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Michael Hopes shortly after his surgery (Jimmy Viola/for WHYY)
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A love of pro wrestling greater than the fear of cancer

Imagine you have one all-consuming passion in life. The thing you can’t live without. And suddenly, an illness threatens to take th ...

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Dr. Yvette Sheline
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Researchers explore potential link between depression and inflammation

An ongoing study is finding that there may be a connection between depression and inflammation in the peripheral blood and the brain. ...

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Dakota Fisher-Vance speaks with NewsWorks Tonight's Dave Heller at the WHYY studios. (Robert J. Chimienti/for WHYY)
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Conference for people with cancer promises community

Making the most of a life interrupted by illness is the focus of the Cancervention Conference in Philadelphia. NewsWorks Tonight host Dav ...

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Human-scale stories on tackling climate change

For the 45th anniversary of Earth Day observations, Alex Chadwick, long-time public radio reporter and host of the podcast “Burn, A ...

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Predicting the sick through personal trails of health data

How Independence Blue Cross is using algorithms to better target care.  The first thing out of John Iovine’s mouth is a ...

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Allora & Calzadilla: Concert for Elephants

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly In the gallery at the Perelman B ...

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Exhibit showcases Thomas Jefferson’s dedication to promoting the strength of the nation through nature

In 1781, just as colonial soldiers won the battle of Yorktown, which cinched American independence from the British, Thomas Jefferson too ...

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Brontosaurus stages giant comeback

The Brontosaurus is back… and it’s the only dinosaur known to go extinct twice, if you will.  The long-necked, lo ...

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Knife maker Adam Balkovic of Biltsharp Manufacturing
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In Adam Balkovic’s work, there’s never a dull moment

Adam Balkovic’s career as a knife maker started on a negative note when a respected friend told him nobody did that sort of thing. ...

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St. Paul's Baptist Church in West Chester
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Facilitating ‘courageous conversation’ to overcome bias

Leaders in West Chester will host the “Courageous Conversation Conference” at West Chester University April 18. The id ...

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Tyler Bell and his mom Liz in the warehouse of Hopewell Valley Vineyards in Pennington
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Entering adulthood with autism and not much else

A generation of autistic children have grown and entered adult life, but without the support they got as kids, what will their futures ho ...

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In December
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10, 50, 100: Why do we find comfort in round numbers?

Numbers have mattered to humans since the earliest civilizations…but some have mattered more than others. There are certain ...

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Students gather outside of the administration offices. As of 1 p.m. no administrators had approached the students to start a dialogue. (Emily Cohen/For Newsworks)
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Students waiting for change where the divestment movement was born

Swarthmore College may be the birthplace of the movement to strip fossil fuel company stocks from university investment portfolios, but s ...

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(Photo courtesy of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
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Correcting life-threatening birth defects in utero

This month’s PBS mini series “Twice Born,” takes viewers inside an intense surgery unit at the Children’s Hospita ...

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Abraham, Williams hit speed bumps in race for Philly mayor

It’s been an eventful 24 hours in the Philadelphia mayoral race. Tuesday night, one candidate, former District Attorney Lynn ...

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