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Going 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.  ...

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Karyn Reyher has a hybrid cochlear implant to account for her severe to profound hearing loss at high frequencies. (Kelly Reyher/for The Pulse)
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Turning 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 ...

12 years ago

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The world's largest radio telescope near Arecibo
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Fast 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 ...

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A single toe bone of Dreadnoughtus schrani weighs approximately 15 pounds. Only one was found. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philly 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 ...

12 years ago

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The Pulse – August 29, 2014

In 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

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Susan Chase at home in Mt. Airy. (J.Woods/for The Pulse)
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Battling 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 ...

12 years ago

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Pregnant 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 ...

12 years ago

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Do 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 ...

12 years ago

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Krystal Eason's smart meter is mounted to the basement wall in her North Philadelphia home. The meter gives Eason and her utility more detailed information about her family's energy use. (Katie Colaneri/for The Pulse)
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Can 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 ...

12 years ago

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Eugene Tatom Sr. plays in the championship game of the National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Sports and competition is a way of life for disabled Vietnam Veteran

Eugene Tatom Sr. of Philadelphia was 22 years old, and almost done serving in Vietnam with the United States Marine Corps, when he steppe ...

12 years ago

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Shayla and Micah Norman enjoy a healthy meal at home in West Philly. (Taunya English/for The Pulse)
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Reviving the fading tradition of family dinner

Is family dinner making a comeback? It’s one of the newest ideas to fight childhood obesity in Philadelphia. Senbagam Viruda ...

12 years ago

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The Pulse – August 22, 2014

You know the feeling…you’re trying to come up with a witty line, a clever metaphor, a song, a poem…and nothing. The har ...

Air Date: August 22, 2014

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Molly Hayward (right) works with Indian manufacturers in hopes of empowering a new generation of young women. (Courtesy Cora 2014)
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Turning tampons into agents for change

A Philadelphia company uses feminine hygiene products to empower girls in developing countries. There are two hot trends in online ...

12 years ago

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$22 million just a drop in the ice bucket for ALS research

Bill Gates has done it. Oprah, Conan O’Brian, LeBron James and Mark Zuckerberg have done it. Everywhere, people famous and not so f ...

12 years ago

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The view from the top of Six Flags Great Adventure's new drop tower
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Why do we like to be scared?

The science behind fear…and why we seek it out.  Your pulse pounds. Y ...

12 years ago

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