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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 ...
13 years ago
ListenFilmmaker 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 ...
13 years ago
ListenEducation 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 ...
13 years ago
ListenWill 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 ...
13 years ago
ListenHow 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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ListenDoes 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 ...
13 years ago
ListenThis 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 ...
13 years ago
ListenThe science of grunting while weightlifting
Is there any benefit to making noises when you lift weights or hit a tennis ball? Or are you just being annoying? My gym is the Pl ...
13 years ago
Listen 5:16Holding a human heart and other surprises of anatomy lab, day 1
To many a bright-eyed first year medical student, there’s one experience that marks a real turning point or ‘rite of passage& ...
13 years ago
ListenAvance Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Avance is French for advance. And advance is what Chef Just ...
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Camden schools chief: safety is top priority
Impoverished and crime ridden are descriptives that first come to mind for many who consider Camden, New Jersey, and beleaguered is an ad ...
13 years ago
ListenPhiladelphia considering a ban on indoor electronic-cigarette use
There’s a bid in Philadelphia to ban electronic-cigarette use indoors. Councilman Bill Green introduced the proposal that would prohibi ...
13 years ago
ListenRemembering how Jews lived, now just how they died
Today is the United Nations’ designated International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s also the 69th anniversary of the ...
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ListenReporter’s Roundtable: derailed train, frigid temps
Tom MacDonald reviews Philadelphia’s response to this week’s major snowfall and plunging mercury, and Katie Colaneri updates ...
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ListenThe inspiration behind Cynthia Baum-Baicker’s lifelong career in behavioral health
When Philadelphia-based clinical psychologist Cynthia Baum-Baicker runs a therapy session, she listens with the ears of a musician and so ...
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