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Amnesia, Opioids and Why We Forget

In 2018, Owen Rivers woke up in a hospital bed after a fentanyl overdose — and could no longer form new memories. It was a terrifying e ...

Air Date: December 10, 2021

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Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State report shows strong natural gas production growth in 2021

After a bruising year in 2020, natural gas production and prices in Pennsylvania are on the rise this year.

4 years ago

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The Pulse

How We Process Information

The human brain has an incredible capacity for processing information, from sensory data, to casual conversations, to everything we hear ...

Air Date: November 26, 2021

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Auditory processing disorder refers to any failure along the pathway, from our ears into our brains. (carloscastilla /bigstock)
The Pulse
Biology
Technology

Trouble understanding, but your hearing checks out fine. What’s at play?

Researchers are strategizing ways to discover whether auditory processing disorders are at play.

4 years ago

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Environment
Outdoors

Why do we love the way autumn smells? It’s not about pumpkin spice

That brisk, crisp, slightly sharp scent we associate with the fall is the smell of leaves, trees, and plants decaying through the season.

4 years ago

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (L) waves at the audience during during the astronaut graduation ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas, on January 10, 2020. - The 13 astronauts, 11 from NASA and 2 from CSA, are the first candidates to graduate under the Artemis program and will become eligible for spaceflight, including assignments to the International Space Station, Artemis missions to the Moon, and ultimately, missions to Mars, according to NASA. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)
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Space

Jessica Watkins will be the first Black woman to live and work on the space station

4 years ago

Chris Newman started a farm to raise chickens and pigs sustainably, with plenty of outdoor space. He'd also like the food to be affordable. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Animals
Environment
Food & Drink
Sustainability

One farm tried to make sustainable food affordable. Here’s what happened

At Sylvanaqua Farms, Chris Newman tried to address two big problems with U.S. agriculture. But as some workers saw it, he was a problem too.

4 years ago

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The super blood noon rises over a residential area in New Delhi during a total lunar eclipse in May. (Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Space

How you can see the nearly total lunar eclipse Friday morning

West Coast night owls and East Coast early risers will have the best view of the upcoming lunar eclipse this Friday.

4 years ago

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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: November 12, 2021

Listen 49:28
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NPR
Energy
Environment
International

Glasgow climate pledges are ‘lip service’ without far more aggressive plans

A new analysis finds that of the many pledges to zero out climate emissions, just four — Chile, Costa Rica, the E.U. and the U.K. — have concrete plans to achieve that.

4 years ago

Research associate Jess Anton prepares samples with automated sample preparation equipment. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Environment

How a lab works to seek and destroy the harmful chemicals known as PFAS

With about 4,700 different PFAS, these "forever chemicals" are a formidable issue to tackle. The Center for PFAS Solutions can test for 40 of them.

4 years ago

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NPR
Environment
National
Public Safety

This is what the world looks like if we pass the crucial 1.5-degree climate threshold

Despite new pledges to cut emissions, the world is not on track to hit a key climate change target. Scientists warn a planet hotter than that will look very different.

4 years ago

The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Cheniere said in a statement last month. Cheniere Energy Inc. expects to ship the first cargo of liquefied natural gas on Wednesday to Brazil with another tanker to be loaded a few days later, marking the historic start of U.S. shale exports and sending its shares up the most in more than a month. (Lindsey Janies/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Energy
Environment
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Despite their climate pledges, the U.S. and others export huge amounts of fossil fuels

4 years ago

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Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
Sustainability
State Impact Pennsylvania

In Pa., poll shows many people aren’t confident in knowledge of climate change or its effects

Less than a third of poll respondents said they feel “very well informed” about the consequences of global warming.

4 years ago

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Environment
International

UN: Greenhouse gas emissions hit a new record in 2020

The United Nations climate office warns that the world remains off target for meeting its goal of cutting emissions as part of international efforts to curb global warming.

4 years ago

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