
Science
The Atlantic is awash with far more plastic than previously thought, study finds
A study suggests there is more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny plastic pieces that can end up inside fish and other animals.
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Edible mushrooms start sprouting across Delaware Valley after rainy summer months
Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with mushroom expert Linda Brynan Sears about the different mushrooms that have begun sprouting around our area.
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Listen 5:18Report: Clean energy jobs among fastest-growing in Pa. from 2017-2019
Coal and natural gas industries saw losses over the past few years.
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Trump administration moves closer to allowing oil drilling in Arctic Refuge
The move applies to some 1.57 million acres of the refuge's coastal plain.
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Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Open to new experiences, or comforted by routine? Shy or the life of the party? Figuring out what m ...
Air Date: August 14, 2020
Listen 48:47How a brain injury turned a teenager from shy to sociable
A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon.
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Listen 6:42Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.
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Listen 6:36Pharma company pledges $10 million to Philly students to help diversify STEM careers
Black workers make up 12% of the United States’ workforce, but hold 5% of science and engineering jobs, according to the National Science Foundation.
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A new advisory panel on climate change starts work at DRBC
On the heels of a storm that destroyed property, displaced hundreds of people and flooded the region’s waterways, the timing is particularly relevant.
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Prolific, colorful Perseid meteor shower to dazzle stargazers during peak
The best viewing is from a dark location, like a secluded beach, between a few hours before midnight and dawn, according to earthsky.org.
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‘Sea lice’ reported at N.J. beaches is actually jellyfish larvae, biologist says
Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the larvae were likely pushed to New Jersey from Florida by Tropical Storm Isaias.
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The company that owns Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 reactor will scale back its emergency planning starting in January.
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When COVID-19 hit Pa. in March, universities shut down and suspended some lab work and field research. For environmental scientists, it's been a big change.
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Food is growing more plentiful, so why do people keep warning of shortages?
Some researchers say the main reason that millions of people are malnourished globally is that people lack the money to buy food, or because of war and political oppression.
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