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Technology

Information that could refine the uses of approved drugs may lie deep inside patients' medical records. (Ariel Skelley/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

To improve treatments, researchers want to hunt for clues in medical records

Researchers want to plow through the vast amount of data that's gathered in those records, along with insurance billing information, to find new uses for drugs.

8 years ago

Fans of the professional video gaming team, the Philadelphia Fusion, gather at Xfinity Live to watch the first round in the Overwatch League playoffs. (Emily Cohen/WHYY)
View Finders
Lifestyle

Philadelphia Fusion fans celebrate a playoff win

More than 300 fans turned out at Xfinity Live to watch the Philadelphia Fusion as they played the Boston Uprising in game one of the inau ...

8 years ago

A massive storm surge barrier stretching from Sandy Hook, New Jersey to Breezy Point, New York is among hazard reduction proposals under consideration by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Google Maps image)
Down the Shore
Urban Planning

Army Corps considers massive storm surge barrier from N.J. to N.Y.

Other proposals include multiple smaller flood barriers, flood walls, berms, and levees.

8 years ago

With its artificial intelligence, My Loopy has seven toy-grade sensors that respond to touch, light, sound, proximity, temperature, and motions to learn from its user and their environment. (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
Science

‘My Loopy’ robot ‘comes to Earth’ to teach children how to write computer code

With its artificial intelligence, My Loopy has seven toy-grade sensors that respond to touch, light, sound, proximity, temperature, and motions to learn from its user.

8 years ago

One recent study estimated that Americans are spending nearly six hours a day on their connected devices. Add television to that and the total rises to nearly 10 hours. (Deborah Lee/NPR)
NPR
Lifestyle

Many look to Buddhism for sanctuary from an over-connected world

It's a response to growing concern over the amount of time people devote to their screens.

8 years ago

Voting machines at the Office of the City Commissioner's warehouse (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Independent commission will probe Pennsylvania voting system

A commission formed by cybersecurity experts at the University of Pittsburgh will look at the state's voting system.

8 years ago

Sascha Meinrath, a professor of telecommunications at Pennsylvania State University.  (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Researchers aim to more accurately gauge broadband availability in Pa.

Some experts say the FCC underestimates how many Pennsylvanians lack access to broadband internet. A statewide research aims to set the records straight.

8 years ago

Trenton state Capitol building. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

Digital parking meter plan up for a vote in N.J.

The digital parking meters alert enforcement officers about any violation so they can ticket the offending vehicle.

8 years ago

(AP Photo/David Goldman)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Protecting your vote

Guests: Elizabeth Dwoskin, Lawrence Norden, Eugene DePasquale We’re going to discuss three different stories re ...

Air Date: June 26, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
In this file photo, a Philadelphia Police officer demonstrates a body-worn camera used as part of a pilot project in December 2014, in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania State Police launch body-camera pilot program

Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU of Pennsylvania gives the new policy a B-minus.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Cybersecurity and disinformation

Guest: Clint Watts Former FBI special agent and counterterrorism expert ...

Air Date: June 22, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, a college student plays a computer game at an Internet cafe in Seoul, South Korea. On Monday, June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. (Ahn Young-Joon/AP Photo)
Health

What makes something truly addictive?

A new "gaming disorder" classification from the WHO revives a debate about whether behaviors can cause the same kind of addictive illness as drugs.

8 years ago

These two views from NASA's Curiosity rover, acquired specifically to measure the amount of dust inside Gale Crater, show that dust has increased over three days from a major Martian dust storm. The left-hand image shows a view of the east-northeast rim of Gale Crater on June 7, 2018 (Sol 2074); the right-hand image shows a view of the same feature on June 10, 2018 (Sol 2077).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
NPR
Science

Enormous dust storm on Mars threatens the Opportunity rover

A massive dust storm on Mars is threatening NASA's Opportunity rover, which has been conducting research on the Red Planet for well over a decade.

8 years ago

internet
Community

The end of net neutrality: Will users notice their missing internet freedom?

The rules protecting internet freedom disappeared June 11.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pictured at F8, Facebook's developer conference last month. On Thursday, the company announced a new test feature had changed users' privacy settings without their consent. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
NPR
Community

Facebook to users: You may want to update your privacy settings again.

The software blunder comes at a time when Facebook is facing a deep mistrust from users over its practices of sharing user data with third parties without their consent.

8 years ago

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