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Professional poker player Jason Les sits in front of a computer and tries to beat an A.I. at the game.
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Poker-winning AI might soon help consumers call companies’ bluff

Computer scientists say the artificial intelligence could be used for everything from getting cheaper plane tickets to cybersecurity.

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Chiemela Ohanele, Adoma Boateng and AnnaClaire Osei Akoto, all juniors at the University of Pennsylvania, are designing a hands-on course on water, sanitation, and hygiene. (UPenn)
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UPenn students take on peace, water, and climate

One way to learn about climate change is to read about it. Another way is to experience it firsthand.

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Michael Cole of Clairton, Pa., holds a Time magazine while waiting in line in downtown McKeesport, Pa., to attend a Medical Marijuana Job Fair, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
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Medical marijuana program entering final stages of rollout in Pa.

More than 10,000 people have registered, but only about 1,188 have been approved so far.

8 years ago

A natural gas well site operates in southwestern Pennsylvania. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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CNX Gas fined more than $400,000 for drilling violations

The penalties stem from incidents at four well sites that affected waterways and vegetation, according to the DEP.

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A woman gets an injection in her upper arm
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Delaware woman becomes state’s second flu death of the season

An 83-year-old New Castle County woman died last week from flu-related symptoms. She had multiple underlying health conditions.

8 years ago

Portland Generating Station
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Pa. coal power plant closing leads to healthier babies downwind

After a coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania closed, early-life health outcomes improved for babies across the border, in New Jersey.

8 years ago

Bethany Edwards holds the flushable pregnancy test she designed with Anna Simpson.
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Flush with success: Philly duo invents biodegradable pregnancy test

“Who hasn’t hidden a pregnancy test in the trash?” said Bethany Edwards, one of the two Philly-based inventors of the flushable pregnancy test.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
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US Steel agrees to allow fracking at Edgar Thompson works steel mill

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A swan swims in Barnegat Bay in Toms River, N.J.
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Barnegat Bay marshes help keep water clean

Much of the tidal marshland in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay has been destroyed, but the remaining 26,000 acres provide important filtering for the ecosystem.

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This photo shows Dominion Resources Cove Point terminal in Maryland. It has completed its conversion from a gas import facility to an export terminal to ship Marcellus Shale gas to Asia. In December, it received its first natural gas shipment, which will need to be liquefied before being loaded onto a tanker.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Dominion’s Cove Point plant preparing to export LNG

8 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Nick Foles (9) kneels with other players after an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders
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What’s the harm in ‘bleeding green’?

Eagles fans are known for their passion and commitment to the team — which often comes with high stress levels. But is it really good for our health to be so invested?

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A backhoe clears land for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Delaware County in early 2017. (Emily Cohen)
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Top 10 things you need to know about Mariner East 2

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If I lose my chronic depression, how much of myself will go with it?

Until now, I have had little hope that my depression would ever really go away.

8 years ago

Fences and razor wire are seen around the yards behind the former State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh. (AP File Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Keystone Crossroads
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Pa. Dept. of Corrections says staffing issues provide challenges to care for mentally ill inmates

The state says conditions for mentally ill inmates are improving, but challenges remain.

8 years ago

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