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E-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 ...
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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 ...
9 years ago
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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Listen 5:47Thinking without a centralized brain: the intelligence of the octopus
An octopus does not think with its arms, per say, but it comes pretty close. The majority of octopuses’ neurons are not centrally l ...
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ListenDo high-deductible plans lead to better health care?
Congressman Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, faced his first ...
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ListenSuspicions in the ER: a consequence of the opioid epidemic
Efforts to curb narcotics abuse are backfiring for sickle cell patients who are already undertreated for pain. When Tanjila Bolden ...
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ListenPhiladelphia School of Circus Arts Producer: Karen Smyles Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is the region& ...
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