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Montco high schooler takes 2nd place at Intel Science Talent Search
Jonah Kallenbach, 17, from Montgomery County just won $75,000 in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search. Here’s this from Inte ...
10 years ago
Here’s Philadelphia’s million-dollar idea
Philadelphia just won a million bucks from Bloo ...
10 years ago
To see comet PanSTARRS, March 12 is your best bet
Tuesday, just after 7 p.m., look west, near the thumbnail sliver of a brand-new crescent moon. If you’re lucky, you’ll ...
10 years ago
Inside the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s feud with SideCar
In the world of tech innovation, “disruption” is all the rage. But disruption can also bring conflict. New technology an ...
10 years ago
United Way’s local 211 hotline getting about 100 calls a day
“Thank you for calling 211. Debbie speaking. How may I help you?” If you’re looking for food or housing, physica ...
10 years ago
Wharton and Cisco unveil new ‘connected classrooms’
A floor-to-ceiling projection screen. A handful of wall-mounted TVs. That uneasy feeling of forgetting which coast you̵ ...
10 years ago
‘The learning experience of the future’
Big, huge video screens. That’s the future of bicoastal business education, according to the folks at Penn’s Wharton S ...
10 years ago
Swarthmore lands $20 million donation
Another day, another multi-million dollar gift for Swarthmore College. Just two months after receiving ...
10 years ago
If you’re renting out a room to travelers, you may be violating Philly zoning laws
More and more, travelers are skipping hotels in favor of private homes when they hit the road. Web sites like Airbnb make it easy for bot ...
10 years ago
ListenWatch this live stream of today’s asteroid flyby
Because why not. The broadcast starts at around 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. That’s when asteroid 2012 DA14 will zoom by Earth, m ...
10 years ago
Ode to the city: A social media stream of #whyilovephilly
The folks over at Philly Love Notes have created a monster. Today, Valentine’s Day, is their #whyilovephilly Twitter campaig ...
10 years ago
Fighting heart disease with algorithms
There’s a lot of data out there on the genetic roots of heart disease. The National Institutes of Health have poured billions of do ...
10 years ago
Now you know about Philadelphia’s biggest snowstorms
Social media LOVES a good snowstorm. Sickeningly so, accordi ...
10 years ago