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Private donations fuel NJ’s long-term recovery from Hurricane Sandy
Two years after the storm, a look at where the money went and what lessons we can learn. The Jersey Shore was still reeling ...
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December 2014: Philabundance, Soul Music and the Gross Lab
Philabundance Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Philabundance has just made it to 30 years of service and i ...
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Sizing up Philly’s bedbug problem
As Philadelphia takes aim at bedbugs, skin-crawling testimony at a hearing this week resulted in City Councilman Mark Squilla vowing to f ...
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ListenWith big money comes big questions for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
When a breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug with a sticker price of more than $300,000 per year hit the market two years ago, the cost raise ...
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ListenThe Pulse: Things that made us go ‘Hmmm…’
WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, capping off a yea ...
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Getting her hands dirty is part of the job, and the fun, for environmental scientist
Pretty much everyone is familiar with ecology, but it’s a broad term and it covers a lot of territory. For our segmen ...
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ListenStranger than fiction: Star Trek’s ‘tricorder’ could soon be a reality
The tale of a high-stakes medical device competition inspired by a sci-fi classic and a local team boldly going into the finals. I ...
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ListenBargaining with the voices in our heads
New treatments for a stigmatized group of patients emerge. Berta Britz hid the voices she’s heard for a long time, spending ...
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ListenIs your neti pot routine safe, effective?
Slosh a little salty water into your nose, and it’s like a satisfying kick in the sinuses. For some people, nasal irrigation ...
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ListenThis week in science: Pain’s relation to itch, sex equality in research and white-nose syndrome
Everyone itches, and when we scratch, the itch always seems to come back even stronger. But why? Dr. Bethany Brookshire, a s ...
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ListenCould fog disinfectant machines help fight the spread of Ebola?
Sanosil International and other companies that produce foggers say their tools can be more effective than traditional methods. ...
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ListenThe Pulse: Because science is all around us, and man is it cool
WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, in a celebration ...
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Being the new kid on the cell block was a test this teacher passed
West Philly native Pamela Hooks had a mortgage to pay, so she picked up a job as a teacher at a prison. She learned how to take care of h ...
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ListenPlaintiffs seek info on Christie travel expenses
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie crisscrossed the country this year, devoting more than a hundred days visiting 36 states, to appear on beh ...
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ListenStudy finds staggering amount spent on political ads this year
A new study by the Sunlight Foundation in partnership with the Committee of Seventy ...
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