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Philadelphia health commissioner pushes back against newspaper story on lead dangers
The Philadelphia Daily News “Toxic City” series t ...
8 years ago
Poet laureate hopes to use tenure to promote love and understanding
Poetry is the language of the soul, and America’s soul has a new spokesperson in Tracy K. Smith. The Princeton profess ...
8 years ago
Monica Rogozinski In early 2017 a healthy breakfast cake, Rebel Crumbles, was introduced at all Philadelphia area ...
8 years ago
Fuel, oxygen, and ignition: the science of fireworks
A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:47Science can make blockbuster movies better
Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...
8 years ago
Listen 7:49‘Positive scientists’ say you can learn to be happier
A busy journalist and mom test drives tools from “happiness science.” When the architects of America wrote about the p ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:11A reformed fireworks enthusiast now stays inside on the Fourth
Each year, a Missouri man created a bigger and more explosive pyrotechnics display — until the summer an ATF agent showed up at his d ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:10Weighing the health of hot dogs without killing the BBQ
Hot dogs are a staple of summer barbecues, but they’re also notoriously bad for you. Franks are typically a processed food, which ...
8 years ago
Listen 4:51Producer: Michael O’Reilly The stretch of Front Street located directly under the Market Frankford El just nort ...
8 years ago
Philadelphia wins 5 of the 33 Knight City Challenge awards
Grant recipients in the third and final round of the Knight Cities Challenge have been announced. The foundation supports groups that are ...
8 years ago
ListenAdjusting to two new identities: mother and cancer survivor
Jenny Leyh was 28 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She used to dread walking into the waiting room for ea ...
8 years ago
ListenSmoking is often the hardest ‘vice’ to quit
Public health experts say: Ditch your smokes. And if you have HIV, there are a few extra reasons to kick the habit soon. At ...
8 years ago
ListenDoctors scramble to care for U.S. babies with Zika-related birth defects
When her daughter was born in January, the first thing Maria Rios checked was the baby’s head. She’d seen the te ...
8 years ago
Listen3 top Penn State officials get jail time related to Sandusky case
Three former top Penn State officials have received jail time for failing to properly report Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of child ...
8 years ago
Two views of Christie’s new anti-blight plan for Trenton
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie this week turned his attention to Trenton, announcing an initiative that entails bulldozing 500 a ...
8 years ago