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NewsWorks Tonight

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 ...

11 years ago

Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

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 ...

11 years ago

Bedbugs are nocturnal and communally feed on their host's blood without being noticed. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
NewsWorks Tonight

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 ...

11 years ago

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A cystic fibrosis patient receives one of his twice daily treatments for cystic fibrosis (AP Images
The Pulse

With 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 ...

11 years ago

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The Pulse

The Pulse: Things that made us go ‘Hmmm…’

WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, capping off a yea ...

11 years ago

Josie Dillard (left) and Danielle Kreeger. (J. Woods/ The Pulse)
The Pulse

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 ...

11 years ago

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Members of the Final Frontier Medical Devices team geeked out in Star Trek gear
The Pulse

Stranger 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 ...

11 years ago

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Karen Taylor and Ron Coleman lead a workshop on hearing voices in Philadelphia. Participants traveled from as far away as Wisconsin and Florida to attend. (Kimberly Paynter/for The Pulse)
The Pulse

Bargaining 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 ...

11 years ago

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Many people use a neti pot and salt water to relieve wintertime nose congestion. (Taunya English/for WHYY)
The Pulse

Is 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 ...

11 years ago

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Why do we itch? New research says it has to do with the chemical messenger: seratonin. (Shutterstock http://shutr.bz/1yjm1Nb)
The Pulse

This 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 ...

11 years ago

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The Pulse

Could 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.  ...

11 years ago

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The Pulse

The 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 ...

11 years ago

Pamela Hooks (Image courtesy of FirstPerson Arts)
NewsWorks Tonight

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 ...

11 years ago

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
NewsWorks Tonight

Plaintiffs 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 ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Study finds staggering amount spent on political ads this year

A new study by the Sunlight Foundation in partnership with the Committee of Seventy ...

11 years ago

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