
Technology
Facebook board upholds Trump suspension
The social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board has voted to uphold his ban from the platform after his account was suspended four months ago.
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Franklin Institute to ‘reimagine’ itself for its bicentennial
The science museum on the Parkway has received a $1 million gift to develop new science exhibitions.
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How does A.I. technology exacerbate inequalities in policing?
WHYY’s “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Malcolm Burnley and Ed Felten, hosts of WHYY’s new podcast, “A.I. Nation.”
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Listen 7:46How a new technology is helping people with congenital heart defects
About 40,000 babies are born with heart defects annually. The FDA approved a procedure less invasive than the surgery many get during their lives.
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Listen 1:01How a chatbot can motivate people recovering from traumatic brain injuries
MossRehab Research Institute researchers reinterpret a common consumer technology to help with post-injury social isolation and depression.
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Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000
An unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000.
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Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in attempt to close digital divide
Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in an attempt to close the digital divide. Just last summer, the company was criticized for not doing more to help students.
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The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, radio — all depend on mil ...
Air Date: March 19, 2021
Listen 48:21Scientists have found that results can change, brain scans from the same person doing the same thing can be different a week or a month later.
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Listen 11:23Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight
Scientists estimate between 365 million and one billion birds are killed by collisions with buildings or other outdoor structures in the U.S. every year.
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Despite hacks, U.S. not seeking widened domestic surveillance
Instead, the administration will focus on tighter partnerships and improved information-sharing with private-sector companies.
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The Mars mission and the future of commercial space travel
NASA's rover Perseverance is on Mars searching for evidence of ancient life. What would it mean if we found it? And, where is the growing commercial space industry headed?
Air Date: March 12, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00How well are contact tracing apps working to alert us to COVID in Pa., Del., and N.J.?
Now that people have been using the apps for a while, states are measuring how useful they actually have been, and what could make them better.
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Listen 1:27In the confusion and complication of vaccine rollout, these people are stepping up to fill the gap
Online, on Twitter, in Facebook groups, these people have made it a goal to help others locate not just available doses, but actual vaccination times.
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Pandemic typewriter boom: Sales double at Philly shops as the click-clack goes viral
It’s not just antique collectibles — faux typewriter keyboards are a hot TikTok trend.
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