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 WHYY reporter Zack Seward interviews James Bailey of Solar States on top of the Crane Arts Building. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for Newsworks)
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School rooftops become solar farms under company’s plan

The potential for solar energy from Philadephia schools is through the roof. A clear, cold day on a South Kensington rooftop.&nbsp ...

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 A new way to find a flu shot. (Screengrab via cityofphiladelphia.github.io)
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There’s now an easy map for finding flu shots in Philadelphia

Want a free or low-cost flu shot, but not sure where to find one? Problem solved. Inspired by ...

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‘Noteriety’ launches at UPenn, promising class notes on demand

“We don’t want this to be a way for kids to cheat or anything like that,” said University of Pennsylvania sophomore Ada ...

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 DuckDuckGo founder Gabe Weinberg (left) joins reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian for a public talk at First Round Capital in University City. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
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Full day in Philly for Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is on a ...

12 years ago

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 From left: Arleen Olshan and Linda Slodki took advantage of a brief time last summer when the Montgomery County register of wills was issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (Image courtesy of Olshan and Slodki)
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Even with a marriage license, coming out of the closet is a journey, not a destination

Coming out, gay or queer — you would think, in this day and age, it was no longer an issue. You think: Younger generations are so accepting, and they don't seem to care. Lesbi

12 years ago

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 Sawika ìDenî Jaiping, a subsistence farmer in Bo Kluea, Thailand, tries the weeder co-developed by a Drexel University professor. (Photo courtesy of Alexander Moseson)
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How a Drexel professor (and a Gates Foundation grant) is helping farmers in Thailand

Farming in the hill country of northeast Thailand has its own set of challenges. “Anything that’s good for flatland fa ...

12 years ago

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 A group of self-taught mechanics in remote Bo Kluea, Thailand, brainstorm design improvements for a labor-saving seed planter with Drexel University's Alexander Moseson. (Image courtesy of Drexel University)
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Drexel, Penn, Jefferson researchers win Gates Foundation grants for improving health abroad

Building a better condom ...

12 years ago

 On Thursday, a team of students at the STEM Academy in Downingtown, Pa., prepared a science experiment bound for the International Space Station. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
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Downingtown high-schoolers to launch science experiment into space

A science experiment designed by high school students in Downingtown, Pa., is heading to the International Space Station next month. ...

12 years ago

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 A Seaside Heights water rescue truck departs the Governor's Mansion in Island Beach State Park Thursday afternoon. Units were on hand at the location to establish a landing zone for a medevac, which was later cancelled. A woman pulled from the ocean was then transported by an ambulance to a local hospital. (Photo: Justin Auciello/for NewsWorks)
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A running lizard slips and falls. Can that make seniors safer?

If you study them closely enough, maybe animals in motion can help humans move better — or even robots. That’s the idea be ...

12 years ago

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NPR highlights Philadelphia as a city where ‘tech procurement works’

The government procurement process. Are there four duller words in the English language? (I kid.) But here’s why you should ...

12 years ago

 Ignite Philly co-organizer Geoff DiMasi addressing the crowd at Johnny Brenda's. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Monko)
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15 totally weird (in a good way) talks from Ignite Philly 12 [audio]

Get up on stage and say something interesting. That’s Ignite Philly, in a nutshell. Last night was the 12th local gathering ...

12 years ago

GlaxoSmithKline headquarters at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Strong showing from Pa. universities in GSK drug competition

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) just ...

12 years ago

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 With a blank piece of paper on the table below, the user looks straight down at the prism's exposed edge. (Image courtesy of Pablo Garcia and Golan Levin)
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Old tech, new twist: NeoLucida inventor to speak in Philly Thursday

At its most basic level, it’s a prism on a stick. Aim it at an object, put your eye just above the prism and on the paper below app ...

12 years ago

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 Philadelphia's current city flag, left, and a makeover proposed by local designer Edward Mitchell, right.
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Should this be Philadephia’s new city flag?

The Philadelphia city flag. You really don’t see it that much. “You really don’t,” said Edward Mitchell, a ...

12 years ago

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 Mayor Michael Nutter at the city's FastFWD launch event Wednesday afternoon. (Zack Seward/WHYY)
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Can entrepreneurs improve public safety? Philly launches FastFWD to find out

Philadelphia has its problems. The city wants entrepreneurs to help fix them. In a nutshell, that’s the idea behind FastFWD ...

12 years ago

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