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Rising to the celestial occasion with tracking balloons
The coast-to-coast eclipse paid a visit to Russellville, Kentucky, Monday afternoon, greeted by a throng of observers, including a group ...
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ListenProducer: Monica Rogozinski At 2500 Reed Street in South Philadelphia, a 7,000 square foot community garden emerg ...
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Monday’s eclipse to provide rare research opportunity for scientists
Paul Halpern, physics professor at University of the Sciences explains how scientists use this rare event in their research. The g ...
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Listen 8:38A star-studded trip to witness the 1973 eclipse
Retired Pennsylvania science teacher Stephen Berr made plans two years ago to witness this year’s solar eclipse in Driggs, Idaho. ...
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Listen 3:59What’s a cloud forest without clouds?
Scientists say climate change could dry out misty jungles in the Andes of Peru. Along mountainsides in Central and South America, ...
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Listen 6:08Returning 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 ...
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Listen 6:44Gulf 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 ...
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Listen 9:46When 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 ...
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ListenWhen do words become hate speech?
When it comes to race, words matter. In the wake of the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave H ...
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Listen 4:38‘Remix’ host: Charlottesville a result of recent toxic racialized politics
The racially charged rally resulting in violence and loss of life in Charlottesville, Virginia has left the nation looking yet again for ...
8 years ago
Listen 9:30As 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 ...
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Listen 9:18Producer: Michael O’Reilly Philly Style Bagels started with two friends, Collin Shapiro and Jonathon Zilberas, ...
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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
Listen 4:40Bucks County author Michael Becker talks about his memoir ‘A Walk with Purpose’
He joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss life with a terminal illness and the activities that keep him going. & ...
8 years ago
Listen 19:23No telling how many catcallers dog women on Philly streets
It’s tough to pin down just how much catcalling happens in Philadelphia and elsewhere, but ...
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