The Spark

Dr. Robert Ballard, the man who led the expedition that discovered the wreckage of the Titanic in 1985, is on Monday's Smart Talk.

Titanic may be what Ballard is most famous for but there have been many other accomplishments for the oceanographer al...

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A democratic school is a school where students are trusted to take responsibility for their own lives and learning, and for the school community. At such a school, students choose their own activities and associate with whom they please. If courses are...

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Heart disease is still the number one killer in America. Sometimes, death comes quickly when a person suffers a heart attack or cardiac arrest.

A new, pioneering program to save time in reaching those in cardiac arrest and thus save lives is being i...

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The American Lung Association's annual "State of Tobacco Control" report indicates Pennsylvania is not doing enough to reduce smoking and tobacco use.

In a report card format, the Lung Association gave the state F grades in four of five categories i...

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Gov. Tom Wolf's final state budget proposal calls for $43.7 billion in spending -- an increase of around $6 billion over the current fiscal year.

In his annual budget address Tuesday, Wolf touted a budget surplus from higher than forecast tax collec...

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Pa.'s Republican-majority General Assembly are proposing Constitutional Amendments more frequently

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Smell be the one sense that is the least understood and gets the least amount of attention. It also is the sense that may have the fewest books or articles written about it.

Author Jude Stewart may have written THE book about smell. It’s called Revela...

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The collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh last month left many wondering how safe are bridges in Pennsylvania?

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PennDot applies some 800,000 tons of road salt each year.

But road salt doesn't just melt snow and ice. It creeps into the soil and can get into waterways and have a negative impact on aquatic life and plants.

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More than 40 million people visited state parks in Pennsylvania in both 2020 and 2021. Those figures represent significant increases from before the coronavirus pandemic.

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