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Barkley L. Hendricks
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool

Producer: Karen Smyles Barkley L. Hendricks was born and raised in North Philadelphia and went on to become a wor ...

9 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Bicycle fatalities are up nationwide, but Philly does better

Efforts to improve roadway safety are intensifying in response to a nationwide increase in fatal bicycle crashes resulting from a collisi ...

9 years ago

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 Fans gather for the 2017 NFL football draft, Saturday, April 29, 2017, in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight

NFL Draft had economic impact of almost $95M for Philly

April’s NFL draft had an economic impact of almost $95 million for Philadelphia. According to a report commissioned by the P ...

9 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Documentary looks at the state of elder care in America

An overwhelming percentage of Americans want to age at home, but that desire is bumping up against growing pressures and problems in the ...

9 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

Trying to manage mental illness in the workplace

When the CEO responds to your out of the office email about taking ...

9 years ago

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 MaryAnn Dakkak, a doctor in a hospital and mother of two, escaped to upstate New York to unplug and let her mind and body unwind. (Courtesy of MaryAnn Dakkak)
The Pulse
Health

Why vacations might make you a better worker

There are science-based reasons to take all your vacation days. Each Labor Day, we acknowledge workers for their contributions to ...

9 years ago

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 A 2.5-ton M35 military cargo truck, also known as a deuce and a half, which is similar to the vehicle used by the Mantoloking Police Department. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons' user Nobunaga24)
The Pulse
Science

Self-driving trucks won’t make people obsolete

In the future, truck operators may work from a virtual driver’s seat. Think of Amazon Prime, those meal kits from Blue Apron ...

9 years ago

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 An 8-foot camera-carrying balloon has a test launch before Monday's solar eclipse. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
NewsWorks Tonight

Rising to the celestial occasion with tracking balloons

The coast-to-coast eclipse paid a visit to Russellville, Kentucky, Monday afternoon, greeted by a throng of observers, including a group ...

9 years ago

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a community garden
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Growing Home

Producer: Monica Rogozinski At 2500 Reed Street in South Philadelphia, a 7,000 square foot community garden emerg ...

9 years ago

This photo provided by Bob Baer and Sarah Kovac, participants in the Citizen CATE Experiment, shows a 'diamond ring' shape during the 2016 total solar eclipse in Indonesia. (R. Baer, S. Kovac/Citizen CATE Experiment via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Monday’s eclipse to provide rare research opportunity for scientists

Paul Halpern, physics professor at University of the Sciences explains how scientists use this rare event in their research. The g ...

9 years ago

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The Pulse
Science

A star-studded trip to witness the 1973 eclipse

Retired Pennsylvania science teacher Stephen Berr made plans two years ago to witness this year’s solar eclipse in Driggs, Idaho. ...

9 years ago

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Sunset at Wayqecha Biological Station at 10,000 above sea level. Below, the Amazon Basin stretches out for thousands of miles toward the Atlantic Ocean. (Dan Grossman/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

What’s a cloud forest without clouds?

Scientists say climate change could dry out misty jungles in the Andes of Peru. Along mountainsides in Central and South America, ...

9 years ago

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Dave Ritondo makes rounds to more than a dozen restaurants on the Delaware coast, collecting oyster shells to recycle. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
Science

Returning restaurants’ oyster shells back to the water

Shell recycling keeps them out of landfills and improves ecosystem health. About 120 miles east of Washington, D.C., Delaware’s ...

9 years ago

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Theresa Dardar is leading an effort among several Louisiana tribes to restore their food sovereignty—the sustainable production of healthy, culturally appropriate food—as the land around them disintegrates. (Courtesy of Edmund D. Fountain)
The Pulse
Science

Gulf Coast land loss threatens food sovereignty

Pointe-au-Chien and other Louisiana tribes want to protect native ways of eating. Native Americans living along Louisiana’s ...

9 years ago

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Catfish that are part of the Tulane fish collection are stored in jars full of alcohol. Tulane is about to receive a large share of the University of Louisiana Monroe fish collection because ULM no longer wants to support it. (Irina Zhorov/The Pulse)
The Pulse
Science

When natural history collections bow to other priorities

In 1962, Neil Douglas accepted a position in the brand new biology department of what is now the University of Louisiana Monroe. The scho ...

9 years ago

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