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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Andrew Stelzer and his father
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My dad hasn’t had anything to eat or drink in two years

When I ask him what the last meal he ate was, he hesitates, trying to remember: “I love chicken, maybe it was chicken? I don’ ...

9 years ago

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Katherine Gajewski plays with her son
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Parents face dilemma with tongue-tied babies: to snip or not to snip

Is a procedure aimed at fixing breastfeeding complications a medical necessity, or trendy diagnosis? Ear, nose and throat surgeon ...

9 years ago

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Dr. Joel Funari performs some 300 tooth extractions annually at his private practice in Devon
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Dentists reassess their role amid growing opioid crisis

Firsts can be life changing. Think about your first kiss. Your first time behind the wheel of a car. But what about the first time y ...

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Ann Hamilton: habitus
Friday Arts
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The Dali Quartet, Kosher USA, Ann Hamilton: habitus

The Dali Quartet: Classical Roots, Latin Souls Produced by: Karen Smyles The Dalí Quartet ...

9 years ago

Ann Hamilton: habitus
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Preview: The Dali Quartet, Kosher USA, Ann Hamilton: habitus

The Dali Quartet: Classical Roots, Latin Souls Produced by: Karen Smyles The Dalí Quartet ...

9 years ago

Alex Hernandez
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Grillz have always been a big deal from the Etruscans to Meek Mill

Who is the new aristocracy investing in mouth décor? One sales representative says his clientele includes “a lot of athletes, a lot of ...

9 years ago

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Joe Middleton poses for a photograph in his still yet-to-be gutted home
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Biomes of buildings: fungal geneticist investigates healthier design

If your stomach has been feeling off lately, you may try taking a probiotic or eating a new kind of yogurt to correct your gut biome. But ...

9 years ago

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Mace with Muhammed Ali at Muhlenberg College. (Courtesy of Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer)
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My great-uncle Mace Bugen, a professional photo-bomber

My Great-Uncle Moishe Morris “Mace” Bugen was a legendary character in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania where he lived all o ...

9 years ago

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These synthetic cadavers are used to teach students
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Teaching medicine with fake cadavers that bleed, blink and breathe

The back of a sprawling warehouse in Tampa, Florida, looks kind of like entering the Matrix, or some sort of science-fiction movie. There ...

9 years ago

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On Penikese Island
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Recovering from addiction within the isolation of a remote island

A hundred years ago, Penikese Island was home to a leper colony, then a school for troubled boys and a bird sanctuary. This past fall, Pe ...

9 years ago

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Cheri Perron said she wants other people with lupus to know it’s not a death sentence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Figuring out the future when illness is your new normal

When something goes wrong, we all hope a doctor will find the problem and fix it, so that sooner or later, we can get back to our real li ...

9 years ago

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Castle Valley Mill
Friday Arts
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Castle Valley Mill

Castle Valley Mill Producer: Monica Rogozinski ...

9 years ago

Jack Prince
NewsWorks Tonight

At Bob and Barbara’s, the show — and all the trimmings — will go on Thanksgiving night

Bob and Barbara’s is a bar on South Street west of Broad, a divey holdover from the days before this Center City neighborhood gentr ...

9 years ago

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Oakland Officer Omega Crumb is responsible for much of the departments' ShotSpotter technology (Andrew Stelzer/for WHYY)
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Is this crime-fighting technique invading your privacy?

A law enforcement tool designed to combat gun violence has found a new use as a high tech evidence collector. Sounds good, right? Well, w ...

9 years ago

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Kirk Odom spent more than two decades in prison for a crime that was later proven he didn't do. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
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Hairy evidence: how a misconstrued forensic tool led to time behind bars

Kirk Odom spent more than two decades in prison for a crime that was later proven he didn’t do. “It was something that ...

9 years ago

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