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New book chronicles Philly couple’s daring rescue of 50 Jewish kids on eve of Holocaust
Monday marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the 6 million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis. The story of a Philadelph ...
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ListenEarth Day pollution prevention through good housekeeping
On this 44th Earth Day, the efforts of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Philadelphia Water Department are focused in part o ...
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ListenTwo Friends schools mark 325 years in Philadelphia
This year mark’s the 325th Anniversary of two icons of Philadelphia education–William Penn Charter School and Friends Select ...
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ListenInga Saffron: It’s not just architecture, it’s city life criticism
Inga Saffron, who writes the “Changing Skyline” column for the Philadelphia Inquirer, won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism th ...
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ListenHow much sleep is enough? Researchers will evaluate national guidelines
What’s the right amount of sleep, where we feel rested, good, and our brains function at their best? A group of researchers is goin ...
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Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Coming from a Pennsylvania Dutch background and a long line of bakers, Holl ...
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A UD green chemist turns chicken feathers, soybeans into renewable building material
In this edition of So, What Do You Do?, Shoshana Martyniak asks UD’s Richard Wool how he makes vegan leather out of chicken feather ...
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ListenResearchers replace guidelines with fables, to test doctors’ memories
Can person-to-person storytelling help doctors remember key information? Two researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recentl ...
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ListenDispatch from a Philly pharma conference
A pharma conference, eyeforpharma 2014, was in Philly this week, ...
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ListenCaring for caregivers when their lives feel ‘a bit like war’
A look at the challenges of caregiving and the ways in which we can help those providing care for a loved one. Every year, 6 ...
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ListenMedical questions linger as marijuana legalization proposal hits New Jersey
What do we know about marijuana’s impact on our brains? At the start of the New Year, as a new law went into effect le ...
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ListenFrom magic mushrooms to skateboarding physics: A Philadelphia Science Festival preview
Here are the seven events you need to see at this year’s Philadephia Science Festival. ...
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ListenWhen it comes to attractiveness of beards, it’s about what’s rare, not the hair
New research shows that when beards or clean shaven faces are ...
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ListenChristie’s Mastro report confirms Sandy aid program riddled with errors
The head of a state committee responsible for doling out $25 million in Sandy energy grants has told the legal team hired by the Christie ...
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ListenFrozen Four in Philadelphia is down to two
NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller speaks with Adam Wodon, Managing Editor of College Hockey News, about this weekend’s sh ...
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