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City Councilwoman Cindy Bass applauds after pushing the 'detonator' that sent the Queen Lane Apartment demolition in motion on Saturday. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

Mixing explosives with gravity – the controlled science behind implosions

In just 15 seconds on Saturday, Queen Lane Apartments vanished from the sky.  A nearly 60-year stay in Philadelphia over in l ...

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NewsWorks Tonight

New survey shows Americans lack understanding of own government

227 years ago today, the US Constitution was signed, and its anniversary is being celebrated in Philadelphia and across the country by ne ...

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Tony Auth (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight

The joy of sharing Tony Auth’s world [audio + video]

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(Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight

Reporters Roundtable: Has Corbett reached point of no return? And have Nutter and Kenney buried the hatchet?

On this week’s Reporter’s Roundtable, Dave Davies joins us to discuss Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s uphill ...

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One of the plays opening this weekend during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival is
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Mütter Museum serves as magnet for artists looking for inspiration

One of the plays opening this weekend during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival is “The Body Lautrec,” about the famous 19th ce ...

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Surrounded by many important specimens
The Pulse

Young man and the sea: Hemingway’s Philly connection

To mark the anniversary of Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, an Academy of Natural Sciences fellow is among 14 Americans ...

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(Lindsay Lazarski/for The Pulse
The Pulse

Are lawmakers interfering with the doctor-patient relationship?

Doctors are sending up red flags about laws that they say block them from giving patients independent medical care and advice. They call ...

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 (John Jankowski/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

Climate change threatens nation’s birds, new report finds

A new national report from the Audubon Society paints a very grim picture for the country’s bird populations. A new national ...

11 years ago

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(Shutterstock photo: http://tinyurl.com/na6owfs)
The Pulse

State-run programs help nurses detox together and stay in their scrubs

“I’m smart, I’m using a clean needle every time, I’m smart and then…I’m in.” It’s ...

11 years ago

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Christina Love
The Pulse

The art of explaining science… and why it’s so hard to do

What makes a scientist a good communicator? It turns out the scientific community has become more interested in figuring that out. ...

11 years ago

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Katherine Teevan
NewsWorks Tonight

Brand-new Philly teacher looks forward to Friday, and also to Monday

First-week jitters are the norm when starting a new job. And when it’s your first job after finishing school, you want to give it y ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

‘Repair, don’t replace’ is mantra of Philly Fixers Guild

The Philly Fixers Guild is a newly formed band of handy people who want to share their fix-it skills with friends and neighbors. F ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

11-year-old from West Chester runs marathon on every continent

Nikolas Toocheck isn’t your average 11-year-old. The young runner has completed a marathon on all seven continents, raising ...

11 years ago

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Karen Beckman (Image courtesy of University of Pennsylvania)
NewsWorks Tonight

Penn gathering focuses on vital role of humanities and arts in modern research

The Penn Museum will host the HAIKU conference Friday and Saturd ...

11 years ago

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For 200 years, bridges have made New Hope and Lambertville like two sides of same town

Two hundred years ago this weekend, a bridge opened up connecting the towns of
 New Hope, Pennsylvania and Lambertville, New Jersey.&nb ...

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