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The Daily is the radio edition of the popular podcast by the same name, produced by The New York Times. Hosts Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise provide an irresistible layman’s approach to some of the most compelling and complicated stories of our time.

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Dr Deepak Sudheendra and his staff look at images of the clot. (Maiken Scott/WHYY)
The Pulse

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

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A coffin is wheeled though a street market during a mock funeral for Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes
NewsWorks Tonight

Centuries 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

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As monarchs make their way through Central Texas
The Pulse

How 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

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The Pulse

The 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

A wolfdog hybrid at Howling Woods Farm
The Pulse

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

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Inside the Four Minute Booth
The Pulse

Accelerating 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

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Steve Mc Curry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic

Steve McCurry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic Producer: Karen Smyles Friday Arts goes to the Mich ...

9 years ago

In the book
The Pulse

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

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An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus
The Pulse

Mosquitos 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

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Chris Kelly
The Pulse

Retraining 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

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Uber employees test the self-driving Ford Fusion hybrid cars in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Jared Wickerham)
The Pulse

Would 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

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a man holding a shovel at the bottom of a deep pit
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

The Privy Diggers

The Privy Diggers Producer: Michael O’Reilly In the 18th and 19th centuries in Philadelphi ...

9 years ago

Emily Graslie of the web series The Brain Scoop. (Courtesy of Tom McNamara of The Field Museum)
The Pulse
Science

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

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Paleontological fieldwork, Nunavut Territory, Canada. (Courtesy of Ted Daeschler)
The Pulse
Science

Finders 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

Fernbank Forest’s tree canopy stretches 156 feet into the air. Many of the trees have been able to live two or three hundred years. (Stephannie Stokes/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

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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