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Taste test: decaf vs. real coffee
With coffee connoisseurship on the rise, can we even distinguish between regular and decaf coffee? Let’s find out. In Matt S ...
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ListenRock ‘Em Sock ‘Em … cockroach style?
Severed cockroach legs serve as training tool for next generation of engineers working on artificial limbs. Four University of Pen ...
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ListenThe power of failure, and other lessons from a 400-year-old ‘book of secrets’
Could grinding sand help build better scientists? A group of Columbia University students is keeping a close watch on a brig ...
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ListenWho’s policing our food, medicine to keep us safe?
FDA Inspector: ‘I could tell you stories all day.’ You see the headlines all the time: A recall on over-the-counter me ...
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ListenWhat happens when our Pulse ‘Lab Rat’ goes caffeine free?
This week, Zack Seward quits coffee and discovers his true, sluggish inner self. I quit all caffeine for a week, and here’s ...
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ListenRowan University Art Gallery Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly Located 30 minutes outside of Philadelphia, the ...
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What did your MRI or CT Scan cost? WHYY’s PriceCheck wants to know
WHYY’s PriceCheck project is well underway, with more than 200 community entries featured in our searchable, crowdsourced database. ...
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ListenMove over, ‘Texts From Hillary,’ make way for Snaps from Rand Paul
Can a social media platform built around disappearing messages and digital ephemera make a difference in the 2016 presidential race? ...
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ListenFrom the swimming pool to the hospital, one boy’s story of recovery post-stroke
Seven-year-old Bryan Sadowski spent the first three months of this year in the hospital fighting for his life, then fighting to regain t ...
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ListenCharlie Parker’s YARDBIRD, Rowan University Art Gallery, Frecon Farms
The Making of Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD Art of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles Saxophonist Charlie Par ...
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For decades, podiatrist’s care has been foot note to Broad Street Run
The 36th annual Broad Street Run is set to kick off Sunday morning at 8 a.m. For 31 of those 36 years, runners completing the 10-m ...
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ListenSpreading the carbon message as a ‘Climate Reality Project’ presenter
Richard Whiteford is about to make his third climate change presentation at the United Nations this weekend. As a “Climate Reality ...
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ListenPine, orange, lavender… what should ‘clean’ really smell like?
On days with air quality warnings, it makes a lot of sense to stay inside. But it’s not necessarily safe to assume the home is alwa ...
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ListenMegacities like Kathmandu create conditions for ‘colossal disaster’
Nepal’s quake exposes the effects that poverty and unfortunate geography can have on a city. The death toll from the massive ...
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ListenOn a cheese rind, war and peace
Scientists study stinky, moldy cheeses in hopes of making bigger discoveries about us. Ihsan Gurdal knows a lot about cheese. He ...
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