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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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Unique group provides foster care for pets from military families

Since its founding four and a half years ago, PACTforAnimals.org has honored the importance of t ...

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Investigation casts doubt on nearly 30-year-old murder conviction

LaFaye Gaskins is serving a life sentence for the 1989 murder of Albert Dodson in Philadelphia.  He was convicted despite a l ...

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Denise Allen and her son Jordan. (Denise Allen Photography)
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Photographer trains lens on young black men and their mothers

Documentary photographer Denise Allen takes on subjects that she feels are misunderstood aspects of American society.  That p ...

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Musings of a mother superior

Mother’s Day — the time to appreciate the moms in our lives. If you believe the greeting card industry, motherhood is marked by uncon ...

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Jennifer Hollis tunes her harp before playing for palliative care patients. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
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Music-thanatology: The soundtrack to life’s final moments

Jennifer Hollis is perched on a black stool, her harp cradled between her legs. Her fingers move along the multicolored strings, plucking ...

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The group tries to solve puzzles to escape the room. (Charlie Kaier/WHYY)
The Pulse

The science behind why we love Escape The Room games

For a fee, you and a handful of friends, or coworkers, can escape from a medieval torture chamber, or a CDC laboratory, or “The 80s ...

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Colin Campbell and George. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight

Redemption weighs in at 140 pounds, with a lot of fur

May is National Pet Month, and there are likely to be many stories circulating about man, woman and their pets. But perhaps none is as co ...

10 years ago

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A technician handles evidence in a sexual assault case, looking down at materials on a table.
NewsWorks Tonight

Working to eradicate backlog of rape kits awaiting tests

Rape kits contain DNA evidence that can identify an unknown assailant, confirm a survivor’s account of the attack, and exonerate an ...

10 years ago

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Brian Malow is a science comedian. (Photo courtesy of Malow)
The Pulse

Two bacteria walk into a bar: The life of a science comedian

How one science-loving comedian makes “geeks laugh” for a living. You know you’re a science comedian when you st ...

10 years ago

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Cristo Rey faculty get one full day a week to collaborate and strategize about how to meet the specific needs of individual students. (Bas Slabbers/for WHYY)
The Pulse

In Philadelphia, school counselors take on at-home trauma in the classroom

School counselor Pam Turner-Bunyon had been warned: This new, incoming student had a dark profile and was prone to very erratic behavior. ...

10 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Taking stock of department stores’ importance in American life

Once upon a time, between the era of dry goods emporia and the current world of Wal-Mart, retail was driven by department stores. ...

10 years ago

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LiveConnections, Volver and the Kimmel Center, Nalani and Sarina Bolton

LiveConnections Producer: Michael O’Reilly LiveConnections operates out of the World Cafe Live building ...

10 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

A story of Nazi theft and the quest for justice

The internationally observed Holocaust Remembrance Day begins at sunset Wednesday. That’s when attendees at Main Line Reform Tem ...

10 years ago

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The wall of messages outside of University of Michigan's Counseling and Psychological Center. (Renee Gross/for WHYY)
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Colleges struggle to meet demand for mental health services

More college students than ever before are seeking mental health services, but many centers are struggling to keep up with the growing de ...

10 years ago

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 Third graders from Cornerstone Christian Academy (from left) Marenda Robinson, Kashae Livingston, Arianna Cox, and Milan Byrd, disect a sheep's brain during a science fair at the University of Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Scientists learn to talk to kids about STEM in Philadelphia

Understanding the art of explaining science to kids. “Do one of you want to cut the brain?” asks graduate student Caro ...

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