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Jacob Reed, director of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems degree program at Lewis University, demonstrates a drone at the school's airfield outside of Chicago. (David Schaper/NPR)
NPR
Technology

Drone delivery is one step closer to reality

Walgreens is testing out delivery from store to door by drone in Virginia, and UPS won approval to expand air delivery of medical supplies.

6 years ago

A cow is seen on a farm
NPR
Biology
Food & Drink

Most U.S. dairy cows are descended from just 2 bulls. That’s not good

Dairy farmers can go to this online catalog and pick a bull, and the company will ship doses of semen to impregnate their cows.

6 years ago

Image: Life of Pix
The Pulse
Transportation

Shifting Gears

Cars have played a fundamental role in changing our modern lives — where we live, where we work, the shape of our communities, and how ...

Air Date: October 18, 2019

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A monarch butterfly in Cape May, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Mark Garland)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Monarch butterfly researchers report biggest numbers of season this week in Cape May

Like clockwork, the monarch butterfly migration season along the Jersey Shore is heating up.

6 years ago

Astronauts Christina Koch (right) and Jessica Meir pose for a photo on the International Space Station on Oct. 4. NASA moved up the first all-female spacewalk because of a power system failure at the space station. (NASA via AP)
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National
Space

NASA’s first all-female spacewalk set for Friday

Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men.

6 years ago

Derrick H. Pitts has been named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science and will receive the Philadelphia Public Relations Association's 2019 Gold Medal Award. (Provided)
Race & Ethnicity
Space
The Philadelphia Tribune

Franklin Institute’s Derrick Pitts: Visibility matters, especially in science

Derrick H. Pitts has been named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science.

6 years ago

Skytalk
Space

Keeping Score

Saturn pulls ahead of Jupiter in the number of moons detected – current score: 82 to 79 Researchers recently announce ...

Air Date: October 12, 2019

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A sign on the side of a barn on Riegelsville Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, shows local opposition to the PennEast pipeline. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

DEP Pushes Back Again on PennEast Pipeline

Agency blocks the 120-mile interstate project from obtaining crucial permits once more

6 years ago

Birds in the Delaware River watershed, like this great horned owl, are losing ground because of climate change impacts on habitat and food supply. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Sustainability
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Changing climate means Pa. and N.J. state birds could disappear from the region

A new report from the National Audubon Society says Pa.'s ruffed grouse and N.J.'s American goldfinch could disappear.

6 years ago

The Pulse
Behavioral Health
Biology
Environment

Challenging the Norm

Every culture, workplace, group, and family has its norms — its standards, the way things are done. Norms govern everything from relati ...

Air Date: October 11, 2019

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A flood-prone area of Houston where houses have been bought out with help from the federal government is now an empty field. (Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Environment

Sweeping study raises questions about who benefits from buyouts of flood-prone homes

Scientists have released the most detailed look yet at how the U.S. government helps residents retreat from flood-prone areas. Climate change is making such questions urgent.

6 years ago

A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. Six of the endangered right whales died in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in June 2019, prompting scientists and conservationists to call for a swift response to protect the endangered species. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
The Pulse
Biology
Environment
Technology

How innovations in fishing technology could save the North Atlantic right whale

Lobstermen and conservationists are finding common ground with ropeless fishing gear, but time is running out.

6 years ago

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From the top of Beaver Stadium, one of the biggest stadiums in the world, it's possible to see just part of Penn State's central campus in State College, Pa. (Dan Charles)
NPR
Energy
Environment
Higher Education

How Penn State is cutting greenhouse emissions in half — and saving money

This year, with the cost of solar power falling sharply, Penn State signed a deal to buy electricity from a new 500-acre solar farm in Pennsylvania's Franklin County.

6 years ago

A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered
NPR
Environment
Food & Drink

We’re pulling tuna out of the ocean at unprecedented — and unsustainable — rates

A study finds that tuna harvests have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate some scientists warn is unsustainable.

6 years ago

Fake vs. Real
The Pulse

Fake vs. Real — And When It Matters

There was a time when seeing was believing — but that’s changing, thanks to new technology that’s elevating fakery to a whole new l ...

Air Date: October 4, 2019

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