
The Pulse Archive
Climate change threatens nation’s birds, new report finds
A new national report from the Audubon Society paints a very grim picture for the country’s bird populations. A new national ...
11 years ago
ListenState-run programs help nurses detox together and stay in their scrubs
“I’m smart, I’m using a clean needle every time, I’m smart and then…I’m in.” It’s ...
11 years ago
ListenThe art of explaining science… and why it’s so hard to do
What makes a scientist a good communicator? It turns out the scientific community has become more interested in figuring that out. ...
11 years ago
ListenScientists from Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia have just named a brand-new dinosaur—they dubbed ...
Air Date: September 5, 2014
ListenWhat the Medicaid expansion means for those ‘in the gap’
Last week, the Corbett administration announced a Medicaid-alternative agreement with the federal government that would allow more people ...
11 years ago
ListenDr. Thomas Mütter — getting to know the man behind the macabre collection
In her new book, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz captures Mütter’s journey from young, sickly orphan to beloved surgeon and teacher ...
11 years ago
ListenGoing back to the basics in Syria with physician Abdalmajid Katranji
Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji has been treating badly wounded patients in a bare bones operation room for the past four years in Syria. ...
11 years ago
ListenTurning up the volume on a quiet world
A million Americans have trouble hearing high-pitched sounds, especially vets and people working industrial jobs. But makers of a new hyb ...
11 years ago
ListenFast radio bursts – deep space’s newest noisemaker
Scientists are starting to hear a new kind of message from far across the universe, the question is what (or who) is sending it? I ...
11 years ago
ListenPhilly scientists discover new gigantic dinosaur, ‘Dreadnoughtus’ [photos]
A Drexel-led team of scientists named a newly discovered dinosaur Thursday, a sauropod from southern Patagonia dubbed “Dreadnoughtu ...
11 years ago
ListenIn the fight against obesity, public health officials, the government and doctors are trying all kinds of things. In Philadelphia, they ...
Air Date: August 29, 2014
ListenBattling cancer and making theater: ‘Susan’s Undoing’
The shattering news came, as it does for many women, after Susan Chase had a routine mammogram. When she got a phone message reque ...
11 years ago
ListenPregnant Pa. inmates continue to be shackled, despite state law
In 2010, Pennsylvania passed a law prohibiting the shackling of pregnant inmates after their second trimester, but as reporter Audrey Qui ...
11 years ago
ListenDo states that offer medical marijuana have lower rates of opioid painkiller overdoses?
New research explores a potential relationship between legalizing medical marijuana and the number of opioid overdose deaths. New ...
11 years ago
ListenCan smart meters really help us get smarter about our energy use?
If you live in Philadelphia, you may have noticed a new device on your home called a “smart meter.” Unlike the old meters, th ...
11 years ago
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