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Health & Science

Members of camp 'License to Chill' cleaning up their site on the second to last day of the event. (Andrew Stelzer/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

How does Burning Man leave the desert squeaky clean?

70,000 people, nine days in the Nevada desert, and zero trash.

8 years ago

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Voices in the Family
Health

The Cost of Care

As the population ages, more and more people want to stay in their own home as opposed to transitioning to a nursing home facility. There ...

Air Date: October 6, 2017

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Work being done at University of Delaware's STAR campus will help children with mobility impairments by creating assistive technologies or clothing with sensors. (Gene Ashley/WHYY)
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UD grad students help children with disabilities be more independent

Work being done at University of Delaware's STAR campus will help children with mobility impairments by creating assistive technologies or clothing with sensors.

8 years ago

Perspective view of Mercury's topography (NASA).
Skytalk
Science

Mercury runs hot and cold

Today, Dave and Dr. Pitts are stopping by the ice craters of Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun. Temperatures on Mercury typically ho ...

Air Date: October 6, 2017

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Health

Pa. offering $5M worth of naloxone to first responders

Pennsylvania will spend $5 million on the overdose-reversal medication naloxone to help first responders fight the toll of the opioid epidemic.

8 years ago

(File/WHYY)
Health

Lower Delaware ACA rate hike approved

Delawareans who receive their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will face premium hikes next year.

8 years ago

Down the Shore
Science

New phase of Barnegat Bay protection plan features 'pollution budget'

A major component of the plan is the establishment of a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standard, a pollution budget, for nutrients.

8 years ago

Nurse taking elderly woman's blood pressure in nursing home
Health

Attorney: Delays at N.J. Board of Nursing endanger public, leave health care workers uncertain

The New Jersey Board of Nursing is broken, and the next governor will have to fix it.

8 years ago

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A man in a hard hat walks past equipment in the turbine building of a nuclear energy facility
Science

Oyster Creek nuclear plant in N.J. may close before planned 2019 shutdown

The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Ocean County, New Jersey, may be shut down a bit sooner than scheduled.

8 years ago

Israel Reyes, 61, recently lived on the Conrail Train tracks in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. He recieved assistance to move into a studio apartment since the clean-up began. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Housing comes first at Philly program for homeless heroin users

Pathways to Housing Pa. uses what's called a "housing-first" approach. Its program for those with severe opioid addiction is one of the first of its kind in the country.

8 years ago

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Science

Major beach replenishment funding approved for Delaware

More than one million cubic yards of sand will be pumped onto beaches in Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick Island to repair damage caused by recent storms.

8 years ago

(AP file photo)
Health

Pallone pushes testing for condition causing sudden cardiac arrest

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone is introducing legislation to combat a condition he said is the leading cause of death at schools.

8 years ago

Image via NOAA.
Down the Shore
Science

October to likely feature above average temperatures at the Jersey Shore

Don't pack your warm weather gear away just yet.

8 years ago

Voices in the Family
Health

An unlikely ally in the fight against depression

Research points to a weapon in the fight against depression that may sound counterintuitive: Sleep deprivation. In their weekly c ...

Air Date: October 2, 2017

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Protesters gathered in January to ceremonially burn the environmental impact statement for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline.
StateImpact
Science

Police, protesters prepare for Atlantic Sunrise pipeline construction

8 years ago

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