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76ers strategy: to get very good, you have to get very bad first
The Philadelphia 76ers new season gets underway this week. Hope springs eternal, or does that apply in this case, coming off of las ...
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ListenGhost studies at Penn cross over into several disciplines
Halloween weekend is a great time for a ghost story, but here’s one that’s been a hundred years in the making. In 1883 ...
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ListenArt of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles The Divine Hand Ensemble was founded by Mano Divina who is world renowned for his perfo ...
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Paralyzed man walks after remarkable nose to spine nerve cell transplant
How could cells involved in the detection of smell cause the spinal cord, notorious for its irreparability, to heal? Darek Fidyka, ...
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ListenDelaware County equips police with new domestic violence screening tool
Police are learning to use a danger-assessment questionnaire to identify high-risk situations before abuse becomes murder. Police ...
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ListenScience and innovation highlights from the Forbes Under 30 Summit
The Forbes Under 30 Summit brought hundreds of members of the magazine’s “30 Under 30” lists to the Philadelphia Conven ...
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ListenPlagued by chronic flooding, Southbridge neighborhood hangs hopes on old-school fix
Generations of residents in Wilmington’s low-lying Southbridge neighborhood are all too familiar with chronic flooding. As s ...
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ListenPhilly rappers reflect on music, performing, and the work week
Some jobs are 9-to-5. But for most musicians, work is a 24-7 endeavor. That’s certainly the case for our guests on this week ...
11 years ago
ListenCan the intersection of art and medicine lead to better patient care?
On a recent Friday afternoon, a half-dozen residents from Chestnut Hill Hospital’s Family Practice Program are doing something they ...
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ListenTrue blue through millennia, indigo has colorful history
The blue in today’s blue jeans is derived from a readily available synthetic dye. Good thing, because denims would cost much ...
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ListenFighting the stigma of depression
A Philadelphia woman shares her experience dealing with depression and answering uncomfortable questions, like ‘where have you been ...
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ListenTom Wolf: ‘I think I’ve been as specific as I could possibly be’
Pennsylvania voters will soon have their say on who will serve as governor for the next four years. Incumbent Republican Gov. Tom Corbett ...
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ListenThe blue LED’s Nobel-worthy lineage traces through N.J.
In explaining its decision last week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the group that selects the Nobel Prize winner for physics, d ...
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ListenBreast cancer research: More survive, but confusion continues over screening
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its full complement of pink ribbons and fund-raising races. While a cure is not yet in sigh ...
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ListenPhiladelphia of the Good Bones
Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly Nathaniel Popkin writes about a great many thin ...
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