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 This file photo shows a ring of what NASA says is dark matter, which measures 2.6 million light-years across, located 5 billion light-years from Earth.  (AP Photo/NASA-ESA file)

Why the elusive dark matter is so hard to detect

Dark matter. It’s something we’ve heard a lot about in recent months, but it’s also something that’s been a myste ...

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‘Major’ changes coming to Market East Station

Big changes are coming to a SEPTA rail station familiar to many a commuter. Speculation, ...

12 years ago

Installed at Seaside Heights in 1932, the carousel has become a tradition for generations of beachgoers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Seaside Heights iconic carousel may be nearing its final spin

As this summer unofficially comes to a close this weekend, it may be the last summer for the historic carousel on the boardwalk in Seasid ...

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 This Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 photo provided by Catlin Seaview Survey shows Marine protected reefs in the Florida Keys, Fla. U.S. government scientists hope people will soon be able to go online and get a 360-degree view of reefs and other underwater wonders, much like Google Map’s 'street view' lets people look at homes. (Catlin Seaview Survey/AP Photo)

Penn Professor Alison Sweeney explains the mysterious sex lives of corals

Imagine – a full moon over the open ocean.  If you think that sounds romantic, you’re not alone.  Appare ...

12 years ago

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 A rendering of the proposed bridge (Shana O'Malley/for NewsWorks)

Wilmington Riverfront bridge proposal offers more access, less traffic

Sen. Tom Carper stopped at the Wilmington Riverfront on Thursday to promote a new bridge project. Intended to create another means ...

12 years ago

 People hand out foodstuff donated by the U.S at the West Point area that has been hard hit by the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. The Ebola virus has the 'upper hand' in an outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, a top American health official has said, but experts have the tools to stop it. (Abbas Dulleh/AP Photo)

US immigration policy change after Ebola oubreak confuses West Africans

The US government ...

12 years ago

 Jim Klasen, a finalist in this year's 'Recovery Idol' (Image courtesy of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Serivces)

Who is Philly’s next ‘Recovery Idol’? [photos]

Friday night, four finalists will vie for the chance to be this year’s “Recovery Idol” competition, a singing contest t ...

12 years ago

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 Brian Hajeski of Brick, N.J., stares at the stunning devastation, surrounded by the debris of a home that struck the Mantoloking Bridge in Brick during the deadly storm. Photo: Julio Cortez, Associated Press
Down the Shore

Report: Ocean County “most dangerous” US county due to frequency of natural disasters

Ocean County is the most dangerous county in the United States due to the frequency ...

12 years ago

 The New Jersey legislative panel investigating the George Washington  Bridge lane-closing scandal  is seeking phone records of Regina Egea, shown listening to a question along with attorney Michael Martinez in July. (AP file photo)

N.J. bridge panel wants Christie aide’s phone records

New Jersey lawmakers investigating the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge are now seeking the telephone records of a top aide ...

12 years ago

 Dr. Franklin Yates works at Philadelphia FIGHT's John Bell Health Center, a new clinic focused on the needs of ex-offenders. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Clinic geared toward health needs of ex-offenders opens in Philly

A rather unusual health clinic has opened in Philadelphia. It’s specifically geared toward ex-offenders and people leaving jail or ...

12 years ago

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Israel finds body where American went missing

Israeli police say a body has been found in the same area where a U.S. religious student disappeared last week. Police spokesman M ...

12 years ago

 (Image courtesy of Temple University Urban Archives)

The other protests of 1964 and the North Philly neighborhood spared by the riots

All week we’ve been bringing you the story of the 1964 riots in North Philadelphia. That unrest sprang up amid years of more ...

12 years ago

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Rutgers survey finds people more pessimistic about economy than during recession

A New Rutgers University survey finds the majority of Americans are growing more worried about the economy. Carl Van Horn, directo ...

12 years ago

Keystone Crossroads

Scranton is running out of pension money

The City of Scranton could be bankrupt in less than five years, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania Auditor General ...

12 years ago

 Orleans Technical Institute's electrical trade students celebrate the school's 40th anniversary [Image courtesy of Orleans Technical Institute]

Celebrating 40 years of a school where you get your hands dirty

A Philadelphia institution of higher learning is celebrating its 40th anniversary. But the school isn’t an “Ivy” or ...

12 years ago

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