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Health & Science
Making movies animates long-term Children’s Hospital patients
Drexel University students are teaming up with young patients at CHOP to create animated films.
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Listen 4:57New Horizons: NASA’s mission to Pluto
Air Date: May 2, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:47Air Date: May 1, 2018 10:20 am
Listen 36:03Air Date: April 30, 2018
Listen 06:11Penn State researchers join international effort to study Antarctic ‘doomsday’ glacier
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To treat depression when drugs fail, CHOP researchers begin search for solutions in mice brains
Researchers found that stimulating a specific region of mice’s brains called the entorhinal cortex decreased their symptoms of depression.
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Are we prepared for a killer flu epidemic?
Humanity's ability to stop a flu pandemic has changed little in the past century.
6 years ago
NASA Mars mission faces setback after heat shield cracks under pressure
A critical part of NASA's next $2 billion rover mission to Mars broke during testing earlier this month.
6 years ago
Benzodiazepines: America’s ‘other prescription drug problem’
The problem with benzos, as they're also known, is that they're highly addictive medications, both physically and psychologically.
6 years ago
Scientists mobilize to account for rise in mange among Pa. bears
Bears in Pennsylvania are struggling with mange they can't seem to kick. Scientists are studying what's unique about the disease in the state.
6 years ago
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