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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Dave Ritondo makes rounds to more than a dozen restaurants on the Delaware coast, collecting oyster shells to recycle. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
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Returning restaurants’ oyster shells back to the water

Shell recycling keeps them out of landfills and improves ecosystem health. About 120 miles east of Washington, D.C., Delaware’s ...

8 years ago

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Theresa Dardar is leading an effort among several Louisiana tribes to restore their food sovereignty—the sustainable production of healthy, culturally appropriate food—as the land around them disintegrates. (Courtesy of Edmund D. Fountain)
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Gulf Coast land loss threatens food sovereignty

Pointe-au-Chien and other Louisiana tribes want to protect native ways of eating. Native Americans living along Louisiana’s ...

8 years ago

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Catfish that are part of the Tulane fish collection are stored in jars full of alcohol. Tulane is about to receive a large share of the University of Louisiana Monroe fish collection because ULM no longer wants to support it. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
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Science

When natural history collections bow to other priorities

In 1962, Neil Douglas accepted a position in the brand new biology department of what is now the University of Louisiana Monroe. The scho ...

8 years ago

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StateImpact
Science

Pollution buildup at dam could harm Chesapeake Bay cleanup

8 years ago

StateImpact
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Dam removal helps American shad return after disappearing for centuries

8 years ago

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
Health

Study finds one in three Philadelphia residents used an opioid last year

One third of adults in Philadelphia have used an opioid in the last year, and the majority of those drugs came directly from a doctor. Th ...

8 years ago

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Health

Delaware horse infected with West Nile

A horse in Delaware was euthanized after it was infected with West Nile Virus. This is the first time this year a horse has been i ...

8 years ago

Science

Why sand doesn’t always look the same in New Jersey

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8 years ago

StateImpact
Science

Pipeline protesters walk out of DEP hearing, calling it a ‘sham’

8 years ago

 Tobacco plots at the University of Kentucky. Researchers are growing Burley plants, the most common tobacco variety in the United States. (Morgane Fouse of Prismatic Radio LLC./for WHYY)
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Health

As Americans quit smoking, farmers give up tobacco

Shifting public opinion and smoking habits have changed Kentucky farming. I’m in northern Kentucky with University of Kentuc ...

8 years ago

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Voices in the Family
Health

Are obese people treated differently at the doctor’s office?

Being judged for your weight in a doctor’s office can have serious side effects. That’s according to a new review of research ...

Air Date: August 14, 2017

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Science

Diminished Daylight in the Dog Days

We’ve now lost 25 minutes off sunsets and 30 minutes off sunrises – that’s an hour daylight change already from the sol ...

Air Date: August 14, 2017

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Donald Trump
Radio Times
Health

The Violence in Charlottesville / Debating ‘The Goldwater Rule’

Guests: Peter Simi, John Gartner, Christine Aschwanden We start this hour discussing the violence in Charlottesvi ...

Air Date: August 14, 2017

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 Ballerina flats are the worst shoes to wear if you want to prevent sweaty, smelly feet. (WHYY News)
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How to deal with sweaty, smelly feet

We do a lot of walking during the summer, slogging a few blocks to the beach in the blazing sun, carrying those pesky chairs and the umbr ...

8 years ago

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Asteria Vives peers into the shack that served as the
Health

Cleanup work along Philly Conrail tracks reaches ‘El Campamento’ heroin haven

As the second week of clearing out the heroin havens along the Conrail railroad gulch in Philadelphia’s Kensington section draws to ...

8 years ago

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