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Shoppers pass a display of Procter & Gamble's Tide detergent at a Wal-Mart in White Plains, N.Y. July 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The Pulse
Science

From cold washing to detergent sheets: greener options for laundry

How we do our laundry has gotten an eco-friendly makeover — but do greener options impact the cleaning power of our wash cycle?

1 year ago

Listen 10:53
Dr. Armando Moreno performs an ultrasound on a patient at the CSVS Gonzales Clinic. (Mayra Pantoja)
The Pulse
Health

One bold initiative to recruit Mexican doctors to help bridge language barriers back home

A physician and policy expert team up on a decades-long effort to bring Spanish-speaking doctors to California — and the roadblocks that stood in their way.

1 year ago

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El Dr. Armando Moreno atiende a un paciente en la Clínica CSVS Gonzales.(Mayra Pantoja)
The Pulse
Health

Una gran iniciativa recluta médicos mexicanos para construir puentes lingüísticos en los Estados Unidos

Un médico y un experto de políticas se unen en un esfuerzo de décadas para traer médicos mexicanos a California – y los obstáculos que enfrentaron.

1 year ago

Sophie Ottaway and her father John Ottaway playing outside. (Courtesy of Sophie Ottaway)
The Pulse
Health

A shocking secret, years of denial, and reconciling one’s identity: Sophie Ottaway shares her story

About 16 years ago, Sophie Ottaway made a shocking discovery about her identity – she was born a male. The truth brought on years of denial, feelings of betrayal, and trauma.

1 year ago

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A couple wearing masks curb the spread of the new coronavirus sit together at a public park in on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The Pulse
Health

How the COVID-19 pandemic changed relationships, and how to move forward

The pandemic and its fallout forged new bones of contention between friends and families. Psychologist Dan Gottlieb offers advice on how to begin repairing those relationships

1 year ago

Listen 7:51
A group of kids from the Southwest Philadelphia Healthnastics program, ages 3-18, held signs at a protest demanding the Kenney administration do more to address gun violence in the city on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Philadelphia hospital program adds psychologists to bridge mental health services for trauma survivors

The new psychology team at the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program has already provided about 46 survivors with short- and long-term therapy.

1 year ago

Listen 6:04
Angry customer complaining about barista in coffee shop. (Bigstock/tonefotografia)
The Pulse
Science

Can de-escalation strategies help angry customers stay calm?

Staff at restaurants, shops, airlines, faced much more anger during the pandemic. Many organizations offer de-escalation training. But does it work?

1 year ago

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Rage Room Philly is a recreation center where customers can pay to deal with their anger, by smashing objects. (Billy Penn)
The Pulse
Science

Rage rooms invite people to ‘engage’ with their anger, but do they actually work?

‘Rage’ rooms have become a popular catharsis for people desperate to release pent up anger, but some psychologists are cautious about the hype.

1 year ago

Listen 8:42
A man uses the dating app Tinder in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)
The Pulse
Science

Dating apps have a ‘gold mine’ of data on attraction, but does it lead to better matches?

Three in 10 U.S. adults have used a dating app, so what have researchers learned about human interaction, relationships and attraction from all of that data?

1 year ago

Listen 10:55
Keeper Andrew Ahl coaxes Mommy out of her shell. At 99, Mommy is the Philadelphia Zoo's senior Galapagos tortoise. Recent attempts to mate her resulted in three clutches of eggs, but none were viable. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Cracking the code of animal attraction is more than pretty feathers or mood lighting

Zoo curators often go the extra mile to make creatures feel at home under human care. But recreating romance in captivity still involves a lot of guesswork.

1 year ago

Listen 8:03
Buses travel through the main campus of the University of Vermont Medical Center, Friday Nov. 20, 2020, in Burlington, Vt.
The Pulse
Health

How U.S. health care providers deal with hundreds of data breaches every year

Cyberattacks on health care providers in the U.S. have gone up steadily over the last decade, exposing the personal health data of millions of patients.

1 year ago

Listen 8:44
Tents line the sidewalk on SW Clay St. in downtown Portland, Oregon in December 2020. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)
The Pulse
Health

How medical records and data sharing agreements bridge gaps in health care and homelessness services

Many people who serve the homeless have no access to any medical information about their clients, and it can be a big issue.

1 year ago

Listen 6:39
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about an old Facebook web site during the F8 conference in San Francisco.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
The Pulse
Science

Facebook, a computing pioneer, a secret government program, and a strange coincidence

How one man’s quest to remember everything helped usher in a new era.

2 years ago

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Pulse
Science

How external researchers struggle to understand the ‘black box’ of Facebook

Facebook, like other social media companies, control all their data, so researchers either work with Facebook to access what data they can, or struggle on the outside.

2 years ago

Listen 10:15
Second Life is a 3D virtual world where users can connect and engage with others. Reporter Grant Hill’s avatar is seen walking through a post-apocalyptic community. (Screenshot of Second Life)
The Pulse
Science

Democracy in the metaverse: What can we learn from Second Life?

Early metaverse pioneers on lessons learned using a 3D virtual platform.

2 years ago

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