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A personality test showing options for extrovert and introvert
The Pulse
Science

The Puzzle of Personality

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Open to new experiences, or comforted by routine? Shy or the life of the party? Figuring out what m ...

Air Date: August 14, 2020

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Jordan Emerson was a member of the Whiz Kidz race team in Scarborough, Maine.  (Courtesy of Jordan Emerson)
The Pulse
Science

How a brain injury turned a teenager from shy to sociable 

A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

5 years ago

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Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves. (Sonulkaster / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

Who is the real me, exactly?

Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.

5 years ago

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden joined by his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., replaces his face mask after speaking at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Health

Biden calls for nationwide mask mandate

“This is America. Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens. Step up, do the right thing.”

5 years ago

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) heavily infected with particles (orange) from the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient sample. (NIAID)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Tracing and testing delays in Philadelphia

Of the positive cases interviewed by contact-tracers, more than 40% believed they knew the person who they got the infection from, usually a household member.

5 years ago

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Health
Spotlight PA

Inside some Pennsylvania rehabs, ‘it’s like COVID doesn’t exist’

When treatment facilities ignore coronavirus protocols, patients are forced to choose between recovery and safety.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lahore, Pakistan. Guterres expressed hope Tuesday, June 23, 2020 that Israel will hear global calls and will not go ahead with annexation of parts of the West Bank, which would undermine a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry, File)
Health

UN chief: pandemic threatens peace and risks new conflicts

Guterres said the pandemic has raised growing questions about the effectiveness of health systems, social services, trust in institutions and systems of governance.

5 years ago

GlaxoSmithKline headquarters at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Science

Pharma company pledges $10 million to Philly students to help diversify STEM careers

Black workers make up 12% of the United States’ workforce, but hold 5% of science and engineering jobs, according to the National Science Foundation.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia police officer rushes to help a stranded motorist during Tropical Storm Isaias
Science

A new advisory panel on climate change starts work at DRBC

On the heels of a storm that destroyed property, displaced hundreds of people and flooded the region’s waterways, the timing is particularly relevant.

5 years ago

Bentonite clay spills into Marsh Creek Lake. (Courtesy of Chris DiGiuilo)
Science

Mariner East pipeline construction spills up to 10,000 gallons of drilling mud into Chesco stream and lake

The spill is one of more than 100 across the length of the pipeline.

5 years ago

Listen 1:40
Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach.
Down the Shore
Health

Fecal bacteria leads to swimming advisories at six N.J. beaches

Six New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon due to exceeding the allowable bacteria threshold, state officials said.

5 years ago

College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: UPenn to move classes online, freeze tuition this coming semester

The University of Pennsylvania announced that the vast majority of undergraduate classes will be online, with some exceptions like clinical rotations for nursing students.

5 years ago

(NASA)
Down the Shore
Science

Prolific, colorful Perseid meteor shower to dazzle stargazers during peak

The best viewing is from a dark location, like a secluded beach, between a few hours before midnight and dawn, according to earthsky.org.

5 years ago

Atlantic Ocean in N.J.
Down the Shore
Science

‘Sea lice’ reported at N.J. beaches is actually jellyfish larvae, biologist says

Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the larvae were likely pushed to New Jersey from Florida by Tropical Storm Isaias.

5 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin
Health

Global coronavirus cases top 20M as Russia approves vaccine

The countries with the most infections are the U.S., India and Brazil. Russia has the fourth most.

5 years ago

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