
Health & Science
Pennsylvania’s environmental rights amendment is back from the dead
John Dernbach, director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center at Widener University sat down with StateImpact to discuss.
8 years ago
PUC’s West Goshen ruling cheers advocates for local control over pipelines
The commission voted unanimously on Thursday to uphold a judge’s ruling that prevented Sunoco from building the valve and associated equipment on private land.
8 years ago
Marcellus Shale boom cuts costs for Pennsylvania ratepayers
Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas boom has significantly cut energy costs for consumers across the state, according to a new study released Friday.
8 years ago
For these teens, the only way to overcome pain is to face it
Savannah Fleeman, 17, has a rare pain syndrome and says even the lightest touch felt like “being stabbed.” A controversial therapy pushed her to feel that pain over and over.
8 years ago
Listen 10:57First Person: Delaware’s tech scene
The growing presence of a tech scene here in Delaware.
8 years ago
Getting hooked on body suspension
For some, suspending from the ceiling by hooks in the skin feels like therapy.
8 years ago
Listen 5:58Horror movie sounds evoke primal fear
Sound designers have a bag of acoustic “scares” to frighten and unnerve an audience.
8 years ago
Listen 7:14Delaware confirms first flu cases of the season
The Delaware Division of Public Health confirmed six people are among the first to be diagnosed with the flu for the 2017-2018 season.
8 years ago
Delaware among top states for STDs
The CDC’s surveillance report on STDs shows Delaware has the eighth highest rate of chlamydia cases, the tenth highest rate of gonorrhea and the 24th highest rate of syphilis.
8 years ago
NRDC: Global warming making heatwaves hotter and more common
If it seems as if summers are getting hotter, they are — at least from the perspective of more days when people are exposed to extreme ...
8 years ago
Guests: Nuala Cabral, Lisa Huebner, Jaclyn Friedman Since actress Alyssa Milano encouraged wom ...
Air Date: October 25, 2017
Listen 49:15Penn receives $6.4 million from NIMH for new mental health center
University of Pennsylvania researchers want to try to reduce something called the “research to practice gap” in mental health.
8 years ago
Future in limbo for coal ash site
A Greene County coal ash landfill won’t be receiving any more coal waste until December, at the earliest.
8 years ago
Pluto: The non-ringed non-planet
We begin with the story of Spitz Laboratories, based in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s, the space race kicked off a nationwide s ...
Air Date: October 23, 2017
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