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A Telehealth Report Card: What’s Worked and What Hasn’t

From: Tradeoffs

As Congress figures out the future of telehealth, we get a reality check from a top researcher about what this care has and has not delivered.

The African Burial Ground

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

Is it possible to study human remains ethically?

The Space Force will track troops' fitness with wearable devices. Will that keep them healthier?

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Air Force troops run a timed 1.5 miles during their annual physical fitness test at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois on June 9, 2022. The U.S. Space Force intends to do away with a once-a-year assessments in favor of wearable technology that constantly tr, Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront

Instead of an annual fitness test, the devices will monitor troops' activity throughout the year.

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio, and KUT

Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care

From: Tradeoffs

We explore “cascades of care” — how a doctor’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.

Answering the Call, Part 1: America’s New Mental Health Crisis Line

From: Tradeoffs

Starting July 16, 2022, anyone in the U.S. experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to dial 988 for help. We explore what it will take for ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR

The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more

How can cities keep sewage out of Great Lakes? Go underground

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: A photo of the finished Euclid Creek Tunnel, the first of 7., Credit: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Combined sewer overflows are common in over 700 cities and towns in the country. Several cities are under consent decrees to solve this problem --...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO

Got pollution? Canadian city puts it in giant box

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: John Gee with Environment and Climate Change Canada stands on a platform overlooking the Randle Reef restoration project., Credit: Veronica Volk

Imagine a huge steel box – whose lid is 10 football fields across. It's being built in Hamilton's harbor on the western end of Lake Ontario. It’s d...

Bought by WMUK, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WLPR , WCPN and more

Great Lakes targeted for offshore wind farms

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Lorry Wagner, CEO of LEEDCo, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

The nation's first offshore wind farm recently began operating in New England, and developers now are eying vast body of water: the Great Lakes. Pr...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUVO, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more

Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy

From: Great Lakes Today

Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO

App helps track Ebola spread

From: University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism

Caption: An app designed by university researchers and students helps government officials and health workers visualize the spread of Ebola in Liberia.

Students and faculty from U.S. universities have teamed with the Liberian Ministry of Information and an American tech company to help fight Ebola....

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Accessible Media Inc.

Asteroid miners prepare to harvest outer space

From: Audrey Quinn

Caption: Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries and Dr. Glenn Lightsey discuss future missions at the Texas Spacecraft Lab, Credit: Audrey Quinn

It currently costs $10,000 a pound to transport material from Earth into space. If humans want to live in space someday, those transport costs alon...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix

An Equation to Predict Crime?

From: Aaron Mendelson

In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED

Colorado Town Launches Smart Grid Project

From: Grace Hood

Fort Collins, Colo., is one of 100 recipients across the country to receive federal stimulus money. The goal is to build so-called smart grids, bri...

Bought by KRUA