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The newest seedlings on Arthur de Leo’s farm. Hidden beyond the older trees is Buck Run, the creek where de Leo planted his first stream buffers. (Courtesy of Arthur de Leo)
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

‘Buffer Your Stream’ program asks Pa. landowners to plant trees, boost water quality

Worried about water quality in your stream? Plant a tree next to it, the DCNR says. Stream buffers reduce soil erosion and filter chemical runoff.

5 years ago

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Tropical Storm Watch up for Philly region as Isaias heads north

Forecasters with the National Weather Service said the biggest concern for the Philadelphia region is heavy rain that could lead to flooding on Tuesday.

5 years ago

SpaceX Astronauts Return
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SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

It was the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.

5 years ago

Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, holds a model of the coronavirus as he testifies at a US Senate hearing to review Operation Warp Speed: the researching, manufacturing, and distributing of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine, in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2020. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

U.S. reaches $2.1 billion deal with Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline for COVID-19 vaccine push

This is the sixth vaccine candidate to join Operation Warp Speed's portfolio, and the largest vaccine deal to date.

5 years ago

Tidal flooding like this in Dewey Beach, Del. will become more common with sea-level rise, scientists warn. (Randall Chase/AP Photo)
Environment
Outdoors
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Rising seas puts hundreds of Superfund sites at risk, study says

More than 200 current and potential Superfund sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are at risk of flooding in the next 20 years due to sea-level rise.

5 years ago

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
National
Space

‘On our way to Mars’: NASA rover will look for signs of life

NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of the summer.

5 years ago

Cape May City (smallbones from Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Creeping salt water forces Cape May City to consider more desalination

Shallow private wells near Shore are under special threat as seas rise.

5 years ago

(Billy Penn illustration)
Environment
Outdoors
Billy Penn

Spotted lanternfly sightings are up 500% in PA compared to last year

Summertime brings the “nymph” phase of the invasive insect, a prelude to mature bugs this fall.

5 years ago

(photo credit, Big Stocks)
Radio Times
Outdoors
Race & Ethnicity

All about birds

We talk to science writer Jennifer Ackerman about her new book, "The Bird Way" and with an organizer of Black Birder week.

Air Date: July 24, 2020 10:00 am

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Tech language
The Pulse
Behavioral Health
Biology
Technology

How Tech is Changing the Way We Talk

Technology isn’t just changing our world — it’s changing the words we use to describe it. Language is evolving at breakneck speed, ...

Air Date: July 24, 2020

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Reporter Isis Piccillo and their mom, Anna Yeung, using a language app to learn Arabic while sheltering in place at their home in Northern California. (Isis Piccillo/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Technology

Can you actually learn a new language through an app?

Definitely maybe, research suggests. What doesn’t help: conjugation, and odd bits of practice conversation no one ever uses.

5 years ago

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Construction on the Mariner East 2 pipeline has faced myriad problems, including damaged water supplies and sinkholes in a residential neighborhood in Chester County. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

More sinkholes develop alongside Mariner East construction in Chester County

Residents are asking the Public Utility Commission to shut down construction.

5 years ago

This March 14, 2017, photo shows the flooded streets of a back bay neighborhood in Manahawkin N.J., after a moderate storm. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Jersey Shore towns see more ‘sunny-day’ floods as seas rise, federal report says

Atlantic City and Cape May are among the coastal communities most exposed.

5 years ago

Trees
The Pulse
Biology
Environment

The Future of Trees

Humans have a close relationship with trees. We plant and cultivate them for food and shelter. Trees offer protection from the rays of th ...

Air Date: July 17, 2020

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Comet Neowise passes St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, UK in the early hours of Tuesday morning. (Owen Humphreys - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
NPR
Space

Good news: This comet won’t cause a mass extinction in 2020. Also, it’s really pretty

The first thing to know about a new comet that has appeared in the evening sky is that it's one big ice ball: about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) across.

5 years ago

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