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 Matt Skoufalos (left), a writer, journalist and musician from New Jersey, talks with Rob Kulathinal, an evolutionary biologist and geneticist from Temple University.
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Taking CO2 out of the atmosphere to make plastics

What if you could take carbon dioxide out of our atmosphere, and actually use it to make stuff? We meet one professor who is trying to do ...

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Ruha Benjamin is a sociologist
The Pulse

Debating wider participation in medical research

Author Ruha Benjamin says “the legacy of Tuskegee” is too often used as shorthand to refer to a perceived mistrust among blac ...

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Brandon Boyle
The Pulse

The dangers of swimming in Philadelphia’s creeks

A grieving Philadelphia mom wants to make sure everyone knows that swimming in the creeks isn’t just illegal — it’s dan ...

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Thousand cankers disease makes its mark on black walnut trees. (Photo courtesy of Grant Jones)
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Thousand Cankers Disease prompts wood quarantine in Pa.

Caused by a fungus that’s transported by the walnut twig beetle, the disease attacks the innermost layer of a tree’s bark, ca ...

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Arts & Entertainment

We Could Be King

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly In 2013, after 99 years, Germantown High School closed its doors forever. Budget c ...

11 years ago

 Trees at the Barnes Foundation Arboretum are receiving pesticide injections to protect them from the emerald ash borer. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philly struts its stuff to woo the 2016 Democratic convention

More than a dozen officials from the Democratic National Committee came to Philadelphia Wednesday to answer a big question: Does the city ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Could a North Jersey casino save Atlantic City?

With the announcement that Revel Casino will close next month, the future of Atlantic City’s gaming business remains murky.  ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Revel casino will close Sept. 10, leaving 3,100 out of work

Atlantic City’s newest casino will be closing next month after the financially struggling Revel Casino Hotel has not been able to f ...

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Nicole Hockley
NewsWorks Tonight

Sandy Hook parents promote mental health measure amid federal impasse

Dylan Hockley was just 6 when he and 25 others were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. His mother, Nicole Ho ...

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Peg and Awl

Art of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles Margaux and Walter Kent are married and both artists. Margaux is a photographer, makes ...

11 years ago

A $1 million grant will allow Philadelphia's Animal Care and Control Team to help control the city's population of cats.(<a href=Photo via ShutterStock)" title="shutterstock_138284567" width="1" height="1"/>
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A million-dollar program to help control Philadelphia’s cat population

Individually, a playful kitten or a purring cat is adorable, but at Philadelphia’s Animal Care and Control Team, 20,000 of them pas ...

11 years ago

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The creation of vaccines is time consuming and costly. Prohibitively so in some cases
The Pulse

Is an Ebola vaccine near?

“No,” says one expert—the numbers just don’t add up. As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to spread ...

11 years ago

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William Hafford
The Pulse

6,500-year-old skeleton gets its history back at Penn Museum

Philadelphia’s Penn Museum announced this week it discovered the skeleton in its basement. But how did they lose it in the first pl ...

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What neuronal connections in your brain say about your stress response

Why are some people able to shake off stress more than others? A recent study could provide some clues. “A lot of people hav ...

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Crews spray water on derailed freight train tank cars in Paulsboro
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Nearly two years after Paulsboro spill, health concerns linger

After a train crash in Paulsboro, N.J., a cloud of toxic gas sent 28 people to the hospital. Mantua Township resident Ronald Morris was a ...

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