Health & Science
WHYY’s PriceCheck — Frequently asked questions
Q: What is this project?
A: Glad you asked. We’d like you to share your health care prices to help build this c
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9 years ago
This Friday, May 1st is a cross-quarter day – halfway between the first day of spring and the first day of summer. It’s a day
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Air Date: April 27, 2015
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Come One, Come All: No Telescope Needed
Friday marks the 5th Annual city-wide Astronomy Night, which is the first event of the 2015 Philadelphia Science Festival.
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Air Date: April 20, 2015
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We know autism is affecting more families and as these children with autism grow up, they face new challenges. April is Autism Awareness
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Air Date: April 20, 2015
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Rings, Centaurs, and Known Science
Four planets of our solar system have rings – Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. Astronomers can now identify at least two non-pl
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Air Date: April 13, 2015
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Stereotypes, Stigma and Mental Illness
We understand physical ailments…. a broken leg or the flu need time to heal. But with diseases of the brain and mind, we lack the abil
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Air Date: April 13, 2015
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WHYY Pricecheck: Deconstructing the provider charge for a colonoscopy
In the Philadelphia region, the price of a colonoscopy appears to be all over the map, ranging anywhere from $800 to $8,000.
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9 years ago
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Newly discovered dwarf galaxies orbiting our Milky Way may offer opportunities to gain insight about so-called dark matter (the invisible
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Air Date: April 6, 2015
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Fastest star in the west (or east, north and south)
US 708 now holds the speed record for extragalactic stars: 2.7 million miles/hour! In this case it’s thought the velocity was provi
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Air Date: March 30, 2015
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NASA Success Story Celebrates Silver Anniversary
Tomorrow marks the 25th year of Hubble Space Telescope operations. It has provided hundreds of thousands of images, identified quasars, d
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Air Date: March 23, 2015
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Sport and religion: Connections
Originally broadcast April, 2013 –
If you were to draw a Venn diagram of concepts associated with baseball and reli
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Air Date: March 23, 2015
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How to make sense of your medical bills
When you look at your medical bill, are you confused about the charges? Do you not know where to start when you’re trying to figure
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9 years ago
Water, Water (Almost) Everywhere
– A total solar eclipse is available to be seen – if you’re willing to travel . . . and if you’re willing to chan
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Air Date: March 16, 2015
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One day everything changes. Getting a diagnosis of a lifelong illness changes the way we feel about our bodies, our lives and our death.
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Air Date: March 16, 2015
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Meetings at The Jet Propulsion Lab last week indicate that a major reason why NASA is pursuing landing on Mars is to protect human existe
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Air Date: March 9, 2015
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