
Archives: Segments
Your brain on gratitude: How a neuroscientist used his research to heal from grief
Gratitude journaling, it turns out, transformed the neuroscientist’s grief — and likely his brain
6 years ago
Listen 10:42The police experiment that changed what we know about foot patrol
What works in policing high-crime areas, and what doesn't?
6 years ago
Listen 12:06Can hiring women police officers make communities safer?
Philadelphia and other cities saw domestic violence reported more often, and repeat incidents reduced when more female officers were added to the force.
6 years ago
Listen 07:13Can science offer police a better way to handle protests?
Intimidation and police force enraged protesters in Hong Kong. Is there a different way to manage masses of people?
6 years ago
Listen 12:45How studying nature's symphony can help scientists determine the fate of rainforests
Improvements in audio recorders, artificial intelligence, and data storage make sound a more powerful tool for ecology than ever before.
6 years ago
Listen 10:12Time to rip up the calendar. How about 5 seasons? 9 days in a week?
The Gregorian system we all know is just pseudoscience and so random, says Tom Sherman. He’s out to disrupt it.
6 years ago
Listen 10:22Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793: ‘All was not right in our city.’
Join us on an audio walking tour through Philadelphia's Old City to discover how the yellow fever epidemic challenged the city’s health and political infrastructure.
6 years ago
How innovations in fishing technology could save the North Atlantic right whale
Lobstermen and conservationists are finding common ground with ropeless fishing gear, but time is running out.
6 years ago
Listen 08:06Deepfakes: What are they and should we be worried?
Machine learning is democratizing special effects — and that might be a bad thing.
6 years ago
Listen 13:04The reporter who brought down Jeffrey Epstein
The magnitude of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was brought to light by Miami Herald reporter JULIE K. BROWN who got to the bottom of this explosive story.
6 years ago
Listen 35:30Brian Fitzpatrick on Trump’s Ukraine call
Marty talks about the President’s Ukraine call with PA Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick who spent time in Kiev as a former FBI agent in the House.
6 years ago
Listen 13:30Will people feed their pets lab-grown meat?
Lab-grown meat for dogs and cats might be on the market before lab-grown meat for humans.
6 years ago
Listen 08:55Does pretty hurt? A look at the health risks of hair dyes
Coloring is a complex chemical reaction, a sophisticated organic synthesis, that takes place in each strand on the top of your head.
6 years ago
Listen 11:09How long can my kinky natural hair grow? To be length-obsessed and black
Long natural hair elicits wonder — but also much wondering about how to achieve it, and how to stop comparing ourselves with others who have.
6 years ago
Listen 07:19Could fecal transplants help treat mental illness?
How emerging microbiome science is pointing the way toward an innovative approach.
6 years ago
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