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EPA union fights back on Trump’s planned budget cuts

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The Wanapum Dam on Washington State's Columbia River. (Eilís O'Neill/for WHYY)
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This Washington state dam is trying to be fish-friendly

The people at Wanapum Dam are trying to balance the interests of fish and clean power. The Wanapum Dam is massive. It̵ ...

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Biology
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Mimicking nature, an artificial leaf can recycle CO2

An artificial leaf created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago captures greenhouse gas and puts it to work again. ...

8 years ago

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Biology
Energy
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Why don’t more farms convert poop to power?

Imagine 7,000 gallons of cow manure. It smells. Brett Reinford’s dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania has 700 cows, and that& ...

8 years ago

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This conveyor belt transports ash from burnt coal to a dump site near Shenandoah This conveyor belt transports ash from burnt coal to a dump site near Shenandoah. (Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY)
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Renewable energy jobs bring new life to old coal towns

In some former coal towns, residents continue to hold tight to that economy and identity. Reporter Elizab ...

8 years ago

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Energy
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What is the grid and why do renewables strain it?

In the push for an electrical energy source that can sustainably power the modern world — namely, renewables, like wind and solar — t ...

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DRBC considers new fish rule to mark gains in water quality

8 years ago

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Cutting Corners

President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget cuts NASA’s funding by 1%. What’s lost? Some Earth Observing missions, th ...

Air Date: March 27, 2017

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Vera Rubin at Lowell Observatory in 1965. Kent Ford, her longtime collaborator is kneeling in the hard hat. (Photo by Bob Rubin)
The Pulse
Medicine
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Technology

Badass Ladies in Labs

Vera Rubin. Zora Neale Hurston. Eugenie Clark. On this episode, we celebrate women who forged a path for generations of female scientists ...

Air Date: March 24, 2017

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How New Jersey is trying to become the ‘Silicon Valley’ for the commercial drone industry

In a quiet corner of South Jersey, in a hangar built for the Second World War and stacked with history, a tech company hopes to help buil ...

8 years ago

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Skytalk

Tilting toward the summer season

Monday was an important day for folks who are sick of winter—the Vernal (or Spring) Equinox! The tilt of Earth’s rota ...

Air Date: March 21, 2017

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Lillian Peck looking a shark in the mouth during a Gills Club meeting. (Courtesy of Hillary Peck)
The Pulse
Biology
Kids
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Sharks aren’t just for boys: Gills Club inspires aspiring female biologists

It’s no secret that there are fewer women than men in a lot of STEM fields. One group is trying to target that problem by inspiring ...

8 years ago

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Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. (Photo by Shannon Grant, courtesy of Brianna Wu)
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Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress

Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. Brianna Wu has loved video games ever since she w ...

8 years ago

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Before she was a novelist, Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist. (Photo via Library of Congress)
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Books
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Novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist first

The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...

8 years ago

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Google to appeal case that could require it hand over emails to FBI

Whether you use Gmail or Microsoft Outlook or something else, your emails may be stored in servers outside the U.S. and potentially out o ...

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