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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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How animals adapt (and maybe even evolve) to live in cities

Mice, rats, mosquitoes, lizards, and other animals are adapting to live in environments created by humans.

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8 years ago

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Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.
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Despite DEP order to halt Mariner East 2 construction, some work is still allowed

When it comes to anything other than earth disturbance or water crossings, the agency doesn’t have jurisdiction.

8 years ago

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Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the $2.5 billion pipeline, paid for the report.

8 years ago

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What’s in a Name?

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Air Date: January 9, 2018

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University of Pennsylvania junior chemistry major Sisan Dorsu worked to design a nanocoating for tents.
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Penn students aiming to build a smarter shelter for refugees

University of Pennsylvania students are working with the nonprofit ShelterBox to improve conditions for some of the millions uprooted from their homes.

8 years ago

The Ben Franklin Bridge crosses the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden. Salt levels are increasing in Philadelphia's rivers.
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Study: Rivers getting saltier, compromising water quality

The study looked at decades of streamwater data at U.S. Geological Survey monitoring sites.

8 years ago

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Cold and climate change / Offshore drilling

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Air Date: January 8, 2018

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It’s not just a cold, it’s ‘sickness behavior’

It might behoove us to pay attention.

8 years ago

Oyster Creek Generating Station in Forked River. (Exelon Corporation, file)
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Normal operations resume at nation’s oldest nuclear plant

Unusually low tides and high winds impacted the water levels in its intake canal.

8 years ago

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StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Changing climate and Philly’s freezing temperatures

Warming oceans put more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, creating conditions for stronger storms.

8 years ago

The Acosta metallurgical coal mine opened in Somerset County in 2017. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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With coal consumption down, production ticks up from some Appalachian mines

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Vaccine against this year’s flu more effective than portrayed, CDC says

CDC recommends vaccination because it still may provide protection against an array of influenza viruses.

8 years ago

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8 years ago

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