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How robots could revolutionize rehabilitation
Now more than ever, it seems, robots and automation are taking a more prominent role in places where humans are either unwilling or unabl ...
10 years ago
Life hack for microbrewers: how to avoid bitter beer
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when the rise of the microbrew began, but one thing is for sure: across the country, from Portla ...
10 years ago
Before you start that diet, how reliable is the research you’re basing it on?
A lot of times, when we’re deciding to cut out specific foods for better health, our decision is based on the latest study. B ...
10 years ago
ListenThe Philadelphia History Museum: A Toy Story
Produced by Karen Smyles The Philadelphia History Museum, formerly known as the Atwater Kent Museum, may not be hug ...
10 years ago
Even in the 21st Century, women take on the major role in food work
There’s ample evidence of shifting gender roles in America regarding food–many of us can count male foodies among our friends ...
10 years ago
ListenNutter legacy on business: a neighborhood view
Philadelphia’s next mayor, Jim Kenney, takes office January 4. As Mayor Michael Nutter prepares to leave, we’re taking ...
10 years ago
Listen‘Slacktivists’ are crucial to social movements
NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller discussed the study with its co-author, Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, professor at the Annenberg School for ...
10 years ago
Listen‘Home for the Holidays’ with chef Lidia Bastianich
In her latest PBS special, celebrity chef, author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich invites six celebrity guests of different ethnic back ...
10 years ago
ListenWhat it’s like to finish last in the Philadelphia Marathon
Steve Clark is a Philadelphia teacher who always wanted to do something heroic – on the scale of a Greek hero. Problem is, he doesnR ...
10 years ago
ListenSearching for a new liver; traveling for transplant
A young man leaves home in search of a new liver. Last summer, Seth Doraiswami, a stonemason from Belmont, Massachusetts planned a ...
10 years ago
ListenHer newborn in withdrawal, a young mother faces her own recovery. “Where’s everybody headed?” “Six, ...
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ListenNew year, new you? Not that simple, Shankar Vedantam says
We spend a lot of time studying ourselves and our behavior — how we buy things, how we motivate ourselves, how we concentrate. But does ...
10 years ago
ListenDiscovering new diseases on a diagnostic odyssey
Some spend their whole lives unsure of what disease they’re suffering from. For them, a new network of health centers across the co ...
10 years ago
ListenNIGHTSCAPE and the KLIP Collective
Produced by Michael O’Reilly KLIP Collective, as the name might suggest, is ...
10 years ago
Amid recession and state cuts, Nutter’s anti-poverty efforts find success
NewsWorks Tonight has been looking at Mayor Michael Nutter’s legacy in several key areas affecting Philadelphia. In the fift ...
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