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The Pulse
Science

How TikTok’s pupil test works, and what it tells us about love and attraction

A TikTok trend that claims to test if you’re really in love may have some real science behind it.

6 months ago

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Shreya Kangovi is the founding Executive Director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers. | Courtesy of Penn Medicine
The Pulse
Health

‘Too sick to rest’: How long COVID helped one doctor learn to slow down

For a Philadelphia physician, rest seemed out of the question during the early part of the pandemic. But she learned an important lesson about the need to slow down.

7 months ago

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The Wistar Institute will use the grant funds for its apprenticeship programs. (6abc)
Science

Philadelphia biomedical research firm granted $250K for workforce training

Officials said the funds will help address the critical need to boost a skilled labor force in Philadelphia as the life sciences industry grows.

7 months ago

Radio Times
Science

Animal rituals and elephant evolution

Elephant researcher Caitlin O'Connell on "Wild Rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and ourselves" and tuskless elephant evolution.

Air Date: January 25, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Sam Kean, author of The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science. (Little, Brown and Company Publishers)
Radio Times
Science

Icepick Surgeon: Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

Dr. Walter Freeman performed lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket....and other stories about doctors who do evil scientific deeds in the name of medicine.

Air Date: December 23, 2021 8:00 am

Listen 49:29
A conceptual computer illustration showing coronaviruses damaging neurons and amyloid plaques in brain tissue
NPR
Health

From blood clots to infected neurons, how COVID threatens the brain

The virus that causes COVID-19 can cause strokes, inflammation, oxygen deprivation and infection in the brain. And each of these may lead to long-term neurological problems.

8 months ago

A rendering of a brain breaking apart into small pieces
The Pulse
Science

Amnesia, Opioids and Why We Forget

In 2018, Owen Rivers woke up in a hospital bed after a fentanyl overdose — and could no longer form new memories. It was a terrifying e ...

Air Date: December 10, 2021

Listen 49:32
Auditory processing disorder refers to any failure along the pathway, from our ears into our brains. (carloscastilla /bigstock)
The Pulse
Science

Trouble understanding, but your hearing checks out fine. What’s at play?

Researchers are strategizing ways to discover whether auditory processing disorders are at play.

9 months ago

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Radio Times
Health

Exercise evolution, myths, and motivation

We're joined by Daniel Lieberman, author of Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

Air Date: October 14, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
The Pulse
Health

A stem cell treatment for MS offers some patients hope. But is it hope that will last?

After more than 15 years of multiple sclerosis, a patient travels to Mexico for a risky, experimental treatment called HSCT, against her doctor's advice.

10 months ago

Listen 49:46
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Science

Migraines cause life-disrupting suffering. A Saturday event aims to raise awareness

36 million people in the U.S. have migraines, which bring a host of other symptoms. Miles for Migraines is working to support those who suffer from them.

11 months ago

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Health

‘Prime time for getting bitten’: State and local officials target mosquitoes preemptively to thwart West Nile virus

No one is sounding the alarm: It’s been an average year so far for West Nile cases in mosquitoes. But wet, warm conditions might mean trouble ahead.

12 months ago

Radio Times
Health

This is the Voice, The Voice Catchers

John Colapinto, author of This is the Voice, joins us to talk about the extraordinary architecture of our sonic sounds. Then, Joseph Turow on his new book, The Voice Catchers.

Air Date: August 27, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Sam Kean, author of The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science. (Little, Brown and Company Publishers)
Radio Times
Science

The Icepick Surgeon: Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

Dr. Walter Freeman performed lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket....and other stories about doctors who do evil scientific deeds in the name of medicine.

Air Date: August 25, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Many survivors don't report sexual assaults because they fear no one will believe them. Advocates say better training for police on the neuroscience of trauma could help survivors feel safe while talking with police, making it less likely they experience a secondary trauma.
Marissa Espiritu/CapRadio
NPR
Health

How rape affects memory and the brain, and why more police need to know about this

Sexual assault survivors say interactions with law enforcement can be so intense, and so unsympathetic, that they add a secondary trauma on top of the rape.

12 months ago

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