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Science

NashVillager Podcast: April 16, 2024

Nina Cardona

April 16, 2024

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Are twisters becoming more common in Middle Tennessee? 

Filed Under: Environment, NashVillager Podcast, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Extreme weather, Tennessee Tornadoes, tornadoes

The country’s largest producer of eclipse glasses is in Tennessee

Katie Riordan

April 7, 2024

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Millions of people will be wearing glasses next week to watch the total solar eclipse, and it’s likely they were made by a small business in Memphis.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: memphis, solar eclipse

Relive the hoopla of the 2017 total solar eclipse across Tennessee

Tony Gonzalez

April 7, 2024

solar eclipse photo Nashville 2017

If you know, you know: A solar eclipse can change lives. WPLN staffers plunged into covering the moment back on Aug. 21, 2017 with a slew of stories

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: eclipse, solar eclipse

How to (safely) watch the solar eclipse from Nashville on Monday

Miriam Kramer

April 6, 2024

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Nashville won’t be treated to a total solar eclipse Monday, but a significant partial solar eclipse will peak locally at 2:03 p.m.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: eclipse, solar eclipse

Exploring Vanderbilt’s new Quantum Potential series

Katherine Ceicys

March 11, 2024

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Vanderbilt’s new video series takes viewers behind the scenes on some innovative research projects.

Filed Under: Programs, Science

Landslides, floods might get mapped in Tennessee under new bills

Caroline Eggers

February 21, 2024

Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation this year that would require public access to maps of floods and landslides across the state. 

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, environment, landslides, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Hearing loss is greater among people living in rural areas, study finds

Ayesha Rascoe, NPR

January 29, 2024

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A new study looking at hearing loss finds that it’s greater among people living in rural areas. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with audiologist Nicholas Reed, who co-authored the study.

Filed Under: Health Care, NPR News, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: hearing loss, rural health, rural Tennessee

As deep freeze sets in, Tennessee snow is here to stay

Catherine Sweeney

January 15, 2024

The totals are in: Middle Tennessee got more than 7.5 inches of snow over the holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Extreme weather, snow, winter weather

More snow and dangerous cold: what’s in the forecast for Middle Tennessee and how to prepare

Nina Cardona, Cynthia AbramsandPaige Pfleger

January 15, 2024

Snow — as much as 4 inches in some pockets — blanketed Middle Tennessee overnight, and residents woke to a wind chill around zero degrees on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A winter storm warning is in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: winter weather

Deadly tornadoes cause damage across Middle Tennessee

Rachel Iacovone, Catherine Sweeney, Paige Pfleger, Rose Gilbert, Alexis MarshallandNina Cardona

December 9, 2023

Hendersonville, Tennessee storm damage

Deadly tornadoes tore through Middle Tennessee on Saturday, causing damage and power outages for thousands. As of Sunday afternoon, six people were confirmed dead. There were three deaths in Clarksville and three in the Madison area of Nashville. There were also dozens of injuries across the region.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: clarksville, December 2023 tornadoes, Dickson County, Hendersonville, Nashville, Robertson County, severe weather, tornado

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