WHYY is Greater Philadelphia's leading public media provider, having served southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and all of Delaware for more than 50 years. An NPR and PBS member station, WHYY reaches and engages about 1 million television viewers and 410,000 radio listeners a week and 90,000 unique website visitors a month.
Contributions from this Station
Flowers to Pharmacy
The nation's first hospital in Philadelphia culled its archives to create a collection of medical and botanical texts from the 18th and early 19th century.
Post on Dec 09, 2011 by Taunya English
Why I Do Science: Danielle Reed
If you can't abide Brussels sprouts and broccoli, your genes may be to blame. Geneticist Danielle Reed of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia studies differences in our perception of taste and smell. A small blip in DNA might determine if you're bitter blind or have a sweet tooth.
Video on Nov 15, 2011 by Taunya English
‘Superfast’ Muscles Help Bats Find Their Dinner
As a hunting bat closes in on a flying insect, its echolocation calls get closer and closer together, and shorter and shorter in duration. Scientists recently discovered how their muscles can produce more than 160 calls every second.
Post on Nov 09, 2011 by Carolyn Beeler
Scientists Work to Measure, Understand Jersey Jellyfish Explosion
New Jersey scientists study proliferating populations of sea nettles, which have made some waters un-swimmable.
Post on Nov 02, 2011 by Carolyn Beeler
The Gritty Side of Major League Baseball
The science behind the decades-old MLB tradition of rubbing down baseballs with mud before they hit the field.
Slideshow on Oct 24, 2011 by Carolyn Beeler
The View from Coal Country in the Age of Green
Coal produces nearly half the electricity in the U.S., but the mercury, sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide it emits also makes it one of the most controversial energy sources. For many environmental activists, coal represents an old, dirty source of power, but for coal-mining communities around the country, the story is different.
Audio Report on Sep 23, 2011 by Carolyn Beeler
Rendezvous With Horseshoe Crabs
They're more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to crabs. Each spring, thousands of horseshoe crabs mate on the shores of the Delaware Bay.
Post on Aug 10, 2011 by Kerry Grens
Science on the SPOT: Rendezvous With Horseshoe Crabs
Watch as thousands of prehistoric horseshoe crabs take over a beach in Delaware.
Video on Aug 10, 2011 by Todd Vachon
Revisiting Mandatory Recycling
Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash. But all that began to change a few years ago when the city stepped up its mandatory recycling program and cracked down on violators.
Audio Report on Jul 13, 2011 by Kerry Grens
