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Science

a binary star
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Space

Twice Upon a Time…

Sun’s Original Twin: What happened to it? UC Berkeley astronomer Steven Stahler and Sarah Sadevoy of Smithsonian Astrophysical Obse ...

Air Date: June 19, 2017

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StateImpact

NJ Gubernatorial candidate calls for fracking ban in Delaware River Basin

9 years ago

Nuisance flooding is a part of life in New Jersey's coastal communities.
Environment
New Jersey

NOAA: New Jersey will see an increase in nuisance flooding in 2017

For Jersey Shore residents and regular summer visitors, it’s just part of life. Once in a while, even on a still and sunny day, tid ...

9 years ago

A hot coil in Matt Cline's lab. (Liz Reid/for WHYY)
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Fuel, oxygen, and ignition: the science of fireworks

A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...

9 years ago

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Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) finds himself stranded and alone on Mars
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Music
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Science can make blockbuster movies better

Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...

9 years ago

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a solar eclipse
Radio Times

American Eclipse

Guest: David Baron A total solar eclipse will occur on August 21st of this year over the United States ...

Air Date: June 15, 2017

Listen 00:49:00
KELT-9
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Space

Some Like it Hot

If you’re sweating from our current heat wave, be glad you don’t live on planet KELT-9, orbiting a blue A-type star 620 light ...

Air Date: June 12, 2017

Listen 00:04:39
StateImpact

Fire fighting foam contamination sites clustered along Delaware River

9 years ago

Shorebirds take flight along the Delware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey.
Environment
New Jersey

Why the Red Knot bird lives and dies by what happens here

Everything is in place along the Delaware Bay beach on an early late Spring morning. The net is carefully folded, the cannons set at the ...

9 years ago

Philadelphia
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Space

Philadelphiahenge

Wiltshire, England doesn’t have the monopoly on solar events with summer solstice at Stonehenge. Philadelphia is a suitable site to ...

Air Date: June 5, 2017

Listen 00:05:44
StateImpact

DEP demands more information on plans for Bucks County hazardous waste site

9 years ago

StateImpact

Battle over Delaware River water supplies has conservationists worried

9 years ago

the sun
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Space

Ring Around the Sun

A cosmic debris ring has been observed around a star where a planet has already been directly observed. Plus, the observed lunar in ...

Air Date: May 29, 2017

Listen 00:04:28
a sunset
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Space

Longing for longer days

Sunset now comes at 8:15pm, giving us 14 hours and 36 minutes of daylight here at Philadelphia’s latitude. We have about four ...

Air Date: May 23, 2017

Listen 00:05:59
StateImpact

Commonwealth Court rejects appeal on Mariner East 2 pipeline

9 years ago

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