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The Pulse
Health

Protecting the dead, both body and soul

In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...

10 years ago

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Shraddha Patel, a first year pathology resident, weighs organs during an autopsy. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
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Autopsies contribute valuable scientific data, but they’ve become rare

Dr. Robert Ownbey, a pathologist who heads up the Hahnemann Hospital ...

10 years ago

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Second Tier

Beyond the eight planets orbiting our sun… the next largest objects are the cohort of so-called Dwarf Planets. Tomorrow marks the 5 ...

Air Date: May 24, 2016

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NSTX-U facility (Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications)
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s $94 M upgrade to world’s most powerful fusion experiment

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) just celebrated a milestone in its research on fusion energy. After nearly four years of r ...

10 years ago

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Exoplanets
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Looking for Life

The newest Kepler satellite data reveals startling information about frequency of earth-like planets – 3,200 planets now confirmed, ...

Air Date: May 16, 2016

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Detecting Dark Matter

Astronomers may have discovered a way to ‘see’ dark matter using gravitational lens distortions to see perturbations in Einst ...

Air Date: May 9, 2016

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Happy Bealtane

Next Sunday is Beltane or Bealtane, the cross-quarter day between spring and summer. Once upon a time, this was actually seen as 1st day ...

Air Date: May 3, 2016

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Watershed moment in space exploration

Launch vehicle provider (United Launch Alliance) and habitat provider (Bigelow Aerospace) announce alliance to launch a private space hab ...

Air Date: April 26, 2016

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Telescope in the evening light
Skytalk
Science

Philadelphia Science Festival kicks-off Friday with Astronomy Night

Astronomy Night is this Friday evening at 30 locations across the city. Find locations at philasciencefestival.org. This festival runs fr ...

Air Date: April 18, 2016

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Man with head in hands
Voices in the Family
Health

Heart disease and depression

Researchers have known for some time that there’s a link between heart disease and depression. But – if the depression is tre ...

Air Date: April 18, 2016

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Quasar 3C 273
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What’s Hot?

Quasar 3C 273, that’s what’s hot. – 18 trillion degrees F! One of the largest black holes ever seen is discovere ...

Air Date: April 11, 2016

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Bigelow’s big idea takes off

This Friday, a SpaceX supply mission will carry among other things, a 3,100 lb inflatable habitat test module built by Bigelow Aerospace. ...

Air Date: April 5, 2016

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Medical student
Voices in the Family
Education
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The Stresses of Medical School

Going to medical school is stressful – that’s not surprising But new research finds that the demands, cost, and competitive natur ...

Air Date: April 4, 2016

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ATLAS maps movement of asteroids

Losing sleep over killer asteroids? A new system that takes 1000 images a night and can immediately determine if an object is close to ea ...

Air Date: March 29, 2016

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Man walking
Voices in the Family
Health

Suicide Intervention

Each year, close to 40,000 Americans die by suicide – and researchers are always looking for new ways to prevent these deaths. But – ...

Air Date: March 28, 2016

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