Gaby Gonzalez of Louisiana State University, also the spokesperson of LIGO Scientific Collaboration, explains how the universe talks to us, and how we finally have the tools to listen.

On September 14, 2015, two massive detectors that make up the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory recorded gravitational waves moving through the space-time continuum for the first time since Einstein hypothesized their existence over hundred years ago. This audio comes from the National Science Foundation press conference on 2/1//2016.

The Universe is Chirping at Us

Part of our ongoing #RocStorm coverage of the clean-up after Olympia. Reinecker had been out for a half hour when I caught up with her as she scraped and shoveled snow away from her car on Oxford Street in Rochester.

Day Two Dig Out - Megan Reinecker v Snow Removal

Rochester is poised to become the photonics hub of the nation, thanks to a $600 million public-private partnership that will establish a national photonics institute in the city. But just what is this technology, and how can it affect us and the rest of the world? WXXI News is bringing you a three-part series to explain, What Is Photonics?

What Is Photonics?

Alpena, Mich., has turned the shipwrecks off its shores into a tourist attraction. Now, other Great Lakes towns are hoping to create freshwater marine sanctuaries of their own.

This piece originally aired on NPR's All Things Considered.

In Lake Huron, Underwater Treasures, And A Marine Sanctuary, Boost Tourism Industry

Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the Great Lakes. Some cities -- like New York City -- have tried to ban bags or charge a fee for them. But as Veronica Volk of Great Lakes Today tells us, it's hard to make these bans stick.

You want to ban plastic bags? Good luck

Unstable ice has been a factor in the deaths of more than 30 people across the northeast and Great Lakes region this winter. One of those tragedies took place last month on Conesus Lake, N.Y.

N.Y. brothers add to toll of deadly winter

Leaving the world of adolescence and entering the adult world -- the real world -- can be a confusing time for anyone. But for young people with disabilities, it can feel like arriving at a cliff as they leave behind the cocoon of school and sometimes struggle to find a place where they belong.

This podcast is produced by WXXI News in Rochester, NY. For more, visit exitedpodcast.org

From WXXI News: Exited

Rep. Louise Slaughter died early Friday at the age of 88.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter

Welcome to my audio portfolio! I am a reporter/producer for WXXI News in Rochester, NY. Sometimes I dump projects I'm working on in this feed, and sometimes I just collect ambient sounds from the world around me.

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