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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.
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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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The living shoreline off the coast of Lewes, Delaware
Delaware
Energy
Environment

Living shoreline aims to mitigate flooding, erosion in Lewes, Delaware

The project aims to reduce the risk of infrastructure damage while supporting marine habitats and recreational fishing.

3 months ago

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Highway covered in floodwaters
Environment
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
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Lessons learned from Ida: Philadelphia must brace for next big storm, Penn researchers say

During the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the Schuylkill River rose to levels that hadn’t been recorded in more than 150 years.

3 months ago

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Huanmei Wu and Terry Heiman-Patterson pose for photo
Health Care
Philadelphia
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Temple researchers are building AI-powered health care ‘digital twins’ for people with ALS

A digital twin is a virtual representation of patients. Doctors plan to use the program to simulate treatments and therapies.

3 months ago

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SemPresto epinephrine autoinjector
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
Technology

Jefferson Health doctor dreams up EpiPen alternative autoinjector that attaches to your phone

The SemPresto autoinjector epinephrine device attaches to smartphones with magnetic technology and could be used for allergic reactions.

3 months ago

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two scientists at the Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab
Animals
Pennsylvania

A look inside the lab tracking Pennsylvania’s ticks

The director of Pennsylvania’s Tick Research Lab offers guidance on tick hotspots, emerging pathogens — and what to do if you’ve been bitten.

3 months ago

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A happy couple laughing together. (Luiz Woellner Fotografia/Pexels)
The Pulse
Public Health

Engineering Happiness into our Daily Lives

A look at the science of designing a happier life — from reverse-engineering joy to moments of serendipity.

Air Date: May 29, 2026

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at an election night watch party in Warminster, Pa., Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
Energy
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania

Gov. Shapiro announces plan to attract ‘responsible’ data center development

The plan would require data centers seeking tax incentives to mitigate their impacts on the environment and electric grid.

3 months ago

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a person measuring the ground
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

The U.S. Forest Service wants to move west and close regional offices, including 4 in Pennsylvania

Scientists, foresters and some in the lumber industry are concerned about losing important programs that only the Forest Service can do.

3 months ago

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The EMR scrap metal junkyard in Camden is seen from Pier 68
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

Camden scrap metal facility completes new fire suppression system

The new heat sensors and water cannons were part of an agreement EMR signed with the city after a four-alarm blaze at its facility in 2025.

3 months ago

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Pauline Berkowitz posing for photo
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Conservationists launch plan to protect Wissahickon Valley Park and Creek

During the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in 2021, water rushed down the creek, flooding Forbidden Drive.

3 months ago

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A large industrial complex near a suburban area
Delaware
Energy
Environment

Delaware lawmakers aim to make data centers pay higher rates

The legislation would require data centers to take financial responsibility for their impact on the grid.

3 months ago

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sunscreen ingredients are shown on two bottles
Government
Health Care

Philly dermatologists explain what approval of new U.S. sunscreen ingredient could mean for skin protection

The FDA is considering adding bemotrizinol as an ingredient for U.S. sunscreens. Experts say it could lead to stronger skin cancer prevention options.

3 months ago

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An open palm hand with four colored light shinning on it —red, yellow, green and blue.
The Pulse

The Strange Science of Color — And Our Quest to Understand It

We explore the world of color — from how we perceive it, to efforts to describe and differentiate its many shades.

Air Date: May 21, 2026

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A bioengineering graduate student working at Penn's AIRFoundry, explains some of the lab's cutting edge medical research using artificial intelligence to Senator David McCormick.
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Politics

Sen. David McCormick tours AI-powered biotech labs at Penn to promote AI and federal funding admit NSF turmoil

Launched with NSF funding this year, Penn’s AIRFoundry boasts the potential to radically speed up drug development.

4 months ago

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Juliane Koepcke, 17, was the lone survivor of the Dec. 1971 Peruvian Amazon plane crash. In this file photo, she arrives at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, April 7, 1972, where she plans to go to school to learn German. (AP photo)
The Pulse
Environment
Mental Health
Outdoors

What It Takes to Survive a Disaster

When disaster strikes and the chips are down, who makes it out alive?

Air Date: May 15, 2026

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