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Catching a killer that hides deep in our veins
Effective public health messages have to be short and clear: Smoking kills. Don’t drink and drive. Buckle up for safety. Eat a rain ...
9 years ago
ListenCenturies later, readers still follow Don Quixote’s heroic quest
Some consider “Don Quixote” to be the first novel written in the western world. Author Miguel Cervantes died four cent ...
9 years ago
ListenHow to help monarch butterflies without accidentally luring them to their deaths
Dara Satterfield has a unique way of looking at Monarch butterflies. She thinks of them as ‘tiny camels.’ “They ...
9 years ago
ListenThe case for language and literature in medical school
In his impious 1911 glossary “The Devil’s Dictionary” – a collection of humorous definitions — Ambrose Bierce d ...
9 years ago
Wolfdog hybrids make for high-maintenance, myth-making pets
On a recent sunny afternoon, a handful of volunteers led a tour group around Howling Woods Farm ...
9 years ago
ListenAccelerating intimacy between strangers: artists experiment with the power of eye contact
You know that old saying, ‘the eyes are the window to the soul’? Well, during Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival this past ...
9 years ago
ListenSteve Mc Curry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic
Steve McCurry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic Producer: Karen Smyles Friday Arts goes to the Mich ...
9 years ago
What the f@#$ is up with the science of cursing
What do you say when you stub your toe? Chances are, it has four letters and starts with an F. But you might also say that word to emphas ...
9 years ago
ListenMosquitos carrying Zika may have an Achilles heel
A Miami-based researcher and his team are hoping to make humans undetectable to the Aedes aegypti. The workplace of neurogeneticis ...
9 years ago
ListenRetraining the brain after losing the ability to smell
Anosmics have a new option for gaining back a lost sense. In 2012, Chris Kelly caught a cold, which then moved into her sinu ...
9 years ago
ListenWould you buy a car that might be programmed to kill you?
It seemed like a major moment in human history: a fleet of driverless Uber cars hitting the streets of Pittsburgh last week, making their ...
9 years ago
ListenThe Privy Diggers Producer: Michael O’Reilly In the 18th and 19th centuries in Philadelphi ...
9 years ago
The Brain Scoop and the sloppy business of learning
The story of how one YouTube educator is reshaping natural history. This piece is a part of our s ...
9 years ago
Listen 6:39Finders keepers doesn’t apply to fossils and bones
Paleontologists preparing for excursions have to think about appropriate gear, and clothing, but they also have to make sure all of their ...
9 years ago
Fighting for preservation in a wooded natural history museum
Eli Dickerson and I start at the edge of the unusual museum collection he manages. This piece is ...
9 years ago
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