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True or False; False

On August 27th , Mars will appear as large as the full moon. Don’t believe this hoax; It could happen BUT if it does, we have a lot ...

Air Date: August 24, 2015

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Kayakers on the Schuylkill (Jessica Kourkounis)
Keystone Crossroads
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[Video] Fast trip down the Schuylkill River to Philly

Recently, about a hundred hardy souls paddled down the Schuylkill River, from the quiet banks of Schuylkill Haven to the skyscrapers of P ...

10 years ago

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It’s Been a Dog Day’s Night!

There’s a great International Space Station pass tonight northwest over to the west; 8:51 to 8:58, but it’ll blink out of sig ...

Air Date: August 17, 2015

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Michael Trost of Dingmans Ferry, Pa. (seen here with his wife, Susan Rosalsky) was billed $32,325 for a surgery with an out-of-network doctor in an in-network hospital. (Elana Gordon/for WHYY)
The Pulse
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Surprise! When your hospital is in-network but your doctor isn’t

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

10 years ago

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Perseid Peaking

Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this week. – Weds night, Thurs night, Fri night. No moon this year, so it should be much easier to obse ...

Air Date: August 10, 2015

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Here Comes the Sun(s)

A quintuple star system is discovered in the constellation Ursa Major. Multiple systems are not unusual, in fact most stars are mu ...

Air Date: August 3, 2015

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Giant Surprises from the Dwarf Planet

Images and data beamed back from NASA’s New Horizons mission has astronomers rethinking what they thought they knew about Pluto. Ke ...

Air Date: July 27, 2015

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Happy Anniversary

46 years ago – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon, while Michael Collins orbited overhead in ...

Air Date: July 20, 2015

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Dr. James Heitz, seen here with nurse Esmihan Almontaser, says crying after anesthesia occurs frequently enough that 'we should be aware of it as providers' even though it's not frequently documented in major anesthesiology textbooks (Karen Shakerdge/for WHYY)
The Pulse
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Why do some patients cry after anesthesia?

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

10 years ago

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Voices in the Family
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Happy Anniversary ADA!

Twenty-five years ago, President George Herbert Walker Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, bettering the lives of many Ameri ...

Air Date: July 20, 2015

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Centipedes from Hell!

Geophilus Hadesi discovered in Croatian caves – more than half a mile below the earth’s surface! These ‘extrem ...

Air Date: July 13, 2015

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Voices in the Family
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Girl in Glass

Your baby is born prematurely… a nightmare of unknowns. We talk with Deanna Fei ...

Air Date: July 13, 2015

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Night Sky Fireworks Beyond the 4th

Call this Venus Week! Friday, Venus shows its greatest illuminated portion – and it will be at its brightest for this year on Sunda ...

Air Date: July 6, 2015

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Voices in the Family
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Independence Day/Independent Life

At this time of year when we think about our nation’s independence, let’s look at what independence means in our lives. Your first s ...

Air Date: July 6, 2015

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Far Out

The Sun will be at its furthest annual distance from the Earth next Monday afternoon – 94,506,507 miles. Heading outdoors to ...

Air Date: June 29, 2015

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