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Geeks to gather in South Jersey

Comic books, music, video games — Saturday is the first-ever South Jersey Geek Fest ...

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Dispatch from a Philly pharma conference

A pharma conference, eyeforpharma 2014, was in Philly this week, ...

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Mayor Michael Nutter first announcing the Startup PHL program in October 2012. (Zack Seward/WHYY, file)

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City to bankroll internships, workshops to boost Philly tech scene

The city of Philadelphia is bankrolling tech internships and workshops, using a series of grants to local firms. “What we wa ...

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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News ranks Philadelphia seventh among U.S. biopharma clusters. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)

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Trade mag ranks Philadelphia 7th among U.S. biopharma clusters

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News says Philadelphia is great at landing federal research dollars. But turning research finding ...

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Banana ripening rooms at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market feature special climate controls to make sure thousands of boxes of bananas ripen evenly. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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Where East Coast bananas go to ripen

For one of the nation’s largest banana wholesalers, ripening is an exact science. It’s ...

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Drexel meningitis death confirmed by Pennsylvania health lab

Drexel University is confirming that one of its undergrads died Monday of a strain of meningitis B. It’s from the same group o ...

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This year’s Tech Week show stopper? Tetris on the Cira Centre

Don’t say we didn’t warn you: Don’t ...

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Mayor Michael Nutter at TEDxPhiladelphia 2011. (Photo courtesy of TEDxPhiladelphia)

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TEDxPhiladelphia is back. Here’s who’s speaking

After a two-year hiatus TEDxPhiladelphia is back. The independently produced “ideas conference” will take place at Tem ...

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NBC 10 meteorologist Sheena Parveen preparing winter storm updates

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The science of forecasting wintry weather

Everybody loves talking about the weather. But how do we know what numbers to fret about in the first place? Remember ...

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How did the Farmers’ Almanac ‘nail’ this winter’s forecast? That’s a secret

With secret formulas, a weather “prognosticator” and nearly 200 years of history, the Farmers’ Almanac has its own take ...

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On Independence Mall, seeking the next ‘As Seen on TV’ hit

An infomercial company headquartered in Trevose, Pa., is host ...

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Data Garden co-founder Joe Patitucci using one of his record label's creations. (Charlie Kaier/WHYY)

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Setting human biorhythms to an electronic beat: Data Garden

Generating music through your own electrical currents … and some apples. Pulse audio engineer Charlie Kaier is holding ...

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