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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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Drone footage captured by Anthony Murphy shows the outline of an ancient henge, visible in the pattern of crops grown in a field near Newgrange, Ireland. (Anthony Murphy/Mythical Ireland)
NPR
Science

In Ireland, drought and a drone revealed the outline of an ancient henge

A drone flight and a lingering dry spell have exposed a previously unknown monument in Ireland's Boyne Valley, forgotten for thousands of years and long covered by crops.

8 years ago

Morning dew glistens on a tobacco leaf in a field outside Rolesville, N.C. Despite a worldwide decline in production, tobacco remains North Carolina's most valuable crop. (Allen Breed/AP)
NPR
Health

It is legal for kids to work on tobacco farms, but it can make them sick

In the U.S., children under the age of 18 are legally barred from purchasing cigarettes or other tobacco products. But they are allowed to harvest tobacco on farms.

8 years ago

The osprey population has grown in part because of a decline in contaminants in the Delaware estuary. (Photo/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Delaware estuary’s ospreys recover as fish contaminants decline, report says

The population growth suggests an overall improvement in the region’s ecological health.

8 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Down the Shore
Science

Crews successfully disentangle distressed humpback whale in N.J. bay

The juvenile whale - estimated to be more than 30-feet-long - was freed Wednesday, months after the first reports of entanglement by a piece of gill net.

8 years ago

People ride on the Sky Flyer at the State Fair Meadowlands carnival on July 5 in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Health

New Jersey environmentalist urging state to toughen air quality standards

An environmental group said public health in New Jersey is at risk from air pollution. Environment New Jersey director Doug O’Ma ...

8 years ago

Image: Sharon Pittaway/Unsplash
The Pulse
Science

DNA, Adapted

The Pulse explores how the environment shapes biology. Turns out that influence goes deep, down to the molecular level — to th ...

Air Date: July 13, 2018

Listen 48:57
Vincent Turcotte and Valérie Hayes are both ice storm babies, born shortly after a massive storm debilitated their city. Scientists are trying to figure out if the stress their mothers experienced during the natural disaster has helped shape who they are as people. (Courtesy of Julie Groleau.)
The Pulse
Health

Does a mom’s stress affect her offspring for generations?

Researchers are studying the factors that can make epigenetic changes to DNA. A mom's stress, diet and daily habits may become an inheritance of sorts for her kids.

8 years ago

Listen 15:33
Physiological psychologist Leslie Stein tips back a sip of PTC, a chemical cousin to a compound found in Brussels sprouts. Stein finds the flavor unpleasant, while others find it intollerably bitter, and to some its taste is neutral. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Same genes, different tastes

Researchers say environmental factors could explain why some identical twins taste things differently

8 years ago

Listen 05:38
Biologist Jessy Bokvist holds a coho salmon tissue sample in a lab at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Before DNA can be analyzed, Bokvist has to isolate it from tissue samples. (courtesy of Molly Segal)
The Pulse
Science

Epigenetics may hold answers to the survival of hatchery-born salmon

Coho salmon born in captivity are less likely to survive than those born in the wild, and scientists think captivity may be to blame.

8 years ago

Listen 06:23
In this artistic rendering, a blazar is accelerating protons that produce pions, which produce neutrinos and gamma rays. Neutrinos are always the result of a hadronic reaction such as the one displayed here. Gamma rays can be produced in both hadronic and electromagnetic interactions. (Artist rendering courtesy  IceCube/NASA)
Science

Astronomers identify supermassive black hole as source of neutrinos

A team of astronomers believe they've found the mysterious source of high energy neutrinos that travel for billions of light years in space before hitting Earth.

8 years ago

At safe injection sites like Insite, in Vancouver, Canada, drug users can inject drugs under the watch of trained medical staff who will help in case of overdose. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
NPR
Health

Cities planning supervised drug injection sites fear Justice Department reaction

Justice Department officials offered a statement late last year saying health workers at a supervised injection site would be vulnerable to criminal charges.

8 years ago

The Wingohocking combined sewer outfall carries storm and sewer water into the Frankford Creek, and trash.
PlanPhilly
Science

Looking to cut plastics pollution in the ocean? Start upstream

While beach towns in N.J. and Del. work to curb the use of plastic straws, bags, containers, and even balloons, researchers say it appears the real problem lies upstream.

8 years ago

Listen 5:13
This Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, released by the Nevada Department of Corrections, shows the execution chamber at Ely State Prison in Ely, Nev. Nevada plans to carry out its first execution in 12 years using a never-before-tried combination of drugs that drew a court challenge over concerns that a convicted murderer could suffer during the lethal injection. Scott Raymond Dozier is scheduled to die July 11, 2018. An American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada official called for Gov. Brian Sandoval or prisons chief James Dzurenda to stop the planned execution until questions about the process and drugs are answered. (Nevada Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Science

N.J. drug company’s lawsuit could derail Nevada execution

A last-minute lawsuit filed by a drug company that doesn't want its product used in "botched" executions could derail a scheduled execution.

8 years ago

As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.
(Thn Rocn Khosit Rath Phachr Sukh /EyeEm via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Why people with disabilities want bans on plastic straws to be more flexible

For many people with disabilities, going without plastic straws can be a matter of life or death.

8 years ago

With its artificial intelligence, My Loopy has seven toy-grade sensors that respond to touch, light, sound, proximity, temperature, and motions to learn from its user and their environment. (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
Science

‘My Loopy’ robot ‘comes to Earth’ to teach children how to write computer code

With its artificial intelligence, My Loopy has seven toy-grade sensors that respond to touch, light, sound, proximity, temperature, and motions to learn from its user.

8 years ago

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