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How to improve your love life

Clinical sexologist Susana Mayer encourages couples to turn their beds into sandboxes.  “I show women how to have orgas ...

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Tom Mallouk and his team at Penn State University have built nanomotors that fit - and bounce around- inside living human cells.
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Penn State nanomotor breakthrough brings hope for treating illness through engines in human cells

Operating tiny motors inside a cell is a “basic science” breakthrough toward a far-off dream. Scientists at Pennsylvan ...

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Undocumented teens unite through a painful, shared journey

A look at the mental health needs of undocumented immigrants.  In a lot of ways, Domingo is like other good kids his age. He ...

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Choreographer Brian Sanders still pushing the limits after joint replacement surgery

Choreographer Brian Sanders opens up about the hip replacement surgery that sparked a minor career change. Choreographer Brian San ...

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‘Rightsizing’ cities like Philadelphia

Cara Bertron and Dave Heller discuss “rightsizing” and preservation strategies to help shape and strengthen legacy cities lik ...

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Under the paints and pigments, the science behind art restoration

How does science play a role in restoring an elaborate 17th Century painting?  To restore a painting, it takes a village, a t ...

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Volunteers wait to go through a security check point at the Coastal Village where athletes will reside during the 2014 Winter Olympics
NewsWorks Tonight

Olympic-sized security protocol, travel-sized toothpaste at Sochi

Add altered toothpaste tubes to the list of variables that could compromise security at the Sochi Winter Olympics. NewsWorks Tonig ...

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Emma Straub
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A diagnosis many years in the making – Systemic Scleroderma

In this week’s Patient Files, Emma Straub talks about the anxiety that came with trying to define a disease that’s affected h ...

12 years ago

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Parenthood: great ride, or serious drag? Researchers keep looking for answers

The stroller brigade was rolling down the street, toward a busy day care center near Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway. It was dr ...

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NewsWorks Tonight

Filmmaker focuses on ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal

A new film, “Kids for Cash,” opens on Friday in Philadelphia. Director and producer Robert May discussed the case and the pro ...

12 years ago

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Education advocates waiting for specifics on Corbett spending plan

Education saw the largest boost in spending in Governor Corbett’s budget.  He’s proposing additional funding for special ...

12 years ago

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Will robots ever take over the world? And other questions, posed to an expert

The Delaware Valley is an international leader in health, science and innovation. Living in such a brain-heavy region, it is not unheard ...

12 years ago

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This is the sixth year Pat Evans will be participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count from New Jersey. (Kimberly Haas/for The Pulse)
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How to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count

The Pulse tags along with local birdwatcher Pat Evans as she studies migratory bird patterns and fluxes in bird populations from New Jers ...

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Does Philadelphia have enough gamblers for a second casino?

This was a big week for gaming in the Philadelphia region.  Bidders for the city’s final casino license made their pitches to ...

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This undated photo released by the Federal University of Amazonas shows an Inia araguaiaensis dolphin in the Araguaia River in Amazonas state
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This Week In Science — Discovering a new species of river dolphin

River dolphins, Midwestern earthquakes, and flying snakes. Kerry Grens, an associate editor at The Scientist, joins The P ...

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