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Health & Science
Researchers say Amazon face-detection technology shows bias
Facial-detection technology that Amazon is marketing to law enforcement often misidentifies women with darker skin, researchers from MIT and the University of Toronto say.
6 years ago
Wind farm surveying begins off N.J. coast
The surveying off the coast of Atlantic and Cape May counties is the first phase of the "Ocean Wind Project" situated 15 miles east of Atlantic City.
6 years ago
From anti-vaxxers to climate change deniers and even flat-Earthers, there’s a lot of mistrust in science. But how did we get here in th ...
Air Date: January 25, 2019
Listen 48:12New Jersey looks to rejoin RGGI to tackle greenhouse gas emissions
The state Department of Environmental Protection is having an open hearing on two proposals that would allow New Jersey to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
6 years ago
Listen 1:44Why opposition to GMOs is a First World privilege
How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.
6 years ago
Listen 06:49Activists want a new panel to regulate the chemicals in the absence of federal standards.
6 years ago
Climate change is real…now what?
Today, we'll talk about how an increasing number of Americans are worried about climate change, as well as a couple of small changes being proposed to stem it.
Air Date: January 24, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions to deaths
It wasn't until 2016 that the CDC issued guidelines for prescribing opioids, telling doctors to start with low dosages and increase slowly.
6 years ago
N.J. patients with opioid addiction now qualify for medical marijuana
The news came as a welcome change to officials and advocates trying to expand the state’s medical cannabis program and find innovative ways to battle the opioid crisis.
6 years ago
N.J. first lady starts effort to lower maternal mortality rate
Tammy Murphy said she and Gov. Phil Murphy's Cabinet are launching a campaign to help drive down the number of women who die during or soon after pregnancy.
6 years ago
Calls for change follow NPR/’Frontline’ black lung investigation
Thousands of coal miners are dying from an advanced form of black lung disease, and federal regulators could have prevented it if they had paid closer attention to their data.
6 years ago
Pennvest will invest $7.9 million into the mid-Atlantic hatchery.
6 years ago
New Jersey proposes PFAS regulations for groundwater; EPA regulations delayed by shutdown
New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection has taken a step toward cleaning up water contamination from an unregulated class of perfluorinated chemicals known as PFAs
6 years ago
Researchers find a web of factors behind multiple sclerosis
We now know that MS is not infectious in the true sense of the word. It is not contagious in the way, say, the flu is. But infection does likely play a role in MS.
6 years ago
PHOTOS: Super ‘Blood Moon’ wows
The huge, red moon awed viewers across the Americas and parts of western Europe and Africa on Sunday night and early Monday morning.
6 years ago
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