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Susan Phillips @StateImpactPA
Deep in the Loyalsock State Forest, where no cell phone signal reaches, the sounds of rushing waterfalls and forest birds are suddenly interrupted by the sound of a helicopter. Paul Zeph of the Pennsylvania Audubon Society says the noise could be related to gas drilling. Drillers will often drop
May 21
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Taunya English, @taunyaenglish
Do high hospital 'sticker prices' mean anything?Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Temple University Hospital, Hahnemann University Hospital and Delaware County Memorial Hospital are on a list of medical centers with the highest billing rates in the nation.
May 20
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Tom Johnson
A cooling stack at Salem Nuclear Power Plant (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Frustrated by state agencies’ inaction, a coalition of conservation organizations wants regulatory officials to require that cooling towers be built to reduce massive fish kills at two big power plants in New Jersey and a
May 20
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Maiken Scott, @maikenscott
(<a href=http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?lang=en&search_source=search_form&search_tracking_id=R1aVL5CBGJ0m_qBbIuY9Dw&version=llv1&anyorall=all&safesearch=1&searchterm=multitasking+teen&search_group=&orient=&search_cat=&searchtermx=&photographer_name=&people_gender=&people_age=&people_ethnicity=&people_number=&commercial_ok=&color=&show_color_wheel=1#id=13481725&src=t7jXruJYTAeAXmAia930uQ-1-19>Generation Y photo</a> via ShutterStock)How long can you focus on one task before your attention takes you somewhere else? A new study tracked students' every move while they studied - or - supposedly studied.
May 20
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Elizabeth Fiedler, @EAFiedler
Father Paul Check says his sports camp helps men strive towards chastity and friendship, but Ed Coffin with Peace Advocacy Network, says he is troubled by the anti-gay mission of the camp. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)Men gathering at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary this week will be encouraged to practice good sportsmanship and chastity. The controversial annual event called "Sports Camp" is organized by a Catholic organization called
May 17
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Shai Ben-Yaacov
On the Gosnell conviction and Philly schools budget woesNewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller discussed the week's top stories - the conviction of West Philadelphia abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell and Mayor Michael Nutter's request to find funding for schools - with reporters
(Tony Auth)How neighborhood influences health and the power of place. 
Gray Matters: New tools for growing olderWHYY's Health+Science reporters Taunya English, Maiken Scott and Carolyn Beeler examine the challenges of aging and new tools available to meet them. 
Radio Times
  • Climate change milestone

    May 21

    Guests: Gavin Schmidt, Anthony Leiserowitz Last week carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached record levels — 400 parts per million, according to a monitoring station in Hawaii.  Never in human history have carbon dioxide concentrations been that high.  Scientists have

  • Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill on Dirty Wars

    May 21

    GUEST: JEREMY SCAHILL Much of the Obama Administration’s national security policy relies on the work of  the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and the CIA’s Special Activities Division. According to our guest JEREMY SCAHILL, National Security Correspondent for The Nation,

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  • Parenting with a mental illness

    May 17

    Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Daily demands add up and can be stressful and unnerving. For parents who’ve been diagnosed with a mental illness, life’s ordinary challenges and daily activities can feel extraordinary—and this can affect the

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Want to send your name to Mars?
May 13 When NASA's MAVEN mission (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft) launches November 14, 2014, you can add your name to those going along on the trip.
 

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