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Spreading 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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ListenHealth officials recommend lower fluoride levels for drinking water
Worries about fluoride in water have evolved over the decades. One of the first water fluoridation studies was in Grand Rapids, Mi ...
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ListenAnd the winner of The Pulse’s Philadelphia Science Festival Challenge is…
Three very brave science enthusiasts competed for ultimate nerd glory by trying to go to as many Philadelphia Science Festival events as ...
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ListenWho gets access to the data my Apple Watch collects?
Wearable devices are collecting valuable information about us. The question is, how can it be protected? This story is part of ...
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Listen2015 Broad Street Run to benefit a beloved cross country course
The forecast looks fine for the 36th annual Broad Street Run on Sunday. This year, many participants will be running for the benefit of F ...
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ListenSalt-Rising Bread: A taste of Manifest Destiny
A unique Appalachian recipe demands one part history and one part science. John Fahey woke up before dawn and drove thirty miles t ...
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ListenArt of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski As part of the ongoing major renovations of the Parkway Central Library, a new dem ...
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Catastrophic molts leave Camden penguins hot and lonely
…and bald. Getting rid of their old winter coats and dreaming of a beach body, two African penguins on the shores of ...
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ListenPus, grenades and Ben Franklin: America’s first great vaccine debates
The founding father’s very real stake in the colonial war over inoculation. If you think ...
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ListenHighlights from this week’s American Association for Cancer Research Conference
Kerry Grens, a regular Pulse contributor and associate editor at The Scientist, joined The Pulse this week to tell us about the 2015 even ...
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Listen2015 Philadelphia Science Festival kicks off this weekend, Pulse fans gear up for science challenge
Dr. Frederic Bertley, senior vice president of science/education at the Franklin Institute, gives us a quick preview of the 5th annual ev ...
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ListenFor breast cancer research, Apple delivers strength in numbers approach
Apps will allow study participants to submit health data from their iPhones. Apple products, as the saying goes, solve problems we ...
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