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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.

2 years 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?

2 years 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.

2 years 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.

2 years 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.

2 years 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

Listen 8:54
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.

3 years ago

Listen 16:19
A rider looks at a landscape with stone towers that reach into the sky, with a giant yellow glowing tree at the center.
The Pulse
Science

Why archaeologists study virtual worlds from video games

There’s a growing field of academic study where archaeologists study virtual worlds, or work with game developers to recreate historical sites.

3 years ago

Listen 12:11
This Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 photo shows organ donation paperwork at Mid-America Transplant Services in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Whitney Curtis)
The Pulse
Health

New organ donation technique challenges line between life and death

A new organ donation technique can recover more organs from each donor, and organs that are less likely to fail. But some doctors say it’s unethical.

3 years ago

Listen 10:02
At Market Blooms in Reading Terminal Market Anndee Hochman attempts to smell the aromas of lilac and eucalyptus. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse
Health

Why don't doctors screen patients for smell loss? Researchers tell us why

Screenings are a big part of preventative health care, but getting the medical profession to accept a new screening into practice is challenging.

3 years ago

Listen 8:04
Temple Health physicians and providers hand out FIT take home kits for stool-based colorectal cancer screenings. (Courtesy of Temple Health)
The Pulse
Health

Philadelphia hospital turns to simpler screening for colon cancer to increase access

To get more people screened for colorectal cancer, Philadelphia doctors at Temple University turn to stool-based take home tests.

3 years ago

Listen 7:49
Cynthia Hernandez (left) would help her mother, María de la Paz Hernandez (right), translate and understand important health information. (Courtesy of Cynthia Hernandez)
The Pulse
Health

Navigating language and cultural barriers to access health care

Although efforts have been made to break down language barriers, many Latino immigrant families rely on younger generations for translation and interpretation.

3 years ago

Listen 17:03
The Huber family (from left), Cash, Jena Stone, and Phil, and big sister Ava (not pictured) at home in Wilmington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Hope, devastation, and finally, a treatment: One family’s road to gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A family in Wilmington, Delaware, faced a looming deadline to get their son a new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

3 years ago

Listen 8:27
-Stephan Kadauke (left) and Steve Grupp of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the clean room facility where immune therapy treatments are produced. (Maiken Scott/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

CHOP’s on-site production could lower high cost of gene therapies

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia now houses a machine that is helping to make CAR T-cell therapy much less expensive.

3 years ago

Listen 9:25
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