developed by NASA could help scientists visualize the magnetic fields around the earth. (NASA)
NPR
K-12
Technology

NASA taps young people to help develop virtual reality technology

NASA has big hopes for virtual reality technology.

9 years ago


There are many different ways to hold a divining rod or dowsing rod. Some people prefer to
NPR
Environment
History

U.K. water companies sometimes use dowsing rods to find pipes

One water company, in a display of honesty, said technicians occasionally use divining rods to locate water mains — "however they are not accurate 100% of the time."

9 years ago

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