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Public debate muddies the waters in climate change education
The public debate over climate change has worked its way into science classrooms, where scientists say it has no place. The ...
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‘Super lice’ are outliving normal treatments, but don’t panic
Head lice have upped their game — recent research confirms that many of them have become resistant to most of the potions we use to kil ...
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ListenEagles are halfway there. Do they have a prayer?
At midpoint in the season, the 4-4 Eagles have shown flashes of brilliance, but their only consistent feature of the team has been its IN ...
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Listen![This was what shop classes looked like back in 1892 at the Dwight School in Boston. Teaching young people to use tools readied them for a modernizing economy. Today some school administrators are rethinking the shop class and opting to convert them into digital labs to train kids on the tools of the next economy.
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A new, digital spin on your old school shop class
Goodbye lathes, hello 3D printers. Across the country, a handful of schools are giving their old shop classrooms a major makeover, ...
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Let them sleep: Doctors say to start the school day at a ‘healthy’ time
Teens need about eight and a half to nine and a half hours of sleep every night, but at lots of schools the morning bell rings around 7:2 ...
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Amtrak derailment recedes in Frankford Junction neighborhood’s memory
It’s six months since Amtrak train 188 crashed at Philadelphia’s Frankford Junction killing eight people. Has anything ...
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Reporter’s Roundtable: Tough week for Kathleen Kane and Chip Fattah
NewsWorks Tonight Guest Host Brad Linder talks with Mary Wilson and Bobby Allyn about two public figures who’ve had better weeks: P ...
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Penn neurosurgeon marks 1,000th deep brain surgery
After 1,000 deep brain stimulation surgeries, a surgeon says he’s at his best when extreme focus is necessary. Those who suf ...
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University City Produced by Karen Smyles The University City area is comprised of several dif ...
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After pregnancy, helping moms with HIV continue health care
Once a new mom with HIV delivers a healthy baby, sometimes she thinks she’s ‘done.’ The healthcare system has go ...
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The science behind the many colors of fall
It’s hard not to admire the transition into fall’s fiery foliage, particularly in the northeast part of the country. Leaves, ...
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A first-person story 20 years in the making
Poet Ursula Rucker and guitarist Tim Motzer, longtime Philadelphia-based collaborators, will perform Friday as part of the ...
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Ric Burns ‘Debt of Honor’ traces America’s complicated relationship with disabled vets
Ric Burns’ new documentary “Debt of Honor” screens tonight at WHYY and will be released to the public on November 10. & ...
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What makes a face feminine? Surgeon says it’s more than skin deep
Have you ever thought about what makes a face feminine? According to one of the surgeons who pioneered facial feminization surgery, what ...
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Paramedics pay home visits to keep patients out of the ER
‘Community paramedicine’ aims to keep patients out of the ER. Nancy Nolan is wearing a neon-pinkish-sort-of-creamsicle ...
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