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Reporter Susan Phillips (left) and Mary Saso check the details of their mock disaster on a tablet computer at the start of the training at Tokyo Bayshore Disaster Prevention Park.
The Pulse
Health

An amusement park that’s ready for anything

At the Tokyo Public Bayshore Disaster Prevention Park, learn how to survive without electricity, running water, heat, or air conditioning for 72 hours.

7 years ago

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A fire burns along the Howqua River in 2006 in southern Australia's Victoria state. Fire is no stranger in the bush country there. (Graeme Stoney, Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria)
The Pulse
Science

As bushfire approached, this Australian rancher fought fire with fire

When flames started to burn down the hill toward his family ranch, Charlie Lovick saw his chance: He kept a cool head and took action.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Courts & Law

Plessy v. Ferguson: How racial segregation became law

STEVE LUXENBERG, a former Washington Post editor ...

7 years ago

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, photo, workers place sections of metal wall as a new barrier is built along the Texas-Mexico border near downtown El Paso. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The legal challenges to Trump’s national emergency

We discuss the legal arguments and challenges to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to get funding for a border wall.

7 years ago

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Extended stays in solitary confinement may cause neurons in the brain to shrink by 20 percent, according to new research. (f8grapher/Bigstock)
The Pulse
Health

How extreme isolation affects the brain

New research on solitary confinement could bridge the mind-body gap when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment.

7 years ago

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This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
The Pulse
Science

Is NASA’s Curiosity rover lonely on Mars?

Some humans here on Earth think so, now that the Opportunity rover’s mission has ended.

7 years ago

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A student is struggling with his math homework. (dolgachov/BIGSTOCK)
The Pulse
Education

Dyscalculia — the math version of dyslexia

A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.

7 years ago

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Students at the Trapezium Math Club practice skip counting, an exercise which helps them learn multiplication. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Education

What’s the best way to teach math?

For decades, people in the U.S. have worried about falling behind the rest of the world at math. Some teachers think they have answers.

7 years ago

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Andres Hassan, 7, plays in the yard of the Sanchez Elementary School in San Francisco, Calif. (Lisa Hornak/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

San Francisco shares its schoolyards, opening communities to green spaces and one another’s lives

Like many cities, when schools closed for the day, usually schoolyards did too. But when the school district upgraded its playgrounds, it kept them open longer.

7 years ago

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A former GMO researcher explains how class plays into flawed perceptions of genetically engineered crops. (Image courtesy of Bigstock)
The Pulse
Science

Why opposition to GMOs is a First World privilege

How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.

7 years ago

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A makeshift memorial is shown near the location where a mother and three young sons were struck and killed while trying to cross a busy highway after dark, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Philadelphia. A fourth son was injured in the crash Tuesday night on Roosevelt Boulevard, a major artery that divides neighborhoods in north and northeast Philadelphia.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Roosevelt Boulevard: The deadliest road in Philly

We’re joined by The Philadelphia Inquirer’s transportation reporter JASON LAUGHLIN about why this road is so deadly and what efforts are underway to make it a safer.

7 years ago

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In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Radio Times
Health

The ACA and contraceptive coverage

Guests: Allison Hoffman The Trump administration had another setback in the courts ...

7 years ago

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With less than six months to Census Day, federal officials have finished their preparatory work in the state. (Michelle R. Smith/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Court blocks Trump administration’s effort to add citizenship question to the census

Guest: Ari Berman “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” That’s the ...

7 years ago

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Doctors are trained to remove maggots from patients' wounds, but could it be that maggots are actually there to help? (Tsekhmister/Bigstock)
The Pulse
Health

Maggots: A vile prescription

Doctors are trained to remove maggots from patients, but could it be that maggots are actually there to help?

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Heightened scrutiny of Trump’s Russia connection

Guests: Masha Gessen, Max Boot Two big stories digging into President Trump’s alleged connection to Russia brok ...

7 years ago

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