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Philabundance manager offers volunteers a good workout
The holiday season is a time to think about giving, not just to family and friends, but to those in need. This week’s guest on Reca ...
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ListenThis week in science: High-fat diets during pregnancy and studying drug addiction through Legos
Four different animal studies ...
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ListenA first look at how our germs are behaving in space
Preliminary results are in for a science experiment we’ve been following (and participating in) on The Pulse, called Project MERCCU ...
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ListenCitizen scientists track tiny critters to determine health of the watershed
Turns out eight-year-olds aren’t the only ones who love great piles of leaves. Tara Muenz, education manager a ...
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ListenEvaluating Philly wage tax 75 years after its implementation
Mentioning the Philadelphia wage tax elicits a visceral reaction from many who pay it and a ho-hum response from most who don’t. ...
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ListenArt — Produced by Michael O’Reilly In THE GROSS LAB, you will find rows and rows of cadavers. Many people would consider thi ...
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Bringing people back from the dead, a messy business
An author wonders if CPR is always warranted. Everyone has seen a movie or TV show where one character is drowning or choking or h ...
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ListenDreadnoughtus prepares to go home
After more than a decade spent uncovering, cleaning, studying and preserving the bones of one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, D ...
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ListenWith batteries included, brain stimulation devices prepare to go mainstream
The next wave in wearable technology will attempt to open the mind. The founders of Halo Neuroscience don’t have a tidy elev ...
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ListenWhen the words won’t come — recovering from a series of strokes in my 30s
I wanted to read the lines so desperately, to force the words from the pages into my mind and out of my mouth. But they were ceasing to b ...
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ListenPenn doctor releases fictional encyclopedia of imaginary diseases
Imagine a kind of amnesia wherein everybody forgets about you (Amnesia inversa). Imagine a disease that causes you to contract the infirm ...
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ListenHow doctors are framing the flu conversation, after strain mutation
After the big announcement that this year’s flu vaccine may offer less protection than expected, some doctors are scrambling for th ...
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ListenThe shocking cost of wasted prescription pills
Every few months, typically Friday nights around 6 p.m., nurse Deane Kirchner throws what she calls a drug party. Except, she says ...
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ListenFemale firefighters: A renewed debate?
The death of Joyce Craig-Lewis, as the first female Philadelphia firefighter killed in the line of duty, could spark old questions about ...
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ListenPA pension costs to increase by nearly $500 Million in 2015
Pension obligations in the state of Pennsylvania are increasing and becoming a larger part of the state budget. Eric Boehme of&nbs ...
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