Science
OceanGate suspends its commercial and exploration operations after Titan implosion
OceanGate did not offer additional details about pausing its operations. Its CEO, Stockton Rush, was among the five people killed when the company's submersible imploded.
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The first supermoon of the year will light up the night sky Monday evening
Monday's moon is a so-called supermoon because it will be both full and located close to Earth on its elliptical orbit around our planet.
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Will climate change force the future of nuclear energy to look smaller and more mobile?
A new microreactor being developed at the Idaho National Laboratory will be small enough to put on a tractor trailer and nimble enough to send to a disaster site.
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Listen 8:05A secret mission to dump radioactive cargo in Atlantic Ocean tells history of nuclear tests
Answer to decades-long mystery uncovered in the archive at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia.
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Listen 16:09Where can the U.S. put 88,000 tons of nuclear waste?
While the U.S. struggles to build long-term storage for nuclear waste, other countries like Sweden, Finland, and Canada move forward with plans for geologic repositories.
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Listen 10:51This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it?
Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.
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We unfold the never-before-told story of Earle and the classified operation that he was a part of, and explore the remnants of the atomic age and the waste it has left behind.
Air Date: June 23, 2023
Listen 49:28Delaware lawmakers want state to assess offshore wind potential
The legislation would direct DNREC to evaluate the potential benefits and roadblocks of offshore wind.
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Listen 1:15Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant to shut down
Homer City Generating Station will shut down by July due to competition from cheap natural gas and pollution upgrade costs. The plant was a major air polluter in its heyday.
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Roger Payne, scientist who discovered whales can sing, dies at 88
Payne saw the discovery of whale song as a chance to spur interest in saving the giant animals, who were disappearing from the planet.
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How Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI
Lawmakers in Europe have signed off on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence.
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Rain may soon help put out flames in Canada’s worst recorded wildfire season
Rain is expected to start on Sunday evening, potentially helping to put out wildfires in Canada's Alberta and Quebec provinces.
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Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability
Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world.
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When will air quality improve? A lot is riding on the wind
Experts say the weather pattern could change by early next week, and stress the need to take precautions until then.
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