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With Uber gaining on Philly taxi turf, Pa. moves to regulate ride-sharing services
It has been a bad year for Philadelphia taxi drivers. Since ride-sharing company Uber launched in the city last October, the numbe ...
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Set clocks back one hour at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, the first Sunday in November. Heading towards the earliest sunset on Friday, December 4th. ...
Air Date: October 26, 2015
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Astronomy Night – Not just for the White House anymore
In collaboration with tonight’s White House Star Party, Philadelphia is sponsoring an observing event this evening at Thomas Paine ...
Air Date: October 19, 2015
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A newly discovered earth-like planet a mere 21 light years away zips around it’s orange dwarf sun in a mere three days. Kepler 452b ...
Air Date: October 12, 2015
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A look at efforts to, and benefits of, limiting light pollution. Plus, a listing of treats to be seen in the night sky this week. ...
Air Date: October 5, 2015
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Philly entrepreneur wins $100,000 as AOL co-founder brings ‘Rise of the Rest’ tour to town
Steve Case got the kind of introduction you could only get in this city, this week. “A welcome to the pope of entrepreneursh ...
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Scientists are now certain that the 313 mile diameter moon of Saturn, Enceladus, has a liquid water ocean that completely envelops its ro ...
Air Date: September 28, 2015
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Health consult at your fingertips with Jefferson’s new app
The closed roads in and around Philadelphia will make getting to a doctor something of an obstacle course this weekend. So one hospital i ...
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Don’t Miss the Harvest Moon Eclipse
Autumn officially arrives Wednesday; at 4:21 am, Earth arrives at that point in its orbit where the rotational axis is in a position that ...
Air Date: September 21, 2015
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Age of enlightenment dawns for tech firms focusing on senior services
The target demographic for technology companies felt decidedly gray for a while Thursday. Entrepreneurs mingled with assisted-livi ...
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This is the last week of summer. Autumn arrives next Wednesday. NASA’s New Horizons is en route to a 35 mile-wide iceball on ...
Air Date: September 14, 2015
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Exploring urban islands: from natural to developed
Islands on Pennsylvania’s waterways are often overlooked, difficult to access or seen as liabilities, but some people are trying to change that.
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New Jersey inventor unveils ‘affordable’ hydrogen-solar home
A New Jersey inventor unveiled Friday what he is calling the first fully-permitted and affordable house powered by solar and hydrogen in ...
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Itty Bitty Black Hole Discovered
Along with the great visibility of Venus and Mars in the pre-dawn sky and Saturn in the evening, the big event this week is something we ...
Air Date: September 8, 2015
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Frenzy of creativity comes to a close as Olympics of student hacking winds up
After 36 hours of near nonstop coding, the world’s largest student hackathon will wrap up Sunday in South Philadelphia. ...
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