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Turbulence: it’s not as scary as it seems
Confession: I am an anxious flyer. It hasn’t stopped me from flying, but I walk down the jet bridge as if down a plank, doomed t ...
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Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, has received a $1.92 million grant to increase diversity in its engineering school. In ...
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Air pollution kills floral scents makes bees inefficient foragers, study finds
A new study that modeled how air pollution affects bees found that even moderate amounts of pollution can make foraging less efficient. ...
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Penn gets $5.5 million grant to study hospital infections
The University of Pennsylvania has received a $5.5 million grant to find new ways to prevent infections in hospitals. Eleven epice ...
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Pennsylvania not meeting all targets in Chesapeake Bay cleanup
Pennsylvania is not meeting all of its goals to reduce nutrient runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, according to a recently released Environm ...
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Scientists discover new pathway for darkening and lightening skin
Researchers at a University of Pennsylvania dermatology lab were running a cancer study when they noticed that sex hormones were affectin ...
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ListenMore efficient, more data-reliant farming is on its way
At the Hoober farm store in Middletown, Delaware, there’s all the usual machinery – tractors, generators, sprayers, planters. But out ...
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ListenPenn researchers use hormones to change skin tone
Researchers at a University of Pennsylvania lab have figured out how to lighten and darken skin tone using the hormones estrogen and prog ...
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Wolf wants $34 million for substance abuse-treatment centers
As part of his proposed budget, Gov. Tom Wolf is requesting $34 million to deal with the opioid epidemic gripping Pennsylvania. Th ...
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Tyler Arboretum tries new management tool: Goats
Tyler Arboretum in Delaware County has enlisted a new weapon against invasive species: a herd of goats. Managers there previously ...
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Autopsies contribute valuable scientific data, but they’ve become rare
Dr. Robert Ownbey, a pathologist who heads up the Hahnemann Hospital ...
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Listen 5:15A small patch of old growth forest with big lessons in conservation
Less than 50 miles from New York City, tucked into a bucolic corner of New Jersey’s expansive sprawl, stands a 65-acre plot of anci ...
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