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Dr. Gunther von Hagens and Dr. Angelina Whalley working on a plastinate.
The Pulse
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9/11 rescue worker chooses to have her body preserved after death

9/11 rescue worker wants the world to see the toll the work took on her body.

3 months ago

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Jennifer Addo Kaby (right) and Susan Kelly (left) became friends after Kelly’s father donated his body to a unique gross anatomy course that required students to communicate with the family of the body donor. The course was held at Indiana University School of Medicine and was discontinued in 2018.
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Medicine

How a med student’s ‘first patient’ created lasting friendships

For more than a decade, a unique gross anatomy course at Indiana University required students to get to know the family of the donated cadaver they worked on.

3 months ago

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The company behind the ChatGPT chatbot has on Wednesday, March 15 rolled out its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, in a new advance for the technology that’s caught the world's attention. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Technology

What can ChatGPT maker’s new AI model GPT-4 do?

Here's a look at what the latest ChatGPT model can and can't do.

3 months ago

Logs of coconut husk known as coir sit on the bank of the Shark River in Neptune, N.J., Jan. 31, 2023, where the American Littoral Society doing a shoreline restoration project incorporating coconut fibers. The material is being used in shoreline stabilization projects around the world
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How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts

From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of coconut husk are being incorporated into shoreline protection projects.

3 months ago

NASA engineer
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Bringing Physics from Theory to Practice

Science is all about observing the world. But how do you study something you can’t see, smell, or hear — like the tiniest particles a ...

Air Date: March 10, 2023

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Senior machinist Joe Diamond is working on the stainless steel transition plates that will be installed inside the vacuum vessel and on the center stack.
The Pulse
Energy
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Behind the scenes of a $200 million nuclear fusion experiment

How scientists and engineers make parts for a nuclear fusion experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in New Jersey.

3 months ago

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Close-up of bodies of fruit flies at various ages of developments.
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Environment
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The first wiring map of an insect’s brain hints at incredible complexity

Researchers have mapped the more than 500,000 connections in the intricate brain of a fruit fly larva. This map could help scientists better understand the human brain.

3 months ago

Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev spent three months in the Siberian Arctic, filming marine biologist, Maxim Chakilev and his research on how climate change is affecting the pacific walrus population. Their film, Haulout, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film for 2023. (The New Yorker Studios)
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Animals
Environment

Surrounded by Walruses: The Making of ‘Haulout’

In 2018, brother and sister filmmaking duo Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev traveled to a beach in the Siberian Arctic — an area in ...

Air Date: March 8, 2023

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Environmentalists from Ducks Unlimited and other organizations are using $500,000 in funding to restore saltwater marshes in Delaware and New Jersey. Saltwater marshes protect communities from flooding, and provide habitat for birds and fish. (Courtesy of Ducks Unlimited)
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Novel method will help restore Delaware and New Jersey salt marshes

Climate change threatens to “drown” Delaware’s salt marshes. New funds from the National Wildlife Foundation will use a novel method to restore them.

3 months ago

A solar array at the Nittany 1 Solar Farm
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Pennsylvania ranks near bottom of states in renewable energy generation

Pennsylvania ranks near the bottom of states when it comes to generating renewable energy.

3 months ago

The Pulse

What Makes a Pest a Pest?

Pests: We know them when we see them. The mice that lurk in our kitchens, the squirrels that steal our tomatoes, the mosquitoes that bite ...

Air Date: March 3, 2023

Listen 49:30
Science writer Bethany Brookshire has an enemy who lives in her backyard: a gray squirrel she named “Kevin.” In her new book, she says we can rethink our relationships with animals we call “pests” like squirrels, rats, pigeons, pythons and more. (Gael Dupont-langevin)
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Animals
Environment

How we decide which animals are pests, and why 

Even for the most devoted animal lover among us, there are animals that we hate and try to avoid, or kill: rats, mice, pigeons, invasive snakes. We call these animals pests.

3 months ago

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Security guards stand in front of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 11, 2020, after the market had been closed following an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Two studies document samples of SARS-CoV-2 from stalls where live animals were sold. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
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Public Health

What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

Since the COVID pandemic began three years ago, its origin has been a topic of much scientific — and political — debate.

3 months ago

The Pulse
Medicine

From med spas to DIY: Botox is everywhere but not without risks

For a product whose toxic origins trace back to a biological weapons lab in Maryland, Botox has helped normalize cosmetic injectables

4 months ago

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A close-up of a dead whale washed ashore on the beach.
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30 N.J. mayors call for moratorium on offshore wind activity and further investigation into whale deaths

No current evidence suggests that offshore wind farms or surveys have caused the recent spike in whale deaths. Necropsies have found the mammals were killed by vessel strikes.

4 months ago

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