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What’s next for workplace wellness?

Workplace wellness programs have sprouted up with a vengeance in the last decade or so, but do they work? Workplace wellness progr ...

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Want to meet the Pulse and SciStarter teams? Join us Tuesday, Feb. 18, for Science at the Sixers.  Want to meet the Pulse and ...

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Tom Mallouk and his team at Penn State University have built nanomotors that fit - and bounce around- inside living human cells.
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Penn State nanomotor breakthrough brings hope for treating illness through engines in human cells

Operating tiny motors inside a cell is a “basic science” breakthrough toward a far-off dream. Scientists at Pennsylvan ...

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How to improve your love life

Clinical sexologist Susana Mayer encourages couples to turn their beds into sandboxes.  “I show women how to have orgas ...

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Medical ethicist Art Caplan weighs in on the surge of workplace wellness programs and how some of these programs
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Workplace wellness sounds good, but is it ethical?

Medical ethicist Art Caplan weighs in on the surge of workplace wellness programs and how some of these programs “go too far.” ...

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Undocumented teens unite through a painful, shared journey

A look at the mental health needs of undocumented immigrants.  In a lot of ways, Domingo is like other good kids his age. He ...

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Choreographer Brian Sanders still pushing the limits after joint replacement surgery

Choreographer Brian Sanders opens up about the hip replacement surgery that sparked a minor career change. Choreographer Brian San ...

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The Pulse – February 7, 2014

On this edition of The Pulse, we explore the question of how kids impact life satisfaction and happiness. We talk with Jennifer Senior ab ...

Air Date: February 7, 2014

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Under the paints and pigments, the science behind art restoration

How does science play a role in restoring an elaborate 17th Century painting?  To restore a painting, it takes a village, a t ...

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Parenthood: great ride, or serious drag? Researchers keep looking for answers

The stroller brigade was rolling down the street, toward a busy day care center near Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway. It was dr ...

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A diagnosis many years in the making – Systemic Scleroderma

In this week’s Patient Files, Emma Straub talks about the anxiety that came with trying to define a disease that’s affected h ...

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Will robots ever take over the world? And other questions, posed to an expert

The Delaware Valley is an international leader in health, science and innovation. Living in such a brain-heavy region, it is not unheard ...

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This is the sixth year Pat Evans will be participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count from New Jersey. (Kimberly Haas/for The Pulse)
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How to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count

The Pulse tags along with local birdwatcher Pat Evans as she studies migratory bird patterns and fluxes in bird populations from New Jers ...

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The Pulse – January 31, 2014

On this edition of The Pulse, we take a look at Camden’s history as a tech hub. We’ll get a tour of some of the important inv ...

Air Date: January 31, 2014

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This undated photo released by the Federal University of Amazonas shows an Inia araguaiaensis dolphin in the Araguaia River in Amazonas state
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This Week In Science — Discovering a new species of river dolphin

River dolphins, Midwestern earthquakes, and flying snakes. Kerry Grens, an associate editor at The Scientist, joins The P ...

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