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FILE - President Barack Obama awards psychologist Daniel Kahneman with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nov. 20, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at the age of 90. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Studio 2
Economy
Law

How Daniel Kahneman Pioneered Behavioral Economics, How Public Defenders Came About

We look at the legacy of the late psychologist Daniel Kahneman. The Princeton University Nobel Laureate changed our understanding of how we make decisions.

Air Date: April 3, 2024

Listen 50:02
This combination of photos shows the path of the sun during a total eclipse by the moon Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore.
National
Space

Not in the path of totality? You can still watch Monday’s total solar eclipse online

Here are some alternatives if you're clouded out during the eclipse or if you can't travel to the path.

2 years ago

A total solar eclipse
Community Events
Pennsylvania
Space

Want to see a near-total solar eclipse? Chester County is planning a day of events in Hibernia County Park

Chester County, like much of Pennsylvania, will experience 90% totality during the solar eclipse on April 8.

2 years ago

The University of Delaware team
Delaware
Higher Education
Space

University of Delaware students will be part of a NASA experiment during the total solar eclipse

The team will send weather balloons tens of thousands of meters into the atmosphere for experiments on gravity waves and the building blocks of the universe.

2 years ago

Listen 3:34
Kasey Moore and 8-year-old daughter, Sadie, from Northeast Philadelphia wear homemade hats as they watch the eclipse outside the Franklin Institute in Center City
National
Space

A total solar eclipse races across North America as clouds part along totality

It will be another 21 years before the U.S. sees another total solar eclipse on this scale.

2 years ago

Tyler Hanson, of Fort Rucker, Ala., watches the sun moments before the total eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
National
Space

Are you in the path of totality? Total solar eclipse streaks across U.S. on April 8

The moon's shadow will slice a diagonal line from the southwest to the northeast across North America, briefly plunging communities along the track into darkness.

2 years ago

A woman watches an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023 using special solar filter glasses at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
NPR
National
Public Safety
Space

Watching a solar eclipse without the right filters can cause eye damage. Here’s why

When the April 8 solar eclipse draws eyes upward, having proper solar filters and solar eclipse glasses is essential to avoid potentially permanent eye damage, doctors say.

2 years ago

Silhouette back view of family sitting and relaxing together. Boy point to solar eclipse on gold sky background. Happy family spending time together. Outdoor.
The Pulse

Chasing the Eclipse

We look into the history of eclipses and what scientists are hoping to learn.

Air Date: March 29, 2024

Listen 48:29
offshore wind turbines in Copenhagen
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors
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Sustainability

New Jersey to fund research on offshore wind impacts on whales

The new funding will help researchers evaluate the impact of offshore wind activities on whales, birds and the marine ecosystem.

2 years ago

Listen 1:14
Aravind Krishnan
Animals
Environment
Medicine
Technology

‘Blue-blood’ horseshoe crabs suffer from commercial bloodletting. One Penn student says he has an answer

Aravind Krishnan is developing technology that can test for bacterial toxins using a plant-based alternative to horseshoe crabs.

2 years ago

Listen 1:19
Atlantic City N.J.
Environment
New Jersey

Atlantic City is one of the most flood-vulnerable coastal cities, report finds

A new study published in Nature measures whether land across 32 U.S. coastline cities is sinking or rising, and combines it with sea-level projections.

2 years ago

Listen 1:19
Artwork of the Tundra Mammoth
NPR
Animals
History
Technology

Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth

Some scientists object to the whole idea of trying to revive extinct animals.

2 years ago

A view of the Earth from a balloon device
Environment
Philadelphia
Space
Technology

During total solar eclipse, Drexel researchers will send a balloon into the stratosphere to measure ozone

The project is part of an initiative from NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect data and give students a chance to learn about scientific ballooning.

2 years ago

Listen 2:28
The Pulse

Atomic Angst and the Teenage Spy

How did a brilliant teenage physicist working on the Manhattan Project get away with spying for the Soviets? And why did he do it?

Air Date: March 1, 2024

Listen 48:54
Skeletons of a human and a monkey await installation at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, Israel on Monday, Feb 19, 2018. Around 20 or 25 million years ago, when apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed its tail. In a paper published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, researchers identify at least one of the key genetic tweaks that led to this change.
Animals
History

Our ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we?

When apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed its tail. From Darwin’s time, scientists have wondered why — and how — this happened.

2 years ago

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