
Health & Science
Climate change is already hurting U.S. communities, federal report says
The fourth National Climate Assessment is the culmination of years of research and analysis by hundreds of top climate scientists in the country.
7 years ago
Investigators tracking latest romaine lettuce outbreak are feeling some deja vu
Over the past six weeks, at least 50 people in the U.S. and Canada have gone to the doctor suffering from the symptoms of food poisoning.
7 years ago
A gun can change a moment, a life, a family, an entire neighborhood. Like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, guns have a unique ability t ...
Air Date: November 22, 2018
Listen 49:10Temple brings black men in medicine together to boost doctors of color
Temple University’s medical school gathered black physicians and young African-American men who are considering medicine.
7 years ago
State to hold public meeting on PFAS contamination
The meeting will be held Friday, November 30 at 9am the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg and will also be live-streamed online.
7 years ago
How hippie food became mainstream
Guests: Jonathan Kauffman, Judy Wicks Yogurt, brown rice, tofu, soy sauce — a lot of American’s modern mainst ...
Air Date: November 21, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Philly doctors join national debate with NRA over gun safety
Dr. Samir Mehta treats a lot of gunshot victims. He doesn’t always see them in a crisis setting, like an ER doctor would, but he’s dealing with the long-term impacts.
7 years ago
Our Milky Way has two very well known galactic companions: The Large and the Small Magellanic Clouds, irregular-shaped galaxies both abou ...
Air Date: November 19, 2018
Listen 06:14Guests: Sigrid Veasey, Ilene Rosen, Lauren Hale Getting a bad night’s sleep feels awful. And in recent years we ...
Air Date: November 19, 2018 12:00 am
Listen 46:27California offers safe space for firefighters to work through stress and trauma
Fighting fires has been compared to the military in another way — the stress that soldiers go through.
7 years ago
Facebook increasingly reliant on A.I. to predict suicide risk
A year ago, Facebook started using artificial intelligence to scan people's accounts for danger signs of imminent self-harm.
7 years ago
Take a weight off: Tears, joy as kilo gets historic update
"We put in place a system that doesn't depend on something that is 140 years old."
7 years ago
Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...
Air Date: November 16, 2018
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