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The Pulse
History
Medicine

In the Name of Science

Advances in science don’t just happen — sometimes, real progress requires heroic measures. On this show, we explore the lengths peopl ...

Air Date: October 5, 2018

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Claudia Copley begins
 her work collecting insects and spiders on Mt. Whitford, British Columbia. Copley manages the entomology collection at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, British Columbia. (Molly Segal)
The Pulse
Biology
Environment

Discovery science didn’t end with Darwin

In remote British Columbia, biologists document species that have adapted to the cold. The goal: create a baseline for the region before climate shifts change the ecosystem.

7 years ago

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Astrophysicists Jarita Holbrook, Alphonse Sterling (background) Fana Mulu-Moore, and Hakeem Oluseyi (Jarita Holbrook)
The Pulse
Changing Communities
Race & Ethnicity

‘Black Suns’ captures rare solar eclipse images

A film documents the work and adventure of African American astrophysicists.

7 years ago

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backhoe works at a construction site
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

‘Regulatory issues’ delay opening of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline

PUC cites 'numerous ongoing matters' yet to be resolved

7 years ago

Skytalk
Space

When Push Comes to Shove

Gaia, a galactic surveyor spacecraft, has caught our galaxy doing “the wave!” Studies of one billion stars show a wave-like m ...

Air Date: October 1, 2018

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An aerial view of Mariner East 2 pipeline construction, adjacent to the Fairview Golf Course in Lebanon County August 24, 2018. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

We’re wired to be wary of certain things. Here’s why pipelines are among them

The science of fear partly explains why some residents dread Mariner East 2.

7 years ago

Robert Gidney wipes away sweat while working in Palisades Interstate Park in Ft. Lee, N.J., Monday, July 2, 2018. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Hot, humid summer of discontent comes to an end

The summer of 2018 will be remembered as one of the hottest ever in New Jersey.

7 years ago

Skytalk
Space

Only Pluto Knows For Sure

A group of researchers, including the Principle Investigator for the New Horizons program, Alan Stern, have found that after a review of ...

Air Date: September 17, 2018

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A man peers from his flooded home in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Environment
Public Safety

Florence death toll swells as rivers rise

"The risk to life is rising with the angry waters," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared as the storm's death toll climbed to 15.

7 years ago

Avalon's new weather station is mounted high above rooflines for accurate information (Borough of Avalon)
Environment
New Jersey
Public Safety

Avalon adds high-tech weather equipment for real-time storm information

Avalon has invested in tracking equipment that will allow it to make weather conditions easily available to residents of the borough at t ...

7 years ago

A work truck drives on Hwy 24 as the wind from Hurricane Florence blows palm trees in Swansboro N.C., Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. (Tom Copeland/AP Photo)
Environment
Public Safety

Florence close to landfall in N. Carolina

The powerful storm already has inundated coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power.

7 years ago

Hurricane Florence will bring tropical storm conditions to North Carolina and South Carolina on Thursday and hurricane conditions on Friday. This satellite image was captured around 1:45 p.m. ET Wednesday. (NOAA/STAR)
Environment

Time nearly up: Fierce Hurricane Florence aims at Southeast

Time is running short to flee Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm zeroing in on the Southeastern coast with more than 10 million people in its potential path.

7 years ago

DCNR forester Ben Gamble, left, and Kelly Sitch, right, an ecologist for the agency, on a pipeline right-of-way in the Tiadaghton State Forest. (Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front)
NewsWorks Tonight
Environment
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Front

Bringing the forest back after shale gas

The Pennsylvania DCNR is testing how best to revive areas cleared for fracking.

7 years ago

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FILE- In this Dec. 28, 1988, file photo shows members of the
Skytalk
Space

Starstruck by Star Trek

52 years ago, the television show Star Trek premiered! It spawned a whole new approach to space exploration and had an impact on ...

Air Date: September 11, 2018

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Radio Times
Environment

Climate change, environmental regulation, and the Chesapeake Bay comeback

Guests: Jennifer Francis, Juliet Eilperin, ...

Air Date: September 11, 2018 10:00 am

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