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This cigarette warning label image produced a high “emotional reaction” among participants in the study. (Photo courtesy of the Annenberg Public Policy Center)
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Rotting teeth, black lungs, mouth blisters… will those images stop you from smoking?

One study out of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says yes.  Graphic photo labels on cigarette packs that highlight the dan ...

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Samples of deep sea corals are taken by Temple researchers below the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo courtesy of Ivan Hurzeler
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Temple researchers say dispersant used to clean 2010 oil spill was at least as toxic to corals as the oil

What’s worse for deep-sea corals – oil spills or the cleanup?  A recent study out of Temple University found that ...

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The view northeast from 1234 Market St.
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Student meteorologist tackles challenge of predicting Philadelphia’s ozone pollution

If you think predicting the weather is hard, try predicting ozone pollution levels. It’s a complex interplay of emissions and meteo ...

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A worker monitors pressurized testing at a Cabot Oil & Gas fracking site in Harford Township
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Making sense of EPA’s frack water analysis

StateImpact Pennsylvania Reporter Susan Phillips sat down with NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller to discuss the first part of the EPA ...

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Lil Buck Goes to Princeton

Art of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles In January, Memphis Jookin’ dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley, the current Artist i ...

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Breaking down the new federal regulations on fracking

Last week, the Obama Administration announced major federal regulations on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Susan Phillips, Stat ...

10 years ago

This fMRI image shows activations in the brain
The Pulse

Like chocolate and beauty, good ads light up your brain

New research explores how the body reacts to successful commercials.  Thirty seconds is an eternity when spent suffering thro ...

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Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning book that served as the inspiration for the PBS documentary. (Megan Pinto/for WHYY)
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A look at one of the ‘oldest diseases we know’ with author and doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Pulse has been doing a series of stories on the issue of cancer this month, leading up the release of the new Ken Burns documentary,& ...

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For this edition of 'So What Do You Do?'
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As climate warms, mangroves serve as defenders against flooding

What can we do to adapt to global warming as species move, shift their habitats or disappear altogether? This big question came up in our ...

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After using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for years—and four difficult surgeries to open his airway--Bucks County resident Larry Jalowiec got an implantable device to treat his sleep apnea. (Taunya English/WHYY)
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A new alternative for sleep apnea sufferers

A new surgery is helping people breathe easier at night. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new sleep apn ...

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Kelsie Persaud reacts to the news that she matched with a hospital close to her fiancé in Virginia. (Kimberly Painter/WHYY)
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Drexel Match Day filled with screams, tears and waves of relief

The Match Day results are in.  Did Kelsie and Maurice match where they wanted? Kelsie Persaud didn’t sleep much last ni ...

10 years ago

Lara Manogg
The Pulse

Eat this, not that: Pediatricians adjust to new science on introducing food to kids

Food allergies among children increased approximately 50 percent between the late 90s and now, according to the Centers for Disease Contr ...

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JFK Plaza/LOVE Park 'Square 1 Plan' Rendering
NewsWorks Tonight

Conceptual designs for a lush LOVE Park

Ashley Hahn, Editor of PlanPhilly’s Eyes on the Street sat down with NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller to talk about the city̵ ...

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Chubby Checker visits WHYY studios to speak with NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Chubby Checker’s Philly past

Fifty-five years after his cover of the Hank Ballard tune, “The Twist” went to number one, Chubby checker is still making music, stil ...

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Keeping ‘death’ out of cancer conversations

How we discuss a feared disease might be changing. For decades, the conversation around cancer has been synonymous with certain ph ...

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