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Russian cowboys learn to wrangle a brand new beef industry
On a beef ranch called Ledenevo, in the Bryansk region of Russia, about 300 miles southwest of Moscow, everything is brand new. The farm ...
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Listen 15:35Report: Pa. electricity market shake-up 20 years ago helped big consumers save
Twenty years ago, Pennsylvania passed a law — the Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act — allowing consumers to ...
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Why Sputnik’s signal still reverberates in U.S. classrooms
Sputnik, circling the globe, seemed a constant, twinkling reminder that Americans were falling behind in science, destined to lose the sp ...
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ListenAging LGBT community pushes for culturally competent care
Health disparities in the LGBT community persist. And by 2030, the 65-and-over LGBT population in the Delaware Valley is expected to doub ...
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ListenShortly after overhaul, malfunction leaves Princeton fusion reactor down for a year
An experimental fusion reactor in Princeton is down for a year after malfunctioning even though it returned to operation last year follow ...
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The anthropocene: Geologists take up the question of a new epoch
Hermann Pfefferkorn’s office, at the University of Pennsylvania, spills across a large, well-lit room that seems to have closed in on i ...
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ListenNew program takes aim at health disparities in North Philadelphia
Taking up a holistic approach, a new program in North Philadelphia aims to improve ...
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ListenStudy: Philly could do better with preventive measures for opioid overdoses
A new look at opioid-related overdose deaths tracked the rate of preventive services available in each Pennsylvania County. The stud ...
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Digital demands paradigm shift in film archiving
At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b ...
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Listen 7:34Pa. receives $28 million for Chesapeake cleanup efforts aimed at agriculture
Pennsylvania’s efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay are getting a big boost. The Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Dep ...
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Disaster loans available to agricultural businesses hurt by drought
Federal agencies are making loans available to agricultural business hurt by drought conditions. It’s been a dry summer in P ...
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Wolfdog hybrids make for high-maintenance, myth-making pets
On a recent sunny afternoon, a handful of volunteers led a tour group around Howling Woods Farm ...
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