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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.
StateImpact
Science

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.
Skytalk
Science

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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Memory Wall
Health

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

A scientist in a white lab coat works in a Spark Therapeutics lab.
Science

FDA panel backs gene therapy from Philly's Spark Therapeutics

The therapy can help children with a rare genetic eye disorder see better. It comes after two other recent significant developments in gene therapy.

8 years ago

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A backhoe digs a path for a pipeline in Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Water problems persist along Mariner East pipeline route despite court intervention

Water impacts continue at numerous Pennsylvania sites where Sunoco is building the Mariner East 2 pipeline two months after a court-brokered agreement.

8 years ago

Temple occupational therapy students work to design a new wheelchair tray for Eddie
Science

Designing cardboard hacks to modify wheelchairs

Temple University students create inexpensive adaptive designs for children with cerebral palsy.

8 years ago

Illustration by Clifford V. Johnson, author of The Dialogues: Conversations About the Nature of the Universe.
The Pulse
Science

Super Nerds

We used to think of nerds as unattractive, pimply or tragically unfashionable — but somehow over the years — the meaning changed.

Air Date: October 13, 2017

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General Josh Shapiro announces that he is suing the Trump administration for rolling back contraceptive coverage for women under the Affordable Care Act
Health

Shapiro joins other states in suing Trump over diluting ACA mandate on birth control

Pennsylvania's attorney general says the Trump administration has broken the law and "undermined the health and economic independence of American women."

8 years ago

(Public domain/Wikimedia)
Health

Foodborne illness outbreak in VA might have impact in Delaware

Delawareans who attended the Chincoteague Chili Chowder Cook-Off are being asked to fill out a survey, following an outbreak of food poisoning linked to the event.

8 years ago

David Jones is head of Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia has momentum to combat opioid crisis, behavioral health chief says

As the opioid crisis affects the whole nation, a Philadelphia expert offers strategies to address what's being cast as a problem of supply, addiction, and treatment.

8 years ago

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During an appearance Thursday night at Rowan University, former Gov. Chris Christie blasted New Jersey's current Gov. Phil Murphy, claiming Murphy is casting too much blame on him. (AP, file)
Health

Task force offers 40 recommendations to help N.J. fight opioid epidemic

Gov. Chris Christie devotes $200 million in initiatives, rest of his term to battling tide of opioid overdoses.

8 years ago

Hundreds of drivers got their flu vaccine at a drive-through clinic in Dover in October. (Kyle Bressler/WHYY)
Health

Delaware flu clinic doubles as disaster prep drill

Hundreds of drivers in Dover got their flu shots through the state’s first drive-thru flu clinic of the year.

8 years ago

Cooling towers belch white smoke into the cloudy blue sky
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Revoking Clean Power Plan could have a big Pa. impact

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced the EPA will formally propose to revoke the Clean Power Plan, Obama’s regulation for carbon dioxide from the electricity sector.

8 years ago

(SpaceX via AP)
Skytalk
Science

Elon Musk wants to get off this planet

Elon Musk has released a new proposal for becoming a multi-planet species. He is advocating phasing out Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Dragon ...

Air Date: October 9, 2017

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A monarch butterfly in Cape May, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Mark Garland)
Science

Why Cape May’s monarch butterfly migration population varies so much

“We’re verging on a big year,” says Mark Garland, director of Cape May’s Monarch Monitoring Project.

8 years ago

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