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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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The Pulse

How did the Farmers’ Almanac ‘nail’ this winter’s forecast? That’s a secret

With secret formulas, a weather “prognosticator” and nearly 200 years of history, the Farmers’ Almanac has its own take ...

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Craig Bruns of the Independence Seaport Museum flips through an old weather log book. (Kimberly Haas/for The Pulse)
The Pulse

Creating a new use for old weather logs

How ships’ weather records, dating back 250 years, are helping to predict future weather patterns.  You’ve probab ...

12 years ago

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Secretary of State John Kerry looks at a barricade at the Shrine of the Fallen in Kiev
NewsWorks Tonight

Sen. Menendez calls Russian incursion into Ukraine ‘unacceptable’

As tensions escalate between the U.S. and Russia, NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller speaks with Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...

12 years ago

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Laboratory Technician Anisha Chirmule pulls growing cells out of an incubator at the Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility at the University of Pennsylvania. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse

Phase I study finds ‘gene editing’ aimed at making patients’ cells resistant to HIV to be safe

For decades, HIV has outpaced the scientists trying to eradicate it, often morphing and hiding deep in patients’ bodies. Researcher ...

12 years ago

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Brian McTear holds one of his favorite guitars. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

Making percussion instruments out of pill bottles, and other stories of living with cystic fibrosis

Philadelphia musician and recording store owner Brian McTear talks about ‘chasing life expectancy’ with cystic fibrosis. ...

12 years ago

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Tom Thunstrom is the editor at Phillyweather.net
The Pulse

Predicting weather: mostly true with a chance of error

Tom Thunstrom of Phillyweather.net tells us what we can – and can’t – predict when it comes to weather.  No ...

12 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Reporter’s Roundtable: School budget still in trouble, Councilwoman wants hearings on PHA waiting list

Kevin McCorry and Holly Otterbein join NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller for a closer look on their big stories this week on Philadelphi ...

12 years ago

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Chilean researchers attached tails to chickens to see if they could replicate the walk of dinosaurs. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY FILE)
The Pulse

Chilean ‘chicken butt’ researchers make birds walk like dinosaurs

Guess what? Chicken butt!! Research involving chicken butts recently got the attention of regular Pulse contributor ...

12 years ago

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At Market Blooms in Reading Terminal Market Anndee Hochman attempts to smell the aromas of lilac and eucalyptus. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

Life after losing, and regaining, a sense of smell

Mount Airy resident Anndee Hochman is smelling the Friday-night challah again after living for years without her sense of smell. B ...

12 years ago

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David Green
NewsWorks Tonight

Nursery owner readies for a wet spring

Hard as it might be to imagine after a winter that saw record snowfall in the region, there is a thaw coming, and gardeners are already p ...

12 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Winter Writers Weekend gives writers tips on self-publishing

Authors looking to navigate the maze of marketing and publishing challenges can get some help at the Winter Writer’s Weekend this w ...

12 years ago

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Jason Halberstadt (right) works with actor and teaching artist Clare O'Malley in a playwriting class for adults with autism at Theatre Horizon in Norristown
The Pulse

Embracing and challenging the true storytellers in adults with autism

We visit a writing workshop in Norristown, Pa., that guides adults with autism through the playwriting process.  The lobby of ...

12 years ago

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Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Avance is French for advance. And advance is what Chef Justin Bogle and ...

12 years ago

Olfactory perception graphic showing how receptors detect and process odorant molecules.  (Image courtesy of the Monell Chemical Senses Center)
The Pulse

Can researchers re-ignite someone’s sense of smell through nasal stem cells?

Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center are searching for new ways to treat smell-loss.  Researchers at the Monell C ...

12 years ago

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HopeWorks on State Street in Camden provides job training and in some cases housing. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

Asking a key question to understand puzzling behaviors

‘Trauma-informed care’ encourages mental health providers to look at behaviors as clues – as connecting dots to a bigge ...

12 years ago

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