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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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 An 8-foot camera-carrying balloon has a test launch before Monday's solar eclipse. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
NewsWorks Tonight

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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a community garden
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Growing Home

Producer: Monica Rogozinski At 2500 Reed Street in South Philadelphia, a 7,000 square foot community garden emerg ...

8 years ago

This photo provided by Bob Baer and Sarah Kovac, participants in the Citizen CATE Experiment, shows a 'diamond ring' shape during the 2016 total solar eclipse in Indonesia. (R. Baer, S. Kovac/Citizen CATE Experiment via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

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 ...

8 years ago

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The Pulse
Science

A 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. ...

8 years ago

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Sunset at Wayqecha Biological Station at 10,000 above sea level. Below, the Amazon Basin stretches out for thousands of miles toward the Atlantic Ocean. (Dan Grossman/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

What’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, ...

8 years ago

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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)
The Pulse
Science

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)
The Pulse
Science

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)
The Pulse
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 ...

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White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

When 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 ...

8 years ago

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Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

‘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

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 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)
The Pulse
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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bagels
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Style Bagels

Producer: Michael O’Reilly Philly Style Bagels started with two friends, Collin Shapiro and Jonathon Zilberas, ...

8 years ago

 Ballerina flats are the worst shoes to wear if you want to prevent sweaty, smelly feet. (WHYY News)
The Pulse
Health

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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Michael Becker with WHYY's Dave Heller. (WHYY photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Bucks 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

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(Billy Penn illustration)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

No 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 ...

8 years ago

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