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Jeanette Beebe

Jeanette Beebe is a poet and journalist based in New Jersey. Her work is regularly broadcast on NPR affiliate WHYY in Philadelphia. Her work can be found on https://www.jeanettebeebe.com.

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SAVING GREEN

This Fusion Technology Can Make Cut Clean Energy Costs

Scientists broke complex magnetic fields—and might have simultaneously figured out how to make green energy cheaper.

Jeanette Beebe

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PLANT POWER

Rainforests Are Fast Becoming a Laboratory for Cancer Drugs

The emerging field of ethnopharmocology is pinpointing exciting new possibilities to fight the deadliest cancers.

Jeanette Beebe

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'I COULD HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT'

Black Women Suffer From Eating Disorders, Too

"The assumption that eating disorders primarily affect young, affluent white women was based on research that was conducted on young, affluent white women."

Jeanette Beebe

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TUNING THE MIND’S EAR

The Magnet That Could Recover Your Memories

Transcranial magnetic stimulation has been used for treatment of schizophrenia and depression. But could it also bring back long lost memories?

Jeanette Beebe

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STOP CHEWING SO LOUDLY!

For People Who Hate Loud Noises, There’s a New Therapy

Up to now, a way to help those with misophonia—a sensitivity to sound—wasn’t available. Now researchers think they might have found a solution in cognitive behavioral therapy.

Jeanette Beebe

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ALL IN YOUR HEAD?

So You Might Actually Not Be Allergic to Penicillin

Nearly 90 percent of patients who had ‘penicillin allergy’ listed on their medical charts were found to actually have no such allergy at all. How did we get here?

Jeanette Beebe

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HERO FROM THE SKY

This Drone Will Change Emergency Medical Treatment Forever

“‘I remember thinking, 'I can see my grandma’s house. But an ambulance can’t get out there!'”

Jeanette Beebe

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