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A series of brain scan images against a black background. Brain scans showing MRI mapping for 3 tasks across 2 different days. Warm colors show how the results hold up in groups. Cool colors show how results are less reliable person to person. Photo credit: Annchen Knodt/Duke University.
The Pulse
Science

Scientists have used fMRI to study brain activity for years. Now, some question the results’ reliability

Scientists 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.

5 years ago

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(AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek,File)
Politics & Policy

Philly 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.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo a woman works at a computer in New York. The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official said Friday. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Politics & Policy

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.

5 years ago

This rock, called
NPR
Science

Mapping Máaz: NASA uses Navajo language to name features on Mars

NASA got permission from the Navajo Nation to use their language to name some points of interest on Mars.

5 years ago

This photo made available by NASA was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Perseverance landed on Feb. 18, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
Radio Times

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 49:00
Joseph Ortiz, a contact tracer with New York City's Health + Hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic, uses his tablet to gather information as he heads to a potential patient's home Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in New York. The city has hired more than 3,000 tracers and the city says it's now meeting its goal of reaching about 90% of all newly diagnosed people and completing interviews with 75%. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Health

How 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.

5 years ago

Listen 1:27
University of Pittsburgh Pharmacy student Edith Wang loads a syringe with a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine, during a vaccination clinic hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department at the Petersen Events Center, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Health

In 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.

5 years ago

W.P.M.'s Pamela Rogow launched a 'typewriter takeout' rent-to-buy program during the pandemic. (Courtesy Pamela Rogow)
Community
Billy Penn

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.

5 years ago

(Richard Vogel/AP Photo, file)
Radio Times

Going electric: is the EV revolution here to stay?

What will it take to get the world's 1.6 billion gas powered cars and trucks off the road? And what impact will electric vehicles have on our climate?

Air Date: March 3, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
A staff member demonstrates how to prepare a dose at Philadelphia's COVID-19 vaccine center
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

I’m trying to sign up for the COVID vaccine, but I’m not good with computers. Help!

Online sign-up forms are frustrating many people, especially older ones now eligible for vaccines. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk spoke to a few of you.

5 years ago

Listen 7:57
Online schooling (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Health

Worrying about your child’s COVID-era screen time? Here’s what you need to know

For now, while virtual activities are inescapable, experts say there’s no need for concerned parents to panic as long as they keep a few things in mind.

5 years ago

Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips
Arts & Entertainment

Black Quantum Futurism receives the Knight Foundation’s new art and technology fellowship

The Knight Foundation has launched a $50,000 art and technology fellowship. Its first class includes a Philly duo making science fiction a reality.

5 years ago

Parler, a social media network embraced by right-wing users, announced its relaunch, a month after it was dropped by app stores and its Web host in the wake of the Capitol riot. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

After weeks of being offline, Parler finds a new web host

Far-right-friendly social media site Parler limped back to life on Monday with a new Web host, retooled community guidelines.

5 years ago

A life-size hologram tells the story of 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy Nefrina in the Ancient Civilizations Gallery at the Reading Public Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Reading Public Museum brings its mummy back to life, as a hologram

The Reading Public Museum knows what the Ancient Egyptian woman named Nefrina looked like in 300 B.C., so it recreated her as a hologram.

5 years ago

Listen 1:25
Protesters attempted to deliver a petition to Comcast for free internet for Philadelphia school district students learning virtually on Aug. 3, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

After pressure from advocates, Comcast boosts internet speed for low-income users

The announcement comes amid calls by Philly officials and advocates to do more for school children during a school year turned upside down.

5 years ago

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