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The Pulse

What the Medicaid expansion means for those ‘in the gap’

Last week, the Corbett administration announced a Medicaid-alternative agreement with the federal government that would allow more people ...

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Elmwood Zoo curator David Wood with the bison. (Kimberly Haas/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight

It’s been a beastly week, but that’s always the case for Elmwood Zoo curator

For many of us, what we do each week at our job is affected by our bosses and our co-workers. But for David Wood, his work week is ...

12 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

What makes a successful public space?

Philadelphia has no shortage of parks and squares.  Some have become bustling centers of civic life, while others — well ̵ ...

12 years ago

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Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz spent a lot of time at the  Scott Memorial Library of Jefferson University
The Pulse

Dr. Thomas Mütter — getting to know the man behind the macabre collection

In her new book, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz captures Mütter’s journey from young, sickly orphan to beloved surgeon and teacher ...

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Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji
The Pulse

Going back to the basics in Syria with physician Abdalmajid Katranji

Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji has been treating badly wounded patients in a bare bones operation room for the past four years in Syria.  ...

12 years ago

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Karyn Reyher has a hybrid cochlear implant to account for her severe to profound hearing loss at high frequencies. (Kelly Reyher/for The Pulse)
The Pulse

Turning up the volume on a quiet world

A million Americans have trouble hearing high-pitched sounds, especially vets and people working industrial jobs. But makers of a new hyb ...

12 years ago

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The world's largest radio telescope near Arecibo
The Pulse

Fast radio bursts – deep space’s newest noisemaker

Scientists are starting to hear a new kind of message from far across the universe, the question is what (or who) is sending it? I ...

12 years ago

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A single toe bone of Dreadnoughtus schrani weighs approximately 15 pounds. Only one was found. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse

Philly scientists discover new gigantic dinosaur, ‘Dreadnoughtus’ [photos]

A Drexel-led team of scientists named a newly discovered dinosaur Thursday, a sauropod from southern Patagonia dubbed “Dreadnoughtu ...

12 years ago

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

September 2014: Invisible River, Chicken Bone Beach and Local Abundance

The Sustainable Choice Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Consideration of social responsibilities is an imp ...

12 years ago

Hillsdale Fire Department Captain Tom Kelley looks out on Pascack Brook
NewsWorks Tonight

Problems with repetitive flooding mean recurring losses for inland N.J.

While Sandy’s devastation brought renewed attention to ...

12 years ago

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Peter Cappelli
NewsWorks Tonight

Companies that can’t find skilled workers might need to re-evaluate their standards

The U.S. economy is bouncing back from the depths of the recession. Still, it’s not clear how employees across the country are bene ...

12 years ago

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A funeral procession for a summer past (Chuck Snyder/for NewsWorks)
NewsWorks Tonight

Bethany Beach lays summer to rest

Jazz funerals are typically associated more with New Orleans than Delaware.  But the quiet beach town of Bethany Beach will become a ...

12 years ago

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Rep. Chaka Fattah
NewsWorks Tonight

Reporter’s Roundtable: Fattah under suspicion, Corbett gets a version of Medicaid plan

On this week’s Reporter’s Roundtable, Dave Davies describes the difficult position of Congressman Chaka Fattah.  And Tau ...

12 years ago

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Susan Chase at home in Mt. Airy. (J.Woods/for The Pulse)
The Pulse

Battling cancer and making theater: ‘Susan’s Undoing’

The shattering news came, as it does for many women, after Susan Chase had a routine mammogram. When she got a phone message reque ...

12 years ago

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The Pulse

Pregnant Pa. inmates continue to be shackled, despite state law

In 2010, Pennsylvania passed a law prohibiting the shackling of pregnant inmates after their second trimester, but as reporter Audrey Qui ...

12 years ago

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