
Science
Behind the scenes of a $200 million nuclear fusion experiment
How scientists and engineers make parts for a nuclear fusion experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in New Jersey.
2 years ago
Listen 8:58Surrounded by Walruses: The Making of ‘Haulout’
In 2018, brother and sister filmmaking duo Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev traveled to a beach in the Siberian Arctic — an area in ...
Air Date: March 8, 2023
Listen 17:24Novel method will help restore Delaware and New Jersey salt marshes
Climate change threatens to “drown” Delaware’s salt marshes. New funds from the National Wildlife Foundation will use a novel method to restore them.
2 years ago
Pennsylvania ranks near bottom of states in renewable energy generation
Pennsylvania ranks near the bottom of states when it comes to generating renewable energy.
2 years ago
Pests: We know them when we see them. The mice that lurk in our kitchens, the squirrels that steal our tomatoes, the mosquitoes that bite ...
Air Date: March 3, 2023
Listen 49:30How we decide which animals are pests, and why
Even for the most devoted animal lover among us, there are animals that we hate and try to avoid, or kill: rats, mice, pigeons, invasive snakes. We call these animals pests.
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Listen 22:01From med spas to DIY: Botox is everywhere but not without risks
For a product whose toxic origins trace back to a biological weapons lab in Maryland, Botox has helped normalize cosmetic injectables
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Listen 12:43No current evidence suggests that offshore wind farms or surveys have caused the recent spike in whale deaths. Necropsies have found the mammals were killed by vessel strikes.
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Listen 1:51Oceanographer Carlos Moffat and his graduate students have just spent 45 days at sea — to better understand ocean warming and melting ice in Antarctica.
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Listen 1:37Eye drops recalled after U.S. drug-resistant bacteria outbreak
U.S. health officials said Thursday a company is recalling its over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections.
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Researchers are looking for answers amid spike in beached whales at the Jersey Shore
Several whales have been found washed ashore on the East Coast. Researchers think vessels are to blame.
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Listen 2:01Delaware students Zoom to Antarctica to learn about penguin research
Students at Caesar Rodney High School got a taste of a career in research, amongst penguins and seals on the West Antarctic Peninsula.
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Nesting piping plovers show resilience in Delaware while the shorebirds struggle to maintain their population along the southern Atlantic Coast. Researchers want to know why.
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Humans have long been fascinated by the idea of communicating with other species — not just teaching animals to mimic human words, but ...
Air Date: January 20, 2023
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