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From ’80s to now: Waves of investment in drug treatment can help, hurt patients
Just as the clothes we wear and the restaurants we visit follow trends, the illicit drugs we ingest cycle in and out of fashion. I ...
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ListenThis research subject calls himself a ‘professional guinea pig’
Alex Spencer has earned thousands of dollars as a research subject. “That vein right here on the left side of my left arm ha ...
8 years ago
ListenNo money, no science: what if researchers lose support?
Climate scientist Ben Horton came from England to work in the United States because of the strength of the science here. Now, he’s ...
8 years ago
ListenAngel investors are the first stop in a new era of drug development
Once a month, 40 or so executive types break from their regular routines to meet up for the day. There’s schmoozing, a catered lunc ...
8 years ago
ListenQuirk Books, Greening Philadelphia, Tea Time
Quirk Books Producer: Michael O’Reilly Quirk Books is headquartered on a quiet cobblestone street in ...
8 years ago
Religious leaders react as Trump relaxes rule on mixing politics and pulpit
Last summer, Pennsylvania pastor Gary Dull was one of the hundreds of evangelical Christians who filled a ballroom in New York City to he ...
8 years ago
ListenPew: States should reassess whether tax breaks work as bait for business
Every state in the country offers tax breaks and other incentives to lure businesses that will create jobs. One estimate found the progra ...
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The new host of PBS’s Washington Week grew up in Yardley, Pa.
Covering Congress and the White House is a busy gig these days. But it’s a job Washington Post reporter Robert Costa has embr ...
8 years ago
How many bookstores can you visit in a single day?
After the advent of big box store booksellers and online retail giants, small independent bookstores learned to survive – not by se ...
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ListenDads are wired to ‘mother’ too
Fathers don’t just function as male mothers — they provide a kind of caregiving that’s unique to dads. When Eric Ben ...
8 years ago
ListenFreeloading mother birds force others to raise their hatchlings
The brown-headed cowbird is one of the most hated birds in the entirety of the animal kingdom. Each springtime, when most bi ...
8 years ago
ListenHow one mom got through losing her first pregnancy
One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. Today Carolina Garzon is mom to smiling five-month-old Emma, but her first try at mot ...
8 years ago
ListenThe ‘baby penalty’ often sidelines female scientists
Married women scientists with children are less likely to get a tenure track job than married men with children. Nancy Pleshko, a ...
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ListenLack of doctors puts rural mothers and babies at risk
Shawnee Baker was in labor — and her husband was trying his best to get her to the hospital in time. As they bumped along country roads ...
8 years ago
ListenWhat happens when you mix an NFL draft with watercolors
Art is having a hard time competing with football. The NFL draft has taken over most of the Parkway, as well as the famous Rocky s ...
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