Philadelphia is wrestling with one of the nation’s highest overdose death rates amid a drug crisis that does not appear to be letting up.

Philadelphia Science Festival brings new perspective to Reading Terminal Market treats.

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Tess — short for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — will spend two years searching for planets.

Living in Houston with flaring smokestacks in the distance stoked Carrie Feibel’s eco-anxieties. Still, she decided to have a kid... but just one.

Some companies offer you the chance to “erase” your carbon sins without making big changes to your lifestyle.

Here's what you learn when you put smelly socks in front of mosquitoes.

You've probably read about concerns over "designer babies," whose DNA is shaped by gene editing.

Scientists at the University of Washington have developed the tech to ‘see’ what could be a low-mass particle responsible for ...

While scientists disagree about what's behind the sluggish ocean current, the shift could mean bad news for the climate.

For a long time disability meant one thing — limitations. Think about the word disabled: its literal meaning is broken, not functioning ...

The idea is that technology has distorted how we view ourselves and society — and yet, it is an inescapable part of us.

A computer scientist is pushing large video game makers to design games that blind people can enjoy.

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Pennsylvania announced approval of $25 million in funding for cleanup of abandoned mines at 12 sites around the state.