
Health & Science
How one mom got through losing her first pregnancy
One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. Today Carolina Garzon is mom to smiling five-month-old Emma, but her first try at mot ...
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ListenThe ‘baby penalty’ often sidelines female scientists
Married women scientists with children are less likely to get a tenure track job than married men with children. Nancy Pleshko, a ...
5 years ago
ListenLack of doctors puts rural mothers and babies at risk
Shawnee Baker was in labor — and her husband was trying his best to get her to the hospital in time. As they bumped along country roads ...
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ListenChesco residents urge officials to reject development plan for contaminated site
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Pharmacy students see first hand Philadelphia’s naloxone shortage
Three pharmacy school students gathered outside a windowless brick storefront in Fairhill, just blocks from Philadelphia’s most not ...
5 years ago
Listen 2:23Innovation and inspiration for kids at Philadelphia Science Festival
When you are young, the science bug might bite you at any time. For a young boy named Sonny Viscelli, it happened during a visit to the T ...
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It’s a rollercoaster raising a transgender child in the spotlight
In Kansas City, the Jackson family is learning to live with the costs of a more public life. At age 3, the child Debi and Tom Jack ...
5 years ago
ListenWhy we should pay for science that sounds silly
A biologist says her research on dolphin sex is worth public investment. A whole bunch of dolphin clitorises are laid out on a tab ...
5 years ago
ListenUnder the bridge, a world of pain not so far from any of us
The suffering I witnessed in the course of some recent reporting I did on the opioid epidemic weighed more heavily on me than a ...
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The Blanco reflector telescope at Cerro Tololo in Chile has detected a ‘distant dwarf’ planet observers are calling “De ...
Air Date: April 24, 2017
Listen 00:07:24Sunoco’s Mariner East 1 pipeline leaked ethane and propane in Berks County, records show
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Guests: Emily Dreyfuss, Mary Anne Franks Facebook Live is intended to provide a way to send video of your life and exper ...
Air Date: April 20, 2017
Listen 00:49:29Regulators to seek ways of boosting natural gas service in rural communities
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