
Health & Science
Philadelphia and Conrail launch work to clear railroad heroin encampment
Philadelphia and Conrail are starting work today on a plan to clean up a notorious stretch of tracks in the Kensington and Fairhill neigh ...
8 years ago
Tribes hope tradition will fight unhealthy tobacco use
Cheap tribal cigarettes can complicate tobacco control on reservations. States and cities have come to understand that if they jac ...
8 years ago
ListenIt’s summer, and it’s hot. On this episode, we get stranded on an urban ‘heat island’ and learn what people are d ...
Air Date: July 28, 2017
Listen 48:51Can Republicans give Americans with disabilities the health insurance reform they need?
Insurance coverage for health care in America needs reform, especially for those on Medicaid. With the American Health Care Act (AHCA) de ...
8 years ago
At some point or another we all confront some sort of pain. Pain is necessary. We need it to alert us that something is wrong, but when a ...
Air Date: July 24, 2017
Listen 00:50:43This is a great week to watch the development of lunar phases. Start watching on Monday night, with a barely visible 1.5-day old thin cre ...
Air Date: July 24, 2017
Listen 00:06:23Time for Americans to take a break?
A recent study estimates that 36 percent of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress that costs businesses $30 billion a year in lost workdays.
8 years ago
Conrail cleanup challenge: helping Philly heroin users into treatment
Dominic Taraborrelli’s house on Tusculum Street faces ground zero of Philadelphia’s heroin epidemic. Weeds and bushes obscure ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:29New Jersey is third state to raise smoking age to 21
New Jersey has become the third state in the country to raise its smoking age to 21. Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed into la ...
8 years ago
On July 29th, 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act and soon we sent men where only our imaginations h ...
Air Date: July 21, 2017
Listen 49:13A futuristic vacation guide to our galaxy for the savvy space traveler
How two space geeks imagine the future of trips to the stars. Rock climbing on Mars, playing baseball on the moon and skydiving th ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:11Why heat is central to health in traditional Chinese medicine
For Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist Cara Frank, treating patients boils down to one thing: patterns. “We have a saying i ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:53The biodiversity of heat-loving bacteria in Yellowstone rivals a rainforest
Blue, dark peach, bright red, orange — thermophilic organisms make the hot springs so colorful you’ll want to grab your selfie st ...
8 years ago
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