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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

PlantPure Café

PlantPure Café Producer: Monica Rogozinski PlantPure Café is a casual, whole foods, plant-based res ...

9 years ago

J. Justin Ragsdale holds up antique slave shackles during a demonstration on the conditions inside slave ships during the Black History and Culture Showcase in Philadelphia. (Branden Eastwood for NewsWorks)
NewsWorks Tonight

Philly’s Black History and Culture Showcase brings past triumphs, horrors to life [photos]

On Easter weekend, Everett Staten is a hard man to catch for more than a couple words. Sporting a black baseball cap at his signature eve ...

9 years ago

 The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017 (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight

Thousands of Philadelphians leave tax money in Washington

One week out from Tax Day, many eligible filers in the Philadelphia region fail to consider the Earned Income Tax Credit. If the n ...

9 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

Why forecasters are already thinking about hurricanes

The weather is finally taking a turn toward the mild in the Philadelphia region, but bad weather always seems to be around the corner. Ev ...

9 years ago

a computer running a 3-d modeling program
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

PlantPure Café; Emily Cobb: Designer + Maker, Jewelry & Objects; Dino’s Backstage: Come To The Cabaret!

PlantPure Café Producer: Monica Rogozinski PlantPure Café is a casual, whole foods, plant-ba ...

9 years ago

 Paige Price is the new artistic director of Philadelphia Theatre Company. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents new artistic director

The Philadelphia Theatre Company has welcomed its new producing artistic director. Paige Price had been the artistic director of T ...

9 years ago

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 Amy Marzolino and her son, August. (Maiken Scott/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

This mom hopes for a better future for her son who cannot eat

Amy Marzolino watches her toddler, August, like a hawk, and with good reason. “I’m the mom who’s running across ...

9 years ago

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Sal Fede displays his new solar panels mounted on the roof of his Philadelphia home. (Joel Wolfram/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Solar co-ops help homeowners harness the sun’s energy

Neighbors are teaming up to tackle the challenge of switching to sun-sourced electricty. Sal Fede’s house isn’t much t ...

9 years ago

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The Wanapum Dam on Washington State's Columbia River. (Eilís O'Neill/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

This Washington state dam is trying to be fish-friendly

The people at Wanapum Dam are trying to balance the interests of fish and clean power. The Wanapum Dam is massive. It̵ ...

9 years ago

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Right, Amin Salehi-Khojin, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, and left, postdoctoral research associate Mohammad Asadi. (Courtesy The University of Illinois at Chicago)
The Pulse
Science

Mimicking nature, an artificial leaf can recycle CO2

An artificial leaf created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago captures greenhouse gas and puts it to work again. ...

9 years ago

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Cows from a dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania. (Dani Fresh for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Why don’t more farms convert poop to power?

Imagine 7,000 gallons of cow manure. It smells. Brett Reinford’s dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania has 700 cows, and that& ...

9 years ago

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This conveyor belt transports ash from burnt coal to a dump site near Shenandoah This conveyor belt transports ash from burnt coal to a dump site near Shenandoah. (Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Renewable energy jobs bring new life to old coal towns

In some former coal towns, residents continue to hold tight to that economy and identity. Reporter Elizab ...

9 years ago

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A display showing the state of the grid section operated by PJM. (Courtesy of PJM)
The Pulse
Science

What is the grid and why do renewables strain it?

In the push for an electrical energy source that can sustainably power the modern world — namely, renewables, like wind and solar — t ...

9 years ago

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 Mary Kate Ranii, 25, of Shaler, Pennsylvania,  shops at the East End Food Co-op, where she says cashiers are especially helpful for customers looking to make careful reductions in personal spending and waste. (Megan Harris/WESA)
The Pulse

40 days without trash

For Lent, Mary Kate Ranii produced as little garbage as possible. Anything she couldn’t avoid, she carried with her. Mary Ka ...

9 years ago

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 El Niño Training Center in San Francisco. (Andrew Stelzer/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Athletes chase competitive advantage by cutting weight

In certain sports, rapid weight loss is extremely common and extremely dangerous. Boxers, wrestlers, muay thai and mixed martial a ...

9 years ago

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