Technology
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
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
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
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
Listen 04:24Facebook to make jobs, credit ads searchable
Facebook says it will make advertisements for jobs, loans and credit card offers searchable for all U.S. users following a settlement designed to eliminate discrimination.
7 years ago
At your wits’ end with a screen-obsessed kid? Read this
Technology overuse ranked as the No. 1 fear of parents of teenagers in a national survey last year.
7 years ago
Trump’s next tweet could get a warning label
Starting Thursday, tweets that Twitter deems to involve matters of public interest, but which violate the service's rules.
7 years ago
What’s your data worth to Big Tech? Bill would compel answer
As Congress bears down on big tech, two senators want to force giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon to tell users what data they're collecting and how much its worth.
7 years ago
Amazon explores having its drones provide ‘home surveillance’ for customers
The tech giant is moving closer to a future in which customers order drones to hover around a home and scan for things like a garage door left open or a broken window.
7 years ago
Ever plugged a USB in wrong? Of course you have. Here’s why.
Some call it the USB paradox, the seemingly impossible process of making a 50-50 guess wrong twice.
7 years ago
A new study shows that many students enrolled in Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools are not getting a quality education.
Air Date: June 21, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:15The Science of Everyday Objects
From penicillin to the moon landing, we have science to thank for humanity’s greatest achievements. But science has also helped advance ...
Air Date: June 21, 2019
Listen 48:07For children in the city, how loud is too loud?
Being aware of noise in your child’s environment is important for hearing and cognitive development, studies show. Apps can help identify quiet spaces.
7 years ago
Listen 4:00The Philadelphia tragedy that changed gene therapy
Twenty years ago, an 18-year-old's death while undergoing a Penn clinical trial changed gene therapy.
Air Date: June 18, 2019
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