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Technology

The HeNN app developed at the University of Delaware provides detailed information about help for those struggling with substance use disorder. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Delaware app helps people locate nearby substance use help

Friends and family looking to help loved ones battling addiction can now access an app to find treatment and other support.

7 years ago

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Sen. Josh Hawley has made it a point to challenge the major tech companies since his election in 2018. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Lawmaker aims to curb social media addiction with new bill

Sen. Josh Hawley's Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology, or SMART, Act would ban features that encourage prolonged engagement such as infinite scrolling and autoplay.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly's transportation reporter Darryl Murphy (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Lifestyle
PlanPhilly

E for exhilarating: PlanPhilly reviews Indego’s new e-bikes

Indego plans to roll out 400 e-bikes by mid-August.

7 years ago

Voices in the Family

What can FaceApp teach us about aging?

Are your friends suddenly looking a LOT older – at least on social media? Lots of people had fun with an app that allows you to dramati ...

Air Date: July 29, 2019

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Dr. Gordon Baltuch and his team check on a patient throughout a procedure that uses a beam of ultrasound waves to stop his hand from trembling. (Kyrie Greenberg/WHYY)
Science

Focused ultrasound treats tremors from Parkinson’s disease

The FDA recently approved a procedure to ease the trembling caused by Parkinson’s that doesn’t involve invasive surgery and cutting into a patient’s head.

7 years ago

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Katherine Streeter for NPR
NPR
Education

Parents, sometimes you’re the problem when it comes to tech use

Parents of young kids pick up their phones an average of almost 70 times a day — often to escape a stressful parenting moment.

7 years ago

With a mobile phone, Kenyans can send and receive money via a service called M-PESA. Now Facebook is entering the digital currency realm. The social media giant has helped develop a digital currency called Libra that plans to launch in 2020. (Nichole Sobecki for NPR)
NPR
Money

Does Facebook need a humanitarian partner for its new digital currency?

Libra, according to its website, wants to "reinvent" money by making a financial transaction as cheap and simple as "sending a text message or sharing a photo."

7 years ago

Greg Force and Abby Force at StoryCorps in Greenville, S.C.
(Alletta Cooper/StoryCorps)
NPR
Community

How a 10-year-old-boy helped Apollo 11 return to Earth

A half-century ago, America's dreams were realized in space. The power of U.S. innovation and spirit took the Apollo 11 crew to the moon and back.

7 years ago

(July 20, 1969) Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, walks on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Radio Times
Science

Walking on the moon

On the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, we discuss the mission, what we learned about the moon and space, the evolution of the spacesuit, and the new space race.

Air Date: July 19, 2019 10:00 am

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U.S. lawmakers will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues. (Reuters)
NPR
Courts & Law

Big Tech in the hot seat as Congress probes monopoly power, digital currency

Given Facebook's track record of broken promises, U.S. senators said Tuesday that the social media giant can't be trusted when it comes to plans to launch a digital currency.

7 years ago

Pastor Chico Robinson of Truth Church Worship Cneter, and first lady Nickie Robinson, sing during church service (Marissa Weekes Mason/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

At Truth Church, ministry emerged from Facebook performances

It didn’t take long for word of this freedom of religious expression to seep out, and the church, which began with a few faithful, is growing rapidly.

7 years ago

In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin Jr. stands next to the Passive Seismic Experiment device on the surface of the the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)
The Pulse
Science

Your memories of the moon landing

Where were you on that day in July 1969? A lot of people watched, and say it changed their lives.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, May 25, 2017 photo, an assembly line laborer works alongside a collaborative robot, left, on a chainsaw production line at the Stihl Inc. production plant in Virginia Beach, Va. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
Science

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.

7 years ago

Physicians complain that there's not yet a standard drug-pricing tool available to them that includes the range of medicine prices each of their patients might face — one that takes into account their particular pharmacy choice and health insurance plan. (Exdez/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Doctors slow to adopt tech tools that might save patients money on drugs

A pricing tool embedded in many medical records systems lets doctors see how much each patient is likely to pay out-of-pocket for medicine. But the tools could be better.

7 years ago

Astronaut
The Pulse
Science

Who owns the moon?

If you want to own a plot of lunar land, there are websites that will sell you one. Are those websites for real?

7 years ago

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