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Why are no two snowflakes the same?

An end-of-winter reminder on the science and wonder of snowflakes. Dirty snowdrifts and hard-packed piles can make it hard to appr ...

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Distiller Herman Mihalich (left) and partner John Cooper of Dad's Hat Rye in Bristol
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Local craft distiller doing ‘Rye the Right Way’ in Pa. burbs

Distiller Herman Mihalich of Dad’s Hat Rye, in Bristol, Pa., talks about his work week. The end of the work week looms. For ...

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How Walgreens is predicting your cold and flu spending patterns

Using algorithms to predict when each cold and flu season will hit and what medicines customers will buy.   It’s a ...

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Malacologist Amanda Lawless (left) and Teagan Keating show off two of the nearly 10 million specimens in the Academy of Natural Sciences collection. (Kimberley Paynter/for The Pulse)
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Malacologist Amanda Lawless talks marauding African land snails and other mollusks

In this week’s ‘So, What Do You Do?’ segment, public health student Teagan Keating asks Amanda Lawless about her career ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

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