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Each week Science Friday, hosted by Ira Flatow, focuses on science topics that are in the news and brings an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand.

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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

Listen 48:50
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

Listen 08:06
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

Listen 48:59
A screen grab from the viral deepfake that Chris Ume and his friends created spoofing the final season of
The Pulse
Behavioral Health
Technology

Deepfakes: What are they and should we be worried?

Machine learning is democratizing special effects — and that might be a bad thing.

6 years ago

Listen 13:04
George Watson's natural gas wells on his Center Township, Greene County land put him at the head of a global supply chain that stretches to Europe and other parts of the world. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Shale gas off-ramp: Pa.’s fracking boom helps fuel plastics production overseas

So much ethane is coming out of the ground in Pennsylvania, and other drilling hot spots around the country, that chemical plants in the U.S. can’t use it all.

6 years ago

A western meadowlark in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo. According to a study released on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, North America’s skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Radio Times
Biology
Environment

North American birds in decline

Bird numbers in North America are down 30% from 1970. We look at what's behind the declines, what species have been hardest hit, and how to make your yard bird-friendly.

Air Date: October 3, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Elliot Berman (center, in patterned tie) and his team at Solar Power Corp. pose outside their office and manufacturing facility in Braintree, Mass., in 1973. John Perlin, author of Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy, credits Berman, Solar Power Corp. and Exxon with
NPR

How big oil of the past helped launch the solar industry of today

The solar photovoltaic industry has roots in an unexpected place. More than 40 years ago, oil companies invested in solar research and development that have proved critical.

6 years ago

Scientist Shannon Falconer transfers materials to a petri dish using a pipette in a lab. She co-founded a company that's growing meat for pet food in a lab. (Photo provided by Because Animals)
The Pulse
Biology
Technology

Will people feed their pets lab-grown meat?

Lab-grown meat for dogs and cats might be on the market before lab-grown meat for humans.

6 years ago

Listen 08:55
Sometimes you don’t know whether to laugh or cry. ('Clowns' via Shutterstock)
Behavioral Health
The Conversation

The psychology behind why clowns creep us out

Hollywood has long exploited our deep ambivalence about clowns, and this fall’s film lineup is no different.

6 years ago

This March 14, 2017, photo shows the flooded streets of a back bay neighborhood in Manahawkin N.J., after a moderate storm. Scientists and people living in back-bay areas behind barrier islands say flooding is increasing, even as the problem gets less attention and money than flooding along the ocean. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Environment
New Jersey

The cost of rising seas in N.J.

With New Jersey facing rising seas and stronger storms, what are the costs for shoring up coastal towns, who is paying, and are we fighting a losing battle?

Air Date: October 1, 2019

Listen 49:01
Smog blankets the sky in Mexico City. (Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)
Environment
Politics

Dark skies: UN meeting reveals a world in a really bad mood

The UN is often criticized for talking a lot and not getting much done. But when it comes to eloquent talk, particularly about the future, it has always been the strongest.

6 years ago

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