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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 ...
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The Privy Diggers Producer: Michael O’Reilly In the 18th and 19th centuries in Philadelphi ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Could old skulls help us understand why we have crooked teeth?
Something changed over the course of human evolution that left a lot of us with weak chins and buck-teeth. ...
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A natural history museum questions what ‘natural’ means
In a business district east of Pittsburgh’s downtown, between a pizza shop and a Vietnamese restaurant, is an easy-to-miss storefront m ...
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It’s ‘game on’ for the man in charge of 145 million specimens
It seems that Kirk Johnson was training from a very early age to one day head the country’s largest and most comprehensive natural ...
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Listen 9:47Diorama dilemma: The art and science of museum displays
A lot more than meets the eye goes into dioramas at natural history museums.
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Trading pill bottles for yoga mats doesn’t always fly with patients
The way physicians assess and treat pain has come under scrutiny recently, as the country continues to experience an epidemic of opioid a ...
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Reassessing the assessment of pain: how the numeric scale became so popular in health care
It’s an experience that most everyone has had at a doctor or hospital visit, where at some point, usually early on, the question ...
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After student suicides, medical schools look for changes
Following the death of her son, Michele Dietl remembers not being able to walk through the grocery store. “I co ...
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Ragtag group of non-scientists tries to break up monopoly on insulin
Tired of paying too much for common prescription drugs? Ever wish you could just head into the kitchen and make medicine yourself? ...
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Looking for peace and quiet? There’s a map for that.
With fall on the horizon, maybe you’re hoping to find some peace and quiet in the great outdoors. Where you find it can be a challe ...
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