Health & Science
Carbon indulgences: Pay to lighten your carbon footprint
Some companies offer you the chance to “erase” your carbon sins without making big changes to your lifestyle.
6 years ago
Listen 7:57What brings a mosquito in for the bite?
Here's what you learn when you put smelly socks in front of mosquitoes.
6 years ago
Parenting of the future: Many embryos, each with DNA profile
You've probably read about concerns over "designer babies," whose DNA is shaped by gene editing.
6 years ago
Debate over Philly’s safe injection site plan gets personal
Evan and Darlene love each other. But they do not see eye to eye on safe injection sites. The debate has infused their conversations, in all hours of the day and night.
6 years ago
Listen 5:26Penn study finds most black men with trauma aren’t getting treatment
Among black men in Philadelphia who’ve suffered traumatic injuries, most psychological symptoms are not treated.
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Air Date: April 17, 2018
Listen 05:57Pa. medical marijuana rule change will let patients vape
Soon, medical marijuana patients in Pennsylvania won’t just be limited to taking oils, pills, and liquid forms of the drug.
6 years ago
Safe injection sites are one answer to the opioid crisis
With 1,200 overdose-related deaths in 2017, Philadelphia is suffering some of the worst effects of the nation’s opioid crisis.
6 years ago
Atlantic Ocean current slows down to 1,000-year low, studies show
While scientists disagree about what's behind the sluggish ocean current, the shift could mean bad news for the climate.
6 years ago
$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids
The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.
6 years ago
This is a transcript of our "Make (a) Way" episode.
6 years ago
What does it mean to be a doctor with a disability?
Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.
6 years ago
Listen 12:56Philly exhibit explores idea of technology as 21st-century phantom limb
The idea is that technology has distorted how we view ourselves and society — and yet, it is an inescapable part of us.
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Listen 1:47Playing video games when you can’t see the screen
A computer scientist is pushing large video game makers to design games that blind people can enjoy.
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Listen 6:32Andrea Avery was a piano whiz kid until she developed rheumatoid arthritis at age 12. The disease symptoms can leave her feeling able-bodied one day, disabled the next.
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