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Estela entered the United States from Oaxaco
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Fear, cost keep undocumented immigrants from health care

Immigration-reformers question benefits for U.S.-citizen children of undocumented immigrants.  Alex ...

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When calculating care costs, online estimators can fall short

When making any purchase, the responsible thing to do is check the price first. But when it comes to figuring out the price of a medical ...

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News reporters talk to London as the new 42-million-dollar transatlantic telephone cable is officially opened in New York City
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This week in science history, dialing across the Atlantic

“May I have your attention please? I think it would be desirable now if you would all pick up your handsets and be prepared for the ...

10 years ago

Neighborhood kids decorate a cleaned-up alley in the Patterson Park neighborhood of Baltimore on May 30. Photo courtesy of Leanna Wetmore from the Healthy Harbor Initiative.
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In Baltimore, taking back the harbor starts in the alleys

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is often referred to as the gem of the city. Residents run and shop along the waterfront, and its aquarium ...

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Wynn is a service dog specially trained to detect symptoms that might precede his owner's seizure. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
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Service dog or impostor? Here’s how to spot the difference

If you have a dog and have to fly for travel, y ...

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The cattle at Covered-L Farms are a mix of Herford and Red Angus breeds. Landers converted his cattle ranch to 100 percent grass-fed beef in 2007. (Kristofor Husted/Harvest Public Media)
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Farmers forced to adapt as dietary recommendations change

While the average American eats hundreds of pounds of meat every year, many ...

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 A woman sitting at a VODER talking machine. (Screen grab of youtube video by Mono Thyratron)
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Sound it out: the (sometimes creepy) history of the talking machine

The latest iPhones are out in stores. They include lots of new features, a better camera, as well as more from the little voice inside th ...

10 years ago

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Fisherman of the Long Island Sound have become accustomed to pulling up empty lobster pots. (Nathaniel Butler/for WHYY)
The Pulse

The mysterious case of Long Island Sound’s disappearing lobsters

As the waters off of Long Island Sound warm, the lobsters are going elsewhere, and the men who made their living fishing them out of the ...

10 years ago

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Turn on your love light

The history, science and sex of the dimmer switch When your mom is a knockout, this undoubtedly affects the path your life takes. ...

10 years ago

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The implications of putting the mentally ill behind bars instead of in hospitals

Jails or prisons may be the worst places imaginable for people with mental illness, but about one in five inmates suffers from one.  ...

10 years ago

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Biking behind bars; female inmates pedal for their health

The gym at Riverside Correctional Facility is through the metal detector, two heavy doors and down the hall.  There’s a ...

10 years ago

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‘Bringing Sexy Back’

An invention in 1959 made the art of seduction easier with the twist of a knob — it was the dimmer switch, and it changed the dining ro ...

Air Date: September 17, 2015

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If your heart stops…let it be at the craps table

Ah…ah…ah…ah…Stayin’ Alive. The moment your heart stops pumping blood is the moment you stop ...

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Using a balloon, a fishnet and a camera to calculate crowds

Will they come? Or rather, how many? The number of papal pilgrims who come to see the pontiff in Philadelphia next weekend is one of the ...

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Researchers are studying cell regeneration in zebrafish to learn how to reverse human hearing loss. Zebrafish are an ideal species to study because their embryos are transparent. (Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado/Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
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The unlikely relationship between zebrafish and human hearing

Early hearing loss was hard for Rob Jefferson to accept, even though it runs in his family. “No, it couldn’t have been ...

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