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Health & Science

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
Science

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
Science

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
Alison Cobb asks a question at a PA Department of Health forum on the state's Washington County cancer study. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Washington County family members tell state to ‘fix’ their cancer study

The families of several people diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in one Pa. county told state health officials to update their data at a public meeting Monday night.

6 years ago

Hundreds of people, including Delaware Gov. John Carney, got their flu vaccine during a drive-thru clinic in Dover on Tuesday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

Drive-thru flu shot clinic helps Del. prep for larger public health crises

Hundreds got their flu vaccine at a mobile clinic in Dover but the clinic had another purpose: preparing the state for a bigger health emergency like an anthrax attack.

6 years ago

An app uses a smart phone camera to detect leukocoria, a pale reflection from the back of the eye. It can be an early sign of disease. Here it appears light brown compared the healthy eye. (Munson et al., Sci. Adv. 2019; 5 eaax 6363)
NPR
Health

An app that can catch early signs of eye disease in a flash

It's hard for doctors to do a thorough eye exam on infants. They tend to wiggle around — the babies, that is, not the doctors.

6 years ago

Orthorexia occurs when people become so fixated on the idea of eating
NPR
Health

When efforts to eat ‘clean’ become an unhealthy obsession

Whether it's gluten-free, dairy-free, raw food, or all-organic, many people these days are committed to so-called "clean eating."

6 years ago

Replacing lead service lines in Newark.(Governor's Office)
Health

More than 100 N.J. water systems may have unsafe lead levels

Analysis of state data finds that lead service lines are potentially harmful to more than 5 million area residents.

6 years ago

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
Science

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
Science

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

In this file photo, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine speaks to members of the media, April 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Health

Pa. reports first death from vaping-related illness

The Pennsylvania Health Department says one person in the state has died from lung injuries associated with vaping.

6 years ago

lead pipe
Health

While updating water meters, Philadelphia will develop database of city’s lead pipes

As part of its meter upgrade initiative, the Philadelphia Water Department will look for lead service lines inside homes and log the ones it finds.

6 years ago

Fake vs. Real
The Pulse
Science

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 15-year-old in Cambridge, Mass., shows off her vaping device in 2018. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)
Health

N.J. should ban flavored e-cigarettes to curb youth vaping, task force urges

The ban was one of several recommendations made by a task force Gov. Phil Murphy created three weeks ago, as officials look for ways to curb youth vaping.

6 years ago

A screen grab from the viral deepfake that Chris Ume and his friends created spoofing the final season of
The Pulse
Science

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)
Science
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

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