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Climate One

Climate One is a one-hour weekly public radio program about energy, economy and the environment from Climate One at the Commonwealth Club of California. Each week listeners will get a candid discussion among climate scientists, policy makers, activists and concerned citizens, hosted by Climate One founder Greg Dalton.

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Senior Female Patient In Wheelchair Showing Photos Of Grandchild
The Pulse
Health

How to advocate for yourself as a patient

Health care can be complex and hard to navigate, and patients can often feel helpless. These steps can help to ensure that you receive the best possible care.

2 years ago

Doctor Holding Hands Asian Elderly Woman Patient, Help And Care
The Pulse
Health

Advice for medical providers on addressing their own biases

Providers need to be willing to engage in discussions about race, ethnicity, and other social identities, and how they affect health disparities.

2 years ago

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, which is not a medical diagnosis, is when problem that interferes with your ability to regulate your emotional responses to feelings of failure and rejection
The Pulse
Health

What is rejection sensitive dysphoria, and why does it impact people with ADHD?

RSD begins when a person has perceived rejection or has actually failed at a task. The awareness of their shortcomings is then emotionally internalized at a high intensity.

2 years ago

Listen 11:37
An Adélie penguin with two chicks on Ross Island, Antarctica. (Annie Schmidt/Point Blue)
The Pulse
Science

One penguin species declines, while another thrives on the western Antarctic Peninsula

Scientists predict that Adélie penguins could disappear from the western Antarctic Peninsula. Researchers at UD and Temple are tracking the changing conditions.

2 years ago

Listen 13:55
Ricardo Melendez (right) and Peter DiGeronimo, members of Project Capoeira, throw kicks in the circle, also known as the “roda”.)
The Pulse
Health

Capoeira’s roots spread wide in Philadelphia

In Philadelphia, there’s a hole-in-the-wall studio that’s hard to walk past without looking in. If you go at the right time — you’ll hear it before you see it.

2 years ago

Listen 7:39
The science party of Expedition 397 arrives at the JOIDES Resolution in Lisbon, Portugal. (Courtesy of Sandra Herrmann, IODP JRSO)
The Pulse
Science

Drilling for Earth’s climate secrets buried under the sea

A team of scientists on the JOIDES Resolution drill for sediment cores off the coast of Portugal — an area rich with information about earth's history.

2 years ago

Listen 13:43
Martin Cooper, engineer and inventor, made the first cell phone call on April 3, 1973. (Courtesy of Martin Cooper)
The Pulse
Science

‘Father of cell phone’ reflects on making first call and history 50 years ago

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first cell phone call, Martin Cooper, 94, talks about how his invention changed our lives.

2 years ago

Listen 11:41
Starlink test satellites on their way to low earth orbit.
The Pulse
Science

How satellite internet might hurdle Iranian censorship

Satellite communications are evolving quickly, proving to be a potential gateway to connect communities that remain offline.

2 years ago

Listen 10:45
Moira Hahn and Mark Hotchkiss live in Long Beach, California, just near a streetlight that had been previously proposed for a 5G cell site.
The Pulse
Health

How one California couple beat the future at their doorstep: a 5G cell site

A sudden shift of momentum in a long conflict between industry and activists.

2 years ago

Listen 17:23
Dr. Gunther von Hagens and Dr. Angelina Whalley working on a plastinate.
The Pulse
Science

9/11 rescue worker chooses to have her body preserved after death

9/11 rescue worker wants the world to see the toll the work took on her body.

2 years ago

Listen 10:52
Jennifer Addo Kaby (right) and Susan Kelly (left) became friends after Kelly’s father donated his body to a unique gross anatomy course that required students to communicate with the family of the body donor. The course was held at Indiana University School of Medicine and was discontinued in 2018.
The Pulse
Science

How a med student’s ‘first patient’ created lasting friendships

For more than a decade, a unique gross anatomy course at Indiana University required students to get to know the family of the donated cadaver they worked on.

2 years ago

Listen 11:18
Senior machinist Joe Diamond is working on the stainless steel transition plates that will be installed inside the vacuum vessel and on the center stack.
The Pulse
Science

Behind the scenes of a $200 million nuclear fusion experiment

How scientists and engineers make parts for a nuclear fusion experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in New Jersey.

2 years ago

Listen 8:58
Science writer Bethany Brookshire has an enemy who lives in her backyard: a gray squirrel she named “Kevin.” In her new book, she says we can rethink our relationships with animals we call “pests” like squirrels, rats, pigeons, pythons and more. (Gael Dupont-langevin)
The Pulse
Science

How we decide which animals are pests, and why 

Even for the most devoted animal lover among us, there are animals that we hate and try to avoid, or kill: rats, mice, pigeons, invasive snakes. We call these animals pests.

2 years ago

Listen 22:01
The Pulse
Science

From med spas to DIY: Botox is everywhere but not without risks

For a product whose toxic origins trace back to a biological weapons lab in Maryland, Botox has helped normalize cosmetic injectables

2 years ago

Listen 12:43
The Pulse host Maiken Scott receives a microneedling treatment based on stem cells that's designed to stimulate collagen and elastin production in the skin. (Courtesy of Maiken Scott)
The Pulse
Health

What’s behind the new trend of “stem cell” microneedling?

A new microneedling technique utilizes a solution based on human stem cells to increase the treatment’s effect. WHYY’s host of The Pulse, Maiken Scott, gave it a try.

2 years ago

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