Carolyn Beeler

Checking in on expanded Medicaid’s 439,000 new enrollees in Pa.

Seven months after Medicaid expanded in Pennsylvania, about 439,000 more residents have enrolled in the government insurance program for ...

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Weird science jobs: grocer of the seas

In February, a British engineer announced he had found the strongest natural material on Earth, the teeth of a type of sea snail called t ...

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Philly public housing authority largest in nation to ban smoking

The Philadelphia Housing Authority Thursday became the largest public housing agency in the country to ban smoking in its complexes. ...

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Searching for a diagnosis and finding a community

Imagine you’re a parent and your child is not developing like other children her age, but doctors can’t tell you why. You tak ...

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Critics say Exxon Mobil settlement bad deal for Paulsboro, Atlantic City

A state senator and environmental groups seeking to intervene in a New Jersey settlement with Exxon Mobil have called it a raw deal for a ...

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How social societies may play a role in insect brain size

Scientists have long been fascinated by how insects, tiny animals with even tinier brains, coordinate complex group actions. Colon ...

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Head of NASA mission hopes it proves Pluto is a planet

A spacecraft traveling 31,000 miles an hour, will fly over Pluto and its five moons on July 14, giving us our first ever close-up view of ...

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Philly faithful backing pope’s climate encyclical

Notable Catholics, including Republican presidential hopeful and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, have publicly criticized Pope Francis fo ...

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Looking for love deep in the brain

Technology provides proof that some stay madly in love long into a relationship. Falling in love is a universal experience, well-d ...

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Ready for summer launch, Princeton’s upgraded fusion experiment to be largest of its kind

The signature nuclear fusion experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab is expected to relaunch this summer after being shuttered for ...

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Lead stirred up by Sandy may be impacting health on the shore

Hurricane Sandy devastated the New Jersey Shore nearly three years ago, but its long-term effects are still being uncovered. Accor ...

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South Jersey Gas tries again for new Pinelands pipeline

South Jersey Gas is giving another shot at winning approval for a 22-mile natural gas pipeline though the Pinelands. A proposal fo ...

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