
Science
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
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
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
Listen 49:07Monarch 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
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
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
Saturn pulls ahead of Jupiter in the number of moons detected – current score: 82 to 79 Researchers recently announce ...
Air Date: October 12, 2019
Listen 6:43DEP Pushes Back Again on PennEast Pipeline
Agency blocks the 120-mile interstate project from obtaining crucial permits once more
6 years ago
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
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
Listen 48:50Sweeping 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
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
Listen 08:06How 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
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 — 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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