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Images of the Eagle Nebula show the Hubble Space Telescope's ability to capture pictures in both visible (left) and infrared (right) light. NASA is celebrating the successful restart of the telescope's payload computer, opening the door to more observations. (NASA)
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Space
Technology

Hobbled Hubble Telescope springs back to life on its backup system

The Hubble Space Telescope is returning to operation more than a month after its original payload computer shut down.

4 years ago

This July 8, 2021 photo shows a sign in Ocean City, N.J. urging opposition to offshore wind projects. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

They’re not blown away by N.J.’s offshore wind power plans

New Jersey is moving aggressively to become the leader in the fast-growing offshore wind energy industry on the East Coast.

4 years ago

Detailed view on the newly instaled system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PFAS report identifies hundreds of Pa. manufacturing sites

The sites may be at risk for leaching a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS into drinking water supplies.

4 years ago

Three of Deepwater Wind's five turbines stand in the water off Block Island
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Wind advocates say offshore turbines will help N.J. avoid climate ‘catastrophe’

State, county, and local officials rebuff critics who say offshore wind turbines would ‘industrialize’ the Jersey Shore.

4 years ago

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Radio Times
Medicine

How to maintain a healthy brain

What does the brain need to be healthy? Doctors Daniel Monti and Andrew Newberg discuss the latest in brain science and share ways to stay cognitively fit.

Air Date: July 13, 2021 10:00 am

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Gas drilling site
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Sustainability

EPA-approved fracking chemicals include substances known as ‘forever chemicals’

Pennsylvania’s fracking disclosure law allows exemptions for trade secrets, and does not require drillers to disclose chemicals used to drill a well.

4 years ago

The rocket plane carrying Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and other crew members takes off
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Space

Richard Branson has completed a historic trip to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic

Sir Richard Branson and a crew of three others grazed the edge of space Sunday morning in a rocket built by the British billionaire's company, Virgin Galactic.

4 years ago

Mussels dying off at such a high rate will have a massive effect on both marine and terrestrial animals, biologists say. (Christopher Harley/University of British Columbia)
NPR
Environment

Heat wave killed an estimated 1 billion sea creatures, and scientists fear even worse

With the Pacific region hitting record-setting temperatures in the last few weeks, a new study from Canada shows the heat waves' enormous impact on marine life.

4 years ago

A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton (right) and a modern-human version of a skeleton are displayed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York in 2003. A new study confirms that early humans who lived in colder places adapted to have larger bodies.
(Frank Franklin II/AP)
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Biology
History

Colder climates meant bigger bodies for ancient humans

Big bodies are good for cold places.

That's the gist of a foundational rule in ecology that has been around since the mid-1800s.

4 years ago

The Delaware River in 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Environment
Outdoors

Delaware River ‘dead zones’ have improved, but more work remains

Parts of the Delaware still suffer from low oxygen levels, according to a Univ. of Delaware prof who recently wrote a book on the topic.

4 years ago

Radio Times
Biology
Environment

The deep ocean, climate change and hurricanes

Marine biologist Helen Scales on the deep ocean and its strange and wondrous inhabitants and the threat climate change, pollution and deep sea-mining pose.

Air Date: July 6, 2021 10:00 am

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Fireworks are launched from a barge during the midnight display at Penn's Landing. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Environment
Public Health
Public Safety

You might want to mask up: Fireworks cause spikes in short-term air pollution

Some of the most dangerous pollutants are the metals used to create those brilliant colors. Smoke and particulate matter can aggravate asthma, COPD.

4 years ago

Marcellus shale gas well
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP report: Pennsylvania extracted more natural gas than ever during pandemic

Drillers in Pennsylvania produced the highest volume of natural gas on record for a single year in 2020, despite the economic downturn fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

The Pinnacle Overlook offers views of the Susquehanna River's Lake Aldred in Susquehannock State Park, Lancaster County. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Environmental groups pressure central Pa. food company to clean up wastewater plant

Environmental groups are pressuring a York County food processor to fix problems at its wastewater treatment plant.

4 years ago

A watercolor and collage illustration of Mars in space with satellites
The Pulse
Space

Destination: Mars

For thousands of years, humans have obsessed over Mars from afar. At first, maybe it was the fact that Mars stands out in the night sky b ...

Air Date: July 2, 2021

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