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SETI’s attempt to make contact with other signs of life
Understanding the quest to meet our galactic neighbors. Human beings have always wondered if they’re alone in the Universe. ...
11 years ago
ListenHead of NASA mission hopes it proves Pluto is a planet
A spacecraft traveling 31,000 miles an hour, will fly over Pluto and its five moons on July 14, giving us our first ever close-up view of ...
11 years ago
ListenWXPN morning host signing off after nearly 30 years
WXPN morning host Michaela Majoun has been awakening audiences to her eclectic music mixes for more than 26 years. Now, she’ ...
11 years ago
ListenThe complicated history of the Confederate Flag
In the wake of last week’s mass murder at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, efforts continue to remove the Conf ...
11 years ago
ListenLittle is known about mating in zero gravity, little research is planned. Space colonization is pretty much the cornerstone to any ...
11 years ago
ListenART OF FOOD — PRODUCED BY MONICA ROGOZINSKI It is growing season and the Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) is ca ...
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Philly’s Mother Bethel AME hosts vigil to mourn nine killed in SC church
Hundreds congregated Thursday night at the Mother Bethel AME in Society Hill to mourn the loss of nine African-Americans gunned down Wedn ...
11 years ago
Listen‘New kid’ on the local block, super PACS played integral part in Philly mayoral primary
This year for the first time, super PACs spent big money on a mayoral primary in Philadelphia. In 2012, super PACs, also known as ...
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ListenRepublican presidential hopefuls head to Philadelphia
A veritable who’s who of the nation’s GOP notables will gather Thursday through Saturday in Philadelphia for the Northeast Re ...
11 years ago
ListenNew book tells the bitter truth behind Hershey’s success
Hear the name Hershey and chocolate likely comes to mind, as well as the Hershey Medical Center, Hershey Pennsylania, Hershey Park, and t ...
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ListenDespite new evidence, no proof Betsy Ross designed Old Glory
This Sunday, June 14, is Flag Day, commemorating Congress’ adoption of the American Flag in 1777. In Philadelphia, the anniv ...
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ListenPrEP is about HIV prevention, not good or bad behavior
There is a pill that prevents HIV. Known commonly as PrEP — “pre-exposure prophylaxis” — this treatment is a de fact ...
11 years ago
Liberty To Go To See Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly ...
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Sex toy vending machine in Philadelphia questions the ‘should’ and ‘should not’ of sexuality
Discreetly located units promise pleasure for the curious, and a blow to America’s puritanical roots. It’s not like ve ...
11 years ago
ListenNew boss at Reading Terminal Market wants to build on success
Starting Monday, Philadelphia’s famed 123-year old Reading Terminal Market will be guided by new General Manager Anuj Gupta, who ...
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