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Deja Bond graduated from New York University with a master’s degree in data science. Bond is the first African American woman get an advanced degree in data science from the university. — Courtesy of Deja Bond
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly native is first African American woman to receive advanced degree in data science from NYU

Deja Bond earned a master’s degree from NYU Center for Data Science in May.

6 years ago

Fake vs. Real
The Pulse
Biology
Innovation
Technology

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: June 12, 2020

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(Strike for Black Lives/Twitter)
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Physicists are off the job as they ‘Strike for Black Lives’

Black astronomers, cosmologists and physicists organized the worldwide strike as a day to stop doing science and start addressing racism within academia.

6 years ago

Chambersburg in entering a 20-year power purchase agreement with Virginia-based Sun Tribe on a solar facility like the one seen here. (Courtesy Sun Tribe)
Energy
Environment
Sustainability
StateImpact Pennsylvania

South-central Pennsylvania borough makes significant commitment to solar energy

The Borough of Chambersburg could soon generate a quarter of its electricity from renewable energy.

6 years ago

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, sits on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
National
Space

SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans

A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel.

6 years ago

The ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Australia were damaged by recent wildfires. A new study finds the world lost roughly one-third of its old growth forest in the past century. (Nathan Rott/NPR)
NPR
Environment
Outdoors

Climate change and deforestation mean earth’s trees are younger and shorter

A study finds rising temperatures and climate-driven disasters transform the very makeup of forests, with major implications for biodiversity and more warming.

6 years ago

Weather forecasts predict temperatures higher than normal for this summer. With public pools closed for the season and limited access to air-conditioned public spaces, keeping cool will be a challenge. (Chinnapong/Big Stock)
The Pulse
Biology
Environment
Infrastructure
Outdoors
Public Health

The Science of Staying Cool

Imagine for a moment a world without air conditioners, refrigerators, fans, or even ice. We take them for granted — but keeping cool is ...

Air Date: May 29, 2020

Listen 48:28
Space X, Falcon 9, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken
National
Space

2 U.S. astronauts board SpaceX rocket for historic launch

The launch Wednesday afternoon will be the first of Americans from the U.S. in nearly a decade.

6 years ago

An osprey hatchling (right), just moments after it was released from an entanglement in its Island Beach State Park nest on Tuesday morning. (Courtesy of Ben Wurst/Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Raptor expert rescues baby osprey in Island Beach State Park

A raptor expert successfully rescued an osprey hatchling on Tuesday morning in Island Beach State Park.

6 years ago

Monarch butterflies
Radio Times
Environment
Outdoors

“Nature’s Best Hope:” conservation at home

Doug Tallamy discusses his new book, "Nature's Best Hope" about how to turn our yards into wildlife supporting habitat.

Air Date: May 26, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:13
Jonas Salk administers a vaccine to a child
NPR
Health Care
History
Medicine

The race for a polio vaccine differed from the quest to prevent coronavirus

In the 1950s, people lived in fear their children might be stricken with infantile paralysis, better known as polio — and they were eager for scientists to find a solution.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on the food supply chain amid the coronavirus pandemic, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Government Accountability
Public Health

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

Twice this week, Trump has not only dismissed the findings of studies but suggested — without evidence — that their authors were motivated by politics and out to undermine him

6 years ago

Analogue Antique Watch
The Pulse
Biology
Environment
Technology

It’s About Time

The pandemic has warped and stretched time in strange ways, and this week, we listen back to our episode on time.

Air Date: May 22, 2020

Listen 48:37
Three hurricanes form in the Atlantic in September 2018. Forecasters predict three to six major hurricanes during the 2020 season, which is above average. (NOAA via AP)
NPR
Environment
Outdoors

Hurricane season will be above average, NOAA warns

Federal forecasters expect 3 to 6 major hurricanes during the 2020 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 1.

6 years ago

A woman sleeps on Brighton beach undisturbed by seagulls fluttering around her in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Environment
Public Health

What happens to the coronavirus when it gets warmer?

It’s a difficult question, but no matter what the answer is, the pandemic is not going to stop anytime soon.

6 years ago

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