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Chantal Pronteau has been a Kitasoo/Xai'xais Coastal Guardian Watchman since 2015. She patrols about 1,500 square miles of inlets on the Canadian coast. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
The Pulse
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Watching over the land in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest

First Nations communities in British Columbia are training indigenous people to manage local natural resources.

7 years ago

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Delaware archaeologists find groundbreaking human remains

Eleven 17th century remains have been found in Rehoboth.

7 years ago

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Students walk past Samuel Paley Library on the Temple University campus, where a student died of a drug overdose on Dec. 1.
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After five Temple deaths, students call university’s counseling services inadequate

The university’s director of counseling services says the university's counseling staff is enough to meet the needs of Temple's students.

7 years ago

A pile of waste coal sits abandoned in Fredericktown. Photo: Reid Frazier
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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DEP Eyes New Land For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

7 years ago

*** FILE *** Dr. Christian Barnard of South Africa, Dr. Michael DeBakey of Huston, Tex. center, USA, and Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz of Brooklyn, N.Y., right, confer Dec. 24, 1967 in Washington, before appearing on the CBS television program
Health

In 50 years, heart transplant surgery hasn’t changed significantly

One million people have end-stage heart failure in North America, and only about 2,400 transplants occur each year due to a lack of viable hearts.

7 years ago

Building 10 at Norristown State Hospital
Health

Pa. DHS lags on efforts to provide residential treatment for mentally ill defendants

The state has fallen behind on federal court settlements requiring it to provide residential psychiatric treatment to those deemed incompetent to stand trial.

7 years ago

(WHYY/Mark Eichman)
Science

Delaware's ecological task force is attempting to eliminate non-native and invasive plant species.

The snowy white Bradford Pear, the vibrant Burning Bush, the ascending English Ivy—they may be eye-catching, but they’re destroying the ecosystem.

7 years ago

Princeton scientists (from left) Lyman Page, David Spergel and Norman Jarosik
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Princeton scientists win $3 million for early pictures of the universe

The research uses billion-year-old radiation to confirm the universe's age and how quickly it expanded after the Big Bang.

7 years ago

Listen 1:58
Lacey Kohlmoos, with her son Finn, and Samantha Matlin, with children Olivia, 4, and Logan, 2, campaigned for lactation facilities at 30th Street Station.
Health

Breast-feeding Philly moms push for accommodations to pump at train stations

“Women should not have to feed their child, whether it's nursing or pumping, while sitting on a dirty toilet,” said Lacey Kohlmoos, the woman who created the online petition.

7 years ago

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SUSAN PHILLIPS / STATEIMPACT A Cabot Oil and Gas well site in Susquehanna County.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Cabot Oil and Gas to pay $99,000 for air quality violations in Susquehanna County

7 years ago

Skytalk
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Earliest Sunset

Sunset comes at 4:35pm this week, then gradually later and later, though it won’t be until early January before we really start to ...

Air Date: December 4, 2017

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3d rendering of human brain on technology background represent artificial intelligence and cyber space concept
Radio Times
Science

‘The Fear Factor,’ altruism and psychopathy

Guest: Abigail Marsh An heroic act by a stranger during car accident started ...

Air Date: December 4, 2017

Listen 48:59
Acting Secretary of Health and Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine announces new safe guidelines for prescribing opioids to children.
Health

Pa. sets new guidelines for prescribing opioids to kids

The guidelines are the latest in a series the state has adopted to advise doctors in different medical specialties.

8 years ago

This photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
Health

Cooper Health specialist: Time to treat opioid addiction like a disease — with medicine

“Opioid epidemic.” The phrase has become ingrained in American public discourse, at candidate debates and community meetings, and in ...

8 years ago

A view of the Delaware River from Washington Crossing Bridge at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Fracking ban proposed for Delaware River basin; ‘significant risks’ cited

The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday proposed a ban on fracking for natural gas in the basin.

8 years ago

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