
Health & Science
Ribbon-cutting for first-of-its-kind chemical manufacturer in Delaware
Chemical company, Croda, said its Delaware plant can now make a key chemical bonding agent from 100 percent renewable resources.
7 years ago
After hurricane hits 'Island of Monkeys,' Penn researcher helps macaques' minders
An island colony of wild rhesus macaque monkeys — the oldest primate research site in the world — suffered major storm damage, but no deaths.
7 years ago
Shedding light on homeless youth, America’s ‘invisible children’
Homelessness is perhaps a bigger problem among our nation’s youth than you may have imagined. And they are right here in our backyard.
7 years ago
Gore tells climate activists: ‘We’re going to win this’
Gore’s presentation was part of his Climate Reality Project, which the former vice president and Nobel laureate founded 10 years ago.
7 years ago
Language gap between doctors, patients evident in Philly's Vietnamese community
What happens if you and your doctor don’t speak the same language? According to a new report, that’s the case for many patients across the country.
7 years ago
Lindsey Fitzharris on “The Butchering Art”
Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, pain, saws and no sanitation. In fact, operating theaters use ...
7 years ago
Listen 35:30“The Butchering Art” / Bergdahl pleads guilty
Guests: Lindsey Fitzharris, Dan Lamothe Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, ...
Air Date: October 17, 2017
Listen 49:00Nearly 30 arrested protesting Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Nearly 30 people were arrested and charged with defiant trespassing Monday after blocking construction equipment for the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline in Lancaster Co.
7 years ago
This Saturday marks the 94th anniversary of the first public planetarium show given at the German model for The Franklin Institute, the D ...
Air Date: October 16, 2017
Listen 06:04Camden vigil puts a human face on the rising death toll of addiction
The vigil put a human face on the statistics making headlines. The names and photos of overdose victims were projected in a slideshow that honored nearly 900 lives cut short.
7 years ago
FDA panel backs gene therapy from Philly's Spark Therapeutics
The therapy can help children with a rare genetic eye disorder see better. It comes after two other recent significant developments in gene therapy.
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Water problems persist along Mariner East pipeline route despite court intervention
Water impacts continue at numerous Pennsylvania sites where Sunoco is building the Mariner East 2 pipeline two months after a court-brokered agreement.
7 years ago
Designing cardboard hacks to modify wheelchairs
Temple University students create inexpensive adaptive designs for children with cerebral palsy.
7 years ago
We used to think of nerds as unattractive, pimply or tragically unfashionable — but somehow over the years — the meaning changed.
Air Date: October 13, 2017
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