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 Gov. Carney signed an executive order to create a working group to examine the possibility of offshore wind in Delaware.(Zoë Read/WHYY)
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Energy
Environment

Delaware takes another try at offshore wind [video]

Gov. Carney signed an executive order to explore the possibility of offshore wind in Delaware.  Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, ...

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 Joseph Smith and Laurie Huselton with the Coast Guard Auxiliary paddle on the Delaware River near Penn’s Landing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Simple boat label could prevent pointless Coast Guard search missions

To avoid long and expensive search-and-rescue missions, the U.S. Coast Guard is asking boaters along the Delaware River, and in the regio ...

8 years ago

 A 2.5-ton M35 military cargo truck, also known as a deuce and a half, which is similar to the vehicle used by the Mantoloking Police Department. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons' user Nobunaga24)
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Economy
Technology

Self-driving trucks won’t make people obsolete

In the future, truck operators may work from a virtual driver’s seat. Think of Amazon Prime, those meal kits from Blue Apron ...

8 years ago

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Philadelphia
Space

Eclipse inspires Philly musician and 10,000 more at Franklin Institute

Philadelphians turned out in a big way to view the solar eclipse on the Parkway. More than 10,000 people were lured by the Franklin Insti ...

8 years ago

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New Jersey
Space

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
Space

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)
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Space

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
Space

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

solar eclipse
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)
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Space

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
Space
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. ...

8 years ago

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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
Business
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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