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Environment
Explainers
Outdoors

‘Finding the Mother Tree’ & the wisdom of the forest

We're joined by Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest.

Air Date: October 15, 2021 10:00 am

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Telecommunication equipment for a 5G radio network with radio modules and smart antennas installed on a metal structure against an abstract background
The Pulse
Technology

Sending Signals

The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, radio — all depend on mil ...

Air Date: October 15, 2021

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Female scientist working in a lab.
Delaware
Employment
Energy
Environment
Technology

Delaware women working in STEM fields encourage others to join their ranks

Some of the top women in Delaware’s growing life sciences industry offered advice for students and others looking to work in STEM fields in an online symposium.

4 years ago

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket latest space passengers from left, Audrey Powers, William Shatner, Chris Boshuizen, and Glen de Vries raise their hands during a media availability at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021
Innovation
Space
Technology

William Shatner, TV’s Capt. Kirk, blasts into space

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, has blasted into space and safely returned to Earth in a convergence of science fiction and science reality.

4 years ago

FILE - In this May 6, 2018 file photo, actor William Shatner takes questions from reporters after delivering the commencement address at New England Institute of Technology graduation ceremonies, in Providence, R.I.
Innovation
Space
Technology

To oldly go: Shatner, 90, inspires with real-life space trip

As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up at age 90 for his first real-life spaceflight, he’s bringing out the awe in people around a rural Texas spaceport.

4 years ago

A puffin on Eastern Egg Rock. (Brian Bechard/Maine Public)
NPR
Animals
Environment

Climate change is causing problems for puffins

The Gulf of Maine is among the fastest-warming large water bodies on the planet, making the puffins' fate a test-case for how climate change could disrupt marine ecosystems.

4 years ago

A still from “A River Reborn.
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

Philly environmental filmmaker takes on the issue of Pennsylvania’s acid mine drainage

Pennsylvania has 5,600 miles of dead waterways, polluted by the coal mining industry. Ben Kalina’s "A River Reborn" shows how one was revived.

4 years ago

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The Delaware River at the Commodore Barry Bridge
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Oxygen levels in Delaware River met standards, commission says

The environmentalists urged the DRBC to almost double its required oxygen standard so that resident and migratory fish would be better able to thrive in the river.

4 years ago

Princeton Professor Syukuro Manabe is part of a trio to be awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in physics. (Princeton University)
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Princeton professor wins Nobel Prize for climate change studies

Syukuro Manabe’s work ‘laid the foundation for the development of current climate models.'

4 years ago

In this photo provided by Israel Antiquities Authority shows a rare ancient toilet in Jerusalem dating back more than 2,700 years Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Israeli Antiquities Authority said on Tuesday that the smooth, carved limestone toilet was found in a rectangular cabin that was part of a sprawling mansion overlooking what is now the Old City. ( Yoli Schwartz/ Israel Antiquities Authority via AP)
History
Home & Family

2,700-year-old toilet found in Jerusalem was a rare luxury

The Israeli Antiquities Authority said the smooth, carved limestone toilet was found in a rectangular cabin that was part of a sprawling mansion.

4 years ago

The Delaware River at the Ben Franklin Bridge
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Oxygen in Delaware River falls as water temperature rises

Although the water is a lot cleaner than it was then, activists say the cleanup is unfinished, as shown by the oxygen numbers for the past three summers.

4 years ago

A seagull flies over oil washed up by the coast in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Sunday., Oct. 3, 2021. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Environment
National

Major oil spill off Southern California fouls beaches

The Los Angeles Times reports birds and fish have been killed. Crews have deployed skimmers and booms to try to corral the slick.

4 years ago

Detailed view on the newly installed system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals
Environment
Public Health

Environmental group sets its hopes high for EPA’s coming PFAS ‘roadmap’

Advocates with the Environmental Working Group want EPA’s plan to set standards for drinking water, groundwater cleanup; limits on industrial discharges.

4 years ago

An ivory-billed woodpecker, now extinct, is seen on a display at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Friday Sept. 24, 2021. Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 assorted birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government is declaring them extinct, the Associated Press has learned.
It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists say they've exhausted efforts to find these 23. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
Animals
Environment

U.S. says ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct

Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct.

4 years ago

Woman Lies On Couch
Biology
Health Care
Public Health

Migraines cause life-disrupting suffering. A Saturday event aims to raise awareness

36 million people in the U.S. have migraines, which bring a host of other symptoms. Miles for Migraines is working to support those who suffer from them.

4 years ago

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