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Harvey-level damage probably won’t happen in Philadelphia, but intense flooding already does

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In this photo taken March 28, 2017, research technician Ashwini Balakrishnan works in the immunotherapy research lab of Dr. Stanley Riddell at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Radio Times
Medicine

Advances in cancer treatment

Guests: Stephan Grupp, Robert Vonderheide The FDA just announced approval of the first gene therapy treatment. Th ...

Air Date: September 1, 2017

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 Serial killer H. H. Holmes is depicted in an 1895 photo beside the skull exhumed from his grave at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon. (Wikimedia Commons and Penn Museum)
Explainers
History

Penn scientists dig up evidence to settle questions about H.H. Holmes — first American serial killer

The museum of the University of Pennsylvania has been investigating the remains of America’s first serial killer. In May, anthropol ...

9 years ago

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 Jennifer Bryant looks over the debris from her family business destroyed by Hurricane Harvey Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Katy, Texas. Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
National Interest
Environment

Climate change wakeup: Humans likely made Harvey much worse

Hurricane Harvey is precisely the extreme “weather event” that climate scientists have long been warning about. But while Tru ...

9 years ago

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Space

Following Florence

Asteroid Florence will pass Earth on Saturday. At 2.4 miles in diameter, it’s the largest since researchers began keeping close tab ...

Air Date: August 29, 2017

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evacuees from Hurricane Harvey
Radio Times
Environment
Technology

Hurricane Harvey, 5 years after Sandy

Guests: James Lee Witt, Matt Arco, Tony Broccoli Hurricane Harvey has brought floods and devastation to Southeast ...

Air Date: August 29, 2017

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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)
Delaware
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, ...

9 years ago

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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 ...

9 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)
The Pulse
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 ...

9 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 ...

9 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 ...

9 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 ...

9 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)
National
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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

9 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 ...

9 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 ...

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