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Mexico and U.S. make big plan to save tiny porpoise from extinction
The population of an adorable porpoise called the vaquita has fallen below 60. Scientists, the governments of two countries, and military ...
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ListenGenetic tests help parents avoid passing on serious diseases
In 2009, Emily Brooks was newly married and eager to start a family. Then her dad, after years of symptoms, was diagnosed with Hunti ...
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ListenAmericans love designer dogs but health problems are common
Buyer beware: consider medical testing before getting a Cockapo ...
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ListenA Jehovah’s Witness balances surgery with beliefs
When Audrey Butler dedicated herself to becoming a Jehovah’s Witness seven years ago, she knew she would never accept a blood trans ...
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ListenE-cigarettes’ tricky path as harm-reduction tool
Brian Collins tried everything, from patches to gum to going cold turkey. But nothing worked to help him kick his 20-year smoking habit. ...
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ListenWeighing the option of taking an antidepressant during pregnancy
Managing depression with medicine during pregnancy puts women in a bind, but experts say some risks are better than others. On and ...
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ListenDavid Scott Kessler: The Pine Barrens
Producer: Michael O’Reilly Filmmaker David Scott Kessler has been working on his evolving documentary, “T ...
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Wilma Theater explores a multiverse of possibilities
At one time or another, we’ve all wondered “what if”–what if I’d taken that job? What if I’d only spo ...
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ListenUnder Trump, tech giants fear a shortage of highly skilled foreign workers
H-1B reform proposals would give priority to guest workers educated in the U.S. You might not know the te ...
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ListenHow sex education changed under the Obama administration
Even though teen pregnancy rates are at an all-time low in the United States, the country has still ...
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ListenOne coal miner hangs his hard hat on Trump’s promises
Marty Cottingham spent 34 years mining the Blue Creek Coal Seam in Alabama. He retired last October, after the company he worked for, Wal ...
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ListenFormer Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo dies
Nicodemo ‘Little Nicky’ Scarfo, the tyrannical mob boss who ruled the Philadelphia underworld in the 1980s died while serving a 55-ye ...
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ListenJohn Cleese on touring, Brexit, and whether Saturn has gone missing
Once deemed “Britain’s Most Influential Comedian,” actor John Cleese has brok ...
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Saffron, a Pennsylvania Treasure
Producer: Monica Rogozinski Shirks Saffron is a delicacy grown in the Pennsylvania Dutch area by Justin Hulshizer ...
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Vera Rubin’s son reflects on how she paved the way for women
His mother wasn’t sure what to do, and the Rubin family was weighing her options around the dinner table. It was 1975, and astrophysici ...
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