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Crews are shown welding a pipeline connecting to a natural gas well in northern Pennsylvania. The Mariner East 2 plan would build two natural gas pipelines across southern Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY
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Safe natural gas pipeline, union workers deserve support

Here in Pennsylvania, we are blessed to be sitting on top of one of the largest reserves of natural gas in the world. The shale revolutio ...

9 years ago

The Perseids meteor shower
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Hoping for Pouring Perseids

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this week, although a waxing moon presents a challenge for late night observing. Mercury, Venus, J ...

Air Date: August 8, 2016

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Stress and Opioid Misuse

Inability to manage stress and negative emotions is tied to opioid misuse in adults with chronic pain, according to a new study published ...

Air Date: August 8, 2016

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artist's rendering of black hole
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A Better Way to Build a Black Hole

A new possibility has arisen for giant black hole formation: Massive gas clouds in a galaxy may be able to collapse directly into a black ...

Air Date: August 2, 2016

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Hammock
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Slowing Down

We have about six weeks until Labor Day – so how has your summer been so far? Have you been able to fit in all of the fun and relax ...

Air Date: July 26, 2016

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Mars
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False Positive

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the landing of the Viking spacecraft on Mars back in 1976. There were two landers about the size ...

Air Date: July 26, 2016

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The water plant tower is seen in Flint
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40 years after Legionnaires outbreak, the case for a ‘Safe Breathing Water Act’

Forty years ago this month, more than  ...

10 years ago

Bill Jones
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Hungary for discount dentistry? The European nation feeds the world’s growing appetite for medical tourism

If Bela Batorfi has his way, Hungary may soon be synonymous with complex dental procedures in the way that France is known for baguettes ...

10 years ago

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3 star system
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Sunrise(s) Sunset(s)

Sentient creatures on planets orbiting two stars enjoy a different perspective of the heavens above. Now astronomers have sighted a three ...

Air Date: July 18, 2016

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Voices in the Family
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The impact of violent images on our health

The more time we spend online, the more we end up witnessing violence and violent incidents. The video of Philando Castile bleeding to de ...

Air Date: July 18, 2016

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Voices in the Family
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Attention Deficit Disorder and Education

Attention Deficit Disorder has certainly faded from the headlines a bit in recent years, but it still affects millions of people – ...

Air Date: July 12, 2016

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The moon points the way

The Moon slides past Mars and Saturn this week – Mars on Wednesday and Saturn on Friday . . . If you can see the moon you can fin ...

Air Date: July 12, 2016

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Your Brain on Politics

Dr. Dan gathered together academics Kathleen Hall Jamieson and David Redlawsk and clinician Lisa J. Cohen for a non-partisan discussion o ...

Air Date: July 11, 2016

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Correlating intense emotions with specific health conditions

Researchers have long known that intense emotions felt over time can affect our health. A new study digs a bit deeper: it analyzed argume ...

Air Date: July 5, 2016

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Enjoy July 4th Double-Header

The fourth of July offers out-of-doors celebrants an opportunity to enjoy fireworks at nightfall, and then nature’s pyrotechnics u ...

Air Date: July 5, 2016

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