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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Stained glass windows depicting biologist Alexander Fleming in the church of St James, in London. (Wikimedia Commons)
The Pulse
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Science and Religion

What happens when a Buddhist environmentalist, a Muslim astronomer … a rabbi and a priest walk into our studio? On this episode, we exp ...

Air Date: March 2, 2018

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While flu season seems to be peaking in New Jersey,
 doctors still recommend patients get a flu shot.
 (bigstockphoto.com)
Health

As flu season peaks in N.J. and Pa., doctors still recommend getting vaccinated

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the flu season may have peaked, it’s still making a lot of people sick in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

(U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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How this reporter’s #NoDAPL photo wound up in the Russia investigations

Never did I imagine a photo I took would be used by Russian trolls to try to manipulate the pipeline debate.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember at Large Al Taubenberger
Speak Easy
Health

Philly Disability Day of Mourning a step toward honoring those killed by caregivers

Philly City Council passed a resolution to recognize a Disability Day of Mourning, a step toward valuing the lives of people with disabilities who are murdered by caregivers.

7 years ago

Daniel Raimi, author of the newly released book
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Author answers hot-button questions on fracking, including climate impact

As Pennsylvania’s gas boom helps propel the United States away from coal-fired power, one energy researcher says the impact on climate change will be a wash.

7 years ago

Maxine Stanich celebrated her 90th birthday with friends and family in 2010, more than two years after her implanted defibrillator was deactivated by Dr. Rita Redberg to comply with Stanich's
NPR
Health

Too late to operate? Surgery near end of life is common, costly

Surgery poses serious risks for older people, who weather anesthesia poorly and whose skin takes longer to heal.

7 years ago

This image provided by the National Science Foundation shows a rendering of how the first stars in the universe might have looked. Scientists have detected a signal from 180 million years after the Big Bang when the earliest stars began glowing. The findings were published on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in the journal Nature. (N.R.Fuller/National Science Foundation via AP)
Science

Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on

The signal showed unexpectedly cold temperatures and an unusually pronounced wave.

7 years ago

A backhoe clears land for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Delaware County in early 2017. (Emily Cohen/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Environmental groups seek injunction to halt Mariner East 2 pipeline construction

Several environmental groups have asked the Commonwealth Court for an injunction to halt Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners Mariner East 2 pipeline construction.

7 years ago

The FDA is expected to issue new guidelines next month to encourage drugmakers to develop new medications for treating opioid addiction.(Bigstock)
Health

As FDA encourages new medications for opioid addiction, roadblocks to treatment remain

The FDA is expected to issue new guidelines next month to encourage drugmakers to develop new medications for treating opioid addiction.

7 years ago


The tick Haemaphysalis longicornis. (Tadhgh Rainey)
NPR
Science

Asian ticks (mysteriously) turned up on a New Jersey sheep

Investigators found hundreds on the sheep and collected nearly a thousand more from the one-acre paddock.

7 years ago

New Jersey Sen. Loretta Weinberg has introduced a measure calling for employers to provide paid sick days to their workers. AP file photo)
Health

Severity of flu season illustrates need for paid sick days in N.J., advocates say

The legislation under consideration would require employers with fewer than 10 workers to offer five paid sick days. Larger employers would have to provide nine paid days.

7 years ago

People 6 months and older should get vaccinated against the flu, says this government poster on display  in a health center in Decatur, Ga
Health

Flu ‘very much active’ in Delaware, records reach 14-year high

Over the past week, 1,521 more Delawareans were diagnosed with the flu, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 5,758. There also were five flu-related deaths.

7 years ago

This photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, seen from the International Space Station. (Jack Fischer/NASA via AP)
Radio Times
Science

Exit Earth

Guests: Michio Kaku Physicist and futurist MICHIO KAKU theorizes ...

Air Date: February 26, 2018

Listen 49:26
This image was taken with Opportunity's navigation camera of a large dune on the way to Victoria
Skytalk
Science

Rover Still Rovin’

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned images that clearly show thick layers of water ice just beneath the surface and ext ...

Air Date: February 26, 2018

Listen 05:08
(Hope Loves Company)
Health

New Jersey camp for family of ALS patients expands to five states

Many children and grandchildren of those with ALS become caregivers, and watching a loved one’s health deteriorate can be stressful and isolating.

7 years ago

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