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Archives: Segments

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The Pulse

How 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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Marty Cottingham
The Pulse

One 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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Reputed organized crime boss Nicodemo
NewsWorks Tonight

Former 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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British comedian John Cleese at a book signing event in central London
NewsWorks Tonight

John Cleese on touring, Brexit, and whether Saturn has gone missing

Once deemed “Britain’s Most Influential Comedian,” actor John Cleese has brok ...

10 years ago

a saffron crocus
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Saffron, a Pennsylvania Treasure

Producer: Monica Rogozinski Shirks Saffron is a delicacy grown in the Pennsylvania Dutch area by Justin Hulshizer ...

10 years ago

Vera Rubin at Rocky Mountain National Park with her children in 1961. From left to right: Karl, Dave, Allan, Vera, and Judy. Vera is 33. (Courtesy of Allan Rubin and the Rubin family)
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Science

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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Instead of having a brain like humans
The Pulse
Science

Thinking 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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Dr. Ashish Jha and his wife Deborah Stump. (Courtesy of Ashish Jha)
The Pulse

Do 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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Tanjila Bolden-Myers
The Pulse

Suspicions 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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the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia School of Circus Arts; David Scott Kessler: The Pine Barrens; Saffron, A Pennsylvania Treasure

Philadelphia School of Circus Arts Producer: Karen Smyles Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is the region& ...

10 years ago

Ken Able
The Pulse

Ghost forests signal what’s to come due to accelerating sea level rise

On an unseasonably warm December day, in a pristine corner of Southern New Jersey, near Egg Harbor City, Rutgers professor Ken Able prepa ...

10 years ago

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Biologist Gerardo Camilo and his graduate student
The Pulse

Wild bees are trading in rural life for the big city

Powerhouse pollinators are finding urban places to nest and forage. Biologist Gerardo Camilo and his team are collecting wild bees ...

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Nathan Copeland
The Pulse

After paralysis, one man can feel again through robotic arm

Scientists are sending signals from the brain to prosthetic limbs—and back to the brain.  In 2004, Nathan Copeland, who was ...

10 years ago

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the Manischewitz factory
Friday Arts
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Kosher USA

Kosher USA Produced by: Monica Rogozinski Roger Horowitz is a food historian and director ...

10 years ago

A brazen
The Pulse

How one woman took an unexpected turn from singing to science

Emily Stewart grew up with what she calls an unreasonable obsession with “West Side Story” and a love of singing.  She a ...

10 years ago

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