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Health & Science

Hemlock flowers (Bigstock/ChWeiss)
Science

Poison hemlock, a toxic, invasive plant, is popping up more and more in Pennsylvania

According to an April article published by Penn State researcher Jeffrey Graybill, the plant has been aggressively spreading across the state.

7 years ago

A rendering of the Peregrine Lander. (Courtesy of Astrobotic)
Science

NASA’s 2024 return to the moon will go through companies in Pa., NJ.

Fifty years ago, NASA had to design and build everything for the Apollo mission. Now, it will place an order with a private Pennsylvania company for a lunar lander.

7 years ago

The Pulse
Science

What We Call Things and Why It Matters

How we talk about an issue has ramifications that go far beyond the words. Names, descriptions, and terms lay the foundation for how we t ...

Air Date: July 5, 2019

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Alyssa Collins, director of the Penn State Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center, holds hemp seeds grown as part of a research crop. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Science

Researchers rush to answer questions about newly-legal hemp crops in Pa.

Pennsylvania approved more than 300 permits to farm industrial hemp this growing season after Congress loosened restrictions on the crop last year.

7 years ago

A ground-mounted solar panel at Millersville University tracks the sun’s path across the sky. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science

Inside one of Pennsylvania’s most energy-efficient buildings

In 2018, the building generated 75% more energy than it consumed–thanks to more than 500 solar panels on the roof, a ground-mounted solar array, and 20 geothermal wells.

7 years ago

Close up photo of a mosquito on a leaf
Science

After a wet spring, Pa. DEP monitors for West Nile virus. Will this summer be bad?

Last year was one of the worst on record for West Nile in Pennsylvania. The number of cases jumped to 130, from 20 in 2017, and eight people died.

7 years ago

The view from a dorm room on Stockton's Atlantic City campus. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
Science

Facing a Jersey Shore underwater, Stockton proposes coastal resiliency institute in Atlantic City

Rising sea levels threaten to inundate Jersey Shore communities. Stockton University sees an opportunity as towns build their defenses.

7 years ago

Siddique Akbar, a second-year nephrology fellow at Hahnemann, is concerned about uprooting his family if he has to find a new placement out of town. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Health

Hahnemann’s closure will leave medical residents scrambling

Shifting government funding between hospitals and sticking to visa requirements are some challenges facing medical residents as they seek new placements.

7 years ago

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Health

Half of OD deaths in Delaware study happened three months after an ER visit

A new study of Delaware overdose deaths in 2018 found 52% of people who died had visited the emergency room within three months of their death.

7 years ago

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Health

Delaware sees a drop in state’s high unplanned-pregnancy rate

The state of Delaware is working with reproductive-health nonprofit Upstream USA to increase access to all kinds of birth control, including longer-term methods.

7 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Health

Murphy signs ‘Jake’s Law’ to expand N.J. medical marijuana program

After failing to legalize marijuana this year, New Jersey is now aggressively expanding its medical marijuana program.

7 years ago

A Doppler radar image from the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J., shows a concentration of heavy rain and thunderstorms. (National Weather Service Doppler Radar Image)
The Why
Science

Are we doing severe weather alerts wrong?

It's not all in your head — If you live in the Philadelphia region, you have actually been getting more severe weather alerts on your phone lately. Why?

Air Date: July 2, 2019

Listen 13:01
Astronaut
The Pulse
Science

Who owns the moon?

If you want to own a plot of lunar land, there are websites that will sell you one. Are those websites for real?

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Health

Regional Roundup – 07/01/19

This week: what open primaries would mean for elections in Pa, what the closure of Hahnemann Hospital says about Philly healthcare, and why every year is a bad tick year.

Air Date: June 24, 2019 12:00 am

Listen 48:58
The Cutaiar family drinks only bottled water at their home in Sellersville, Pa. because the family's well was found to be contaminated with PFAS. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Residents with PFAS-contaminated private well water in limbo as DEP investigates cause

A dozen wells in Sellersville, Bucks County, are tainted with the toxic chemicals. Homeowners are getting water deliveries while the DEP finds a solution.

7 years ago

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