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Beth Beverly works in her studio where she makes hats, jewelry and home decor items with parts of dead animals. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

The secret afterlife of pets

Beth Beverly’s basement looks like a workshop – with a twist. A meat hook dangles from the ceiling. A head mount of a ...

9 years ago

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The Large Hadron Collider is a particle accelerator that made headlines in 2012 after scientists found a new particle, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013. That experiment is one of many in physics that rely on liquid helium to function. (Maximilien Brice/CERN)
The Pulse
Science

Recovering and recycling a critical chemical in research

Some physicists are leaving their field because of rising helium prices. A few years ago, Sophia Hayes, a chemist at Washington Un ...

9 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Combat Artist

Producer Michael O’Reilly While seemingly a study in incongruity, a “Combat Artist” has been a part of mili ...

9 years ago

 Buffalo on the Fort Peck Reservation. (Courtesy of Amy Martin)
The Pulse
Science

Restoring buffalo to the landscape

Robbie Magnan of the Fort Peck Tribes is pushing to bring back America’s bison herds. At one point, there were 50 million wi ...

9 years ago

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The age-old quest to preserve native languages

Understanding and teaching the languages of tribes. Thomas Jefferson was convinced that the languages of native tribes in North Am ...

9 years ago

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 Mindell Dubansky has been repairing books at the Met for 35 years. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
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Science

The art of preserving and fixing rare books

Mindell Dubansky has been repairing and taking care of books for 35 years. Mindell Dubansky once slapped someone’s hand for ...

9 years ago

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Archaeology students work to remove bones from the coffin of a juvenile found at the Arch St. development. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Digging for clues from the past in historic remains

What started as a box of bones has turned into a massive undertaking. In Philadelphia, just a stone’s throw from the Liberty ...

9 years ago

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Peter Handler at work
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Furniture by Peter Handler

Producer: Karen Smyles From a warehouse studio in East Falls, Peter Handler works away creating vibrant furniture pieces of alumin ...

9 years ago

A view of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Urban Planning

Celebrating a century of Philly’s iconic Parkway — and looking down the road

Fourteen months of commemorative events along the Ben Franklin Parkway are underway to mark the thoroughfare’s 100th anniversary. ...

9 years ago

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Brie Ripley the day of a bilateral salpingectomy procedure that removed both of her fallopian tubes. 
(Courtesy of Posey Gruener)
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Health

Tie my tubes: choosing permanent contraception

Brie Ripley was young, female and seeking surgery to remain childfree. My mom was the first person to tell me, ‘you don̵ ...

9 years ago

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An NYU medical student speaks with Bianca Leigh
The Pulse
Health

Rehearsing transgender healthcare

Medical students learn trans care in the classroom and the exam room. Bianca Leigh is playing a character named Tia Lopez. ...

9 years ago

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 Some men say they take testosterone to give themselves a boost in the workplace. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

How a hormone affects the way men think about money

New research shows how testosterone can affect financial markets.  Seven years ago, Tyler, the co-founder of a tech comp ...

9 years ago

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 Patients from the Kirkbride Center were the muse and painters of this mural by Eric Okdeh, which portrays the stages of addiction recovery: contemplation, clarity and resilience. (Courtesy of Eric Okdeh)
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In a room of their own, women find path to recovery

Sex-specific treatment is changing the fight against female addiction. When Tanya Barie, 33, relapsed after almost a year of sobri ...

9 years ago

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 Cooper University hospital (Photo By Pocketmedicine via Creative Commons)
NewsWorks Tonight

Cooper University Health continues its aggressive expansion

Cooper University Health Care has announced plans to grow its health system by absorbing Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, Lo ...

9 years ago

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Philly scientists launches campaign to help labs damaged by Hurricane Harvey

This week, the focus in Houston has been securing the safety and health of those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Next will come the ...

9 years ago

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