Health & Science
Philly launches effort to prevent infant sleeping deaths
Each year, 30 infants die sleep-related deaths in Philadelphia, that’s part of why the city’s infant mortality rate is worse
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A Netherlands astronomy team discovered a star spinning 42,000 times every minute! Our sun spins once every 30 days or so. Rotating neutr
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Air Date: September 26, 2017
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Magnets! How do they work (for people with anxiety)?
A combination of older and newer treatments had the best results for patients in a recent study on anxiety.
Researchers at a German
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Air Date: September 25, 2017
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Opioid use during pregnancy now a concern for health officials
Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000.
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The Huey and the Vietnam veteran
The sound of the iconic Huey helicopter is unmistakable to a Vietnam veteran.
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Dems line up behind Medicare-for-all, GOP tries to repeal ACA
Guests: Jeff Stein, Walter Tsou, Micah Weinberg
When Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a single-payer healthcare bil
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Air Date: September 22, 2017
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On ‘Radio Times’: What’s up with T-Rex’s little arms?
Ever wonder why T-Rex’s arms were so puny? Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane has been wondering this for a while. She took the opportun
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After overdose deaths, Bucks district approves plan to offer drug counseling in schools
A Bucks County school district is launching an effort to combat the opioid epidemic by putting drug counselors in schools.
The Pen
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Delco homeowners ask court to halt Mariner East 2 pipeline construction
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Trump’s U.N. address; Dinosaurs and prehistoric fish
Guests: Ed Luce, Kenneth Lacovara, Ted Daeschler
Digging up 350 million year old fish fossils in Antarctica and
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Air Date: September 20, 2017
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Dave and Dr. Pitts count down the final days of summer as the Autumnal Equinox approaches. Expect shorter days ahead and dwindling daylig
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Air Date: September 19, 2017
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Beth Beverly’s basement looks like a workshop – with a twist.
A meat hook dangles from the ceiling. A head mount of a
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Recovering and recycling a critical chemical in research
Some physicists are leaving their field because of rising helium prices.
A few years ago, Sophia Hayes, a chemist at Washington Un
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Tropical Storm Watch in effect for the Jersey Shore
The Jersey Shore might experience some impacts from Hurricane Jose, a cyclone that forecasters expect to pass offshore Tuesday into Wedne
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Cuba mystery: What theories US investigators are pursuing
There must be an answer.
Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it’s eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence
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