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ProPublica launches online tool to track your doctor’s billing patterns

The investigation is part of a push to spotlight doctors who may be sending inflated bills to the government. A new ...

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Inside Amtrak’s new fleet of high-tech train engines

Sophie Reid climbs aboard one of Amtrak’s new ACS-64 City Sprinters to uncover the science behind the new fleet of locomotives. ...

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In this week's Patient Files
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How treating my sudden death syndrome left me at risk of sudden death

In this week’s Patient Files, Michael Downing tells us about his harrowing set of medical encounters related to hypertrophic cardio ...

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Penn State graduate student Alison Franklin holds up one of five prescriptions in her medicine closet. (Katie Colaneri/for The Pulse)
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What is the long-term health impact of pharmaceuticals in our water?

A Penn State University research team is trying to find out whether or not drugs in our water could be contributing to a major public hea ...

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Fermented radish and cucumber salad (Photo courtesy of twice-cooked.com)
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Fermentation’s simple recipe: vegetables, water, salt and time

One of the oldest food preparation techniques known to man is back. At a recent Science on Tap event at National Mechanics restaur ...

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Paul Stamets holding an Agarikon mushroom (Photo courtesy of Dusty Yao)
The Pulse

Could mushrooms save the world?

Mycologist Paul Stamets explains what fungi do for the planet and how they could be used to correct many of the problems that ail us. ...

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Bucky and the Fringe

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly “The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fu ...

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Erik Cordes
The Pulse

500 meters down, a deep-sea researcher describes what he sees

Researcher Erik Cordes talks about coral reefs and sharks via two-way radio at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.  A couple we ...

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The Pulse

Hold the PowerPoint slides – a different approach to medical education

Two Jefferson University Hospital doctors are offering fellow physicians a different way to learn – and their approach was inspired ...

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The Pulse

The science of a healthy career for the hard-living Broadway singer

How do Broadway singers belt out eight shows per week and keep their voices healthy? I’m sitting backstage with the Broadway ...

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Trainer Joel Austin leads a weekly support group at the West Philadelphia YMCA for fathers working to be better dads. (Taunya English/for The Pulse)
The Pulse

Teaching men to be better fathers – does dad training work?

Each week, a group of fathers meet at the West Philadelphia YMCA to work on their parenting skills.  From self-esteem to beha ...

11 years ago

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The Pulse

This week in science: Young mouse blood, white nose syndrome and penguin flu

The Scientist‘s Kerry Grens explains new research on young blood in mice, whit ...

11 years ago

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Dr. Kanani Titchen
The Pulse

Jefferson Hospital pediatrics resident wins 2014 Medelita H.E.R.O. award

Dr. Kanani Titchen, this year’s award recipient, tells us about her research in child sex trafficking.  Resident physic ...

11 years ago

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Katie McGinty is one of four Democratic candidates looking to run against Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Despite lagging poll numbers, Katie McGinty says don’t count her out of Pa. gov’s race

McGinty, who served as deputy assistant to President Clinton, went on to chair the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In 2003, ...

11 years ago

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The look of the ChemCrafter app is inspired by vintage chemistry kits from the 1940s and '50s.
The Pulse

A digital comeback for an old-fashioned science toy — just not here

A science non-profit’s new iPad app has created a small dose of international mystery. The Chemical Heritage Foundation want ...

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