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Scientists to search Martian atmosphere for signs of life

NASA’s latest mission to the Red Planet focuses on water vapor in the outer atmosphere. This week was a big one for the Red ...

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Fifteen seconds. That’s all it took to raze a 16-story public housing high-rise in Philadelphia last weekend. Only an implosion—a ...

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The last time I did heroin, I died for 7 minutes

The date was July 15, 2012. It’s the date that John “Plex” Dooling remembers as the day he died. “For seve ...

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MacArthur Fellow Danielle Bassett on leveraging brain research to enhance learning

Scientists often toil in dusty laboratories for years without anyone taking notice of their work, but one big discovery, and sometimes a ...

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How to prevent fatal overdoses: Surge in deaths sparks statewide trainings in Delaware

Between November and June, Delaware experienced 124 suspected overdose deaths claiming victims from 17 to 87. That’s compared with ...

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Crowdsourcing cures hidden in our DNA

This fall, scientists are hoping you, along with a million of your closest friends, will spit in a test tube and mail it to New York. ...

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Investigations into how male California brown mice parent their young offer insights into the nature/nurture debate that is often at the forefront of human child rearing practices. (Courtesy of Saint Joseph's University
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Could parenting tips from mice help humans?

Investigations into how male California mice parent their young offer insight into the nature/nurture debate in human childrearing practi ...

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The curious case of the smallmouth bass

Researchers are looking into what’s causing open sores, lesions and female sexual characteristics in young, male smallmouth bass. ...

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Mixing explosives with gravity – the controlled science behind implosions

In just 15 seconds on Saturday, Queen Lane Apartments vanished from the sky.  A nearly 60-year stay in Philadelphia over in l ...

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The Pulse – September 12, 2014

Scientists hold the keys to our future, though few of them succeed at holding our attention long when they’re discussing their work ...

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Mütter Museum serves as magnet for artists looking for inspiration

One of the plays opening this weekend during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival is “The Body Lautrec,” about the famous 19th ce ...

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Young man and the sea: Hemingway’s Philly connection

To mark the anniversary of Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, an Academy of Natural Sciences fellow is among 14 Americans ...

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Are lawmakers interfering with the doctor-patient relationship?

Doctors are sending up red flags about laws that they say block them from giving patients independent medical care and advice. They call ...

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Climate change threatens nation’s birds, new report finds

A new national report from the Audubon Society paints a very grim picture for the country’s bird populations. A new national ...

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State-run programs help nurses detox together and stay in their scrubs

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