Innovation
The technology and privacy tradeoffs behind COVID-19 contact tracing apps
As Pennsylvania, other places consider tech to track and thwart coronavirus spread, they must balance personal privacy with the need for public health data.
5 years ago
Listen 1:31Gilead drug proves effective against coronavirus in US study
U.S. government officials say an experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study.
5 years ago
What’s the antibody coronavirus test Chester County is using?
The county started its program Wednesday: 10,000 test kits have already arrived and 10,000 more are expected next week.
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Listen 1:49Ken Burns joins Constitution Center for online education
The PBS documentary filmmaker will join an online home-school series to discuss Constitutional history.
5 years ago
Listen 1:38Rope or rod? Torn between scoliosis surgeries
One’s tried and true. The other’s promising, but uncharted in the long term. Which would you choose?
5 years ago
Listen 14:11New way to see new art: Wonderspaces opens in Fashion District
Philadelphia’s Fashion District hosts the third location of the national chain, which sells the experience of contemporary installation art.
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Listen 1:45Shore town joins forces with recycling company to repurpose cigarette butts
A Jersey Shore community is undertaking an innovation solution to a problem that has long plagued beaches: cigarette butts.
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Fix Philly schools: Meek Mill and friends offer vague ‘millions’; Pa. officials offer action plan
“Don’t just buy a school to say, ‘Oh, yeah, I bought a school,'” said one Philly parent.
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How 75,000 abandoned cabbages inspired a huge online forum for farmers in Africa
Making lemonade out of life's lemons is one thing.
5 years ago
Eli Kulp trades toque for talks to inspire others at GREATPHL festival
The second annual GREATPHL opens this week. The inaugural B.PHL opens 10 days later. What’s the difference? Philly chef Eli Kulp’s presentation helps explain.
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Shore town is first in N.J. to offer curbside ‘plastic film’ recycling
A Monmouth County coastal municipality is the first in New Jersey to offer curbside plastic film recycling.
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Pa. grants $2M for solar tech at PGW’s liquefied natural gas plant
Philadelphia’s future LNG plant gets grant for solar panels. Environmentalists say that doesn’t make the fossil fuel project right.
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Will robots take your jobs? Why this is such a hard question to answer
A new report says Philadelphia will do quite well compared to other places in the U.S. as more work gets automated.
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How an Iranian immigrant and a Jewish Philly native joined forces to eliminate HIV in mice
The researchers, who met decades ago, share a lifelong passion to stop AIDS.
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Philly natives enter the e-scooter wars with $100k homegrown startup, Verve S
Two Philly natives have invested $100,000 in dockless e-scooters. Now they just need their hometown and state to legalize them.
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