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A pile of shark fins. (Courtesy of Oceana/Ricardo Roberto Fernandez Martinez)
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From soup on the table to a bill in congress: a look inside the shark fin debate

Shark fin is the main ingredient in a much-prized soup. Fishermen commonly cut off the fins and throw the rest of the shark overboard to drown.

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Farmers pick crops at Soul Fire Farm in New York state.
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Black farmers work to cultivate diversity

Farming is the second-whitest job in the United States.

8 years ago

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Jaime Martin holds her daughter, Ruby. She's 11 weeks old but was born so early that doctors still refer to her by her gestational age. (Emily Siner/WPLN)
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Feeding your baby another woman’s milk

Humans have a long history of sharing breast milk, but society’s acceptance has ebbed and flowed.

8 years ago

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Al Gore: We’re getting close to bipartisan action on climate

Al Gore says he’s optimistic the U.S. will break its political standoff over climate change, and that the U.S. is “not that far” from a bipartisan consensus on climate change.

8 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney attends ribbon-cutting ceremony for new Croda chemical manufacturing plant in New Castle (Zoe Read/WHYY)
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Ribbon-cutting for first-of-its-kind chemical manufacturer in Delaware

Chemical company, Croda, said its Delaware plant can now make a key chemical bonding agent from 100 percent renewable resources.

8 years ago

A half dozen monkeys sit on a stony shore watching a boat come in
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After hurricane hits 'Island of Monkeys,' Penn researcher helps macaques' minders

An island colony of wild rhesus macaque monkeys — the oldest primate research site in the world — suffered major storm damage, but no deaths.

8 years ago

A homeless person is shown sleeping under an umbrella.
Speak Easy
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Shedding light on homeless youth, America’s ‘invisible children’

Homelessness is perhaps a bigger problem among our nation’s youth than you may have imagined. And they are right here in our backyard.

8 years ago

Al Gore at the Climate Reality Workshop in PIttsburgh, Pa. October 17, 2017 (Reid R. Frazier / StateImpact)
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Gore tells climate activists: ‘We’re going to win this’

Gore’s presentation was part of his Climate Reality Project, which the former vice president and Nobel laureate founded 10 years ago.

8 years ago

A doctor uses a scope to look into the mouth of a patient; another woman looks on from the rear
Health

Language gap between doctors, patients evident in Philly's Vietnamese community

What happens if you and your doctor don’t speak the same language? According to a new report, that’s the case for many patients across the country.

8 years ago

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Lindsey Fitzharris on “The Butchering Art”

Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, pain, saws and no sanitation.  In fact, operating theaters use ...

8 years ago

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This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
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Washington Post, 60 Minutes investigation finds bill helped fuel opioid crisis

8 years ago

Radio Times
Health

“The Butchering Art” / Bergdahl pleads guilty

Guests: Lindsey Fitzharris, Dan Lamothe Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, ...

Air Date: October 17, 2017

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Protesters blocked equipment and sang hymns for about half an hour before police asked them to leave. Nearly 30 people were charged with defiant trespassing.
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Nearly 30 arrested protesting Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

Nearly 30 people were arrested and charged with defiant trespassing Monday after blocking construction equipment for the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline in Lancaster Co.

8 years ago

Image courtesy of the Franklin Institute.
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Out-of-this-world show

This Saturday marks the 94th anniversary of the first public planetarium show given at the German model for The Franklin Institute, the D ...

Air Date: October 16, 2017

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Camden vigil puts a human face on the rising death toll of addiction

The vigil put a human face on the statistics making headlines. The names and photos of overdose victims were projected in a slideshow that honored nearly 900 lives cut short.

8 years ago

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