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Tens of thousands of industry leaders came to the city this week for BIO, an international convention. Local boosters pitched Philly’s advantages.

Many organic farmers would love to find an alternative to plastic, but they say there isn't one at the moment.

A new fleet of 25 electric buses hit Philadelphia streets this week. If all goes well, the entire fleet could eventually run on batteries.

Federica Bianco says colleagues from both careers are surprised at her alternate identity, but each role enhances the other.

Abortion-rights opponents hailed the move as a first step toward a complete ban on the use of human fetal tissue in research.

The College of Physicians in Philadelphia plans to shrink its library in order to expand its museum of medical abnormalities.

New research out of Drexel University found 90% of neighborhood residents responding to a survey approved of opening a supervised injection facility there.

The "Great Dying," the biggest extinction the planet has ever seen, happened some 250 million years ago and was largely caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Pennsylvania has seen an abnormally high number of tornadoes this year — with more than two dozen confirmed as of last week.

While seaweed has a lot of things going for it in terms of nutrition, the lack of infrastructure to process it and people's tastes have not been quick to adopt it.

Developer and agencies deny effort to shield from public view plans that would allow for transfer of potentially explosive liquefied natural gas to ocean-going tankers.

Scientists are racing to figure out how it much could contribute to sea level rise and impact cites and coastlines thousands of miles away, including the Philly region.

"The bottom line is that ultimately they seem to be double counting — double charging essentially for the costs of backup generation," he says.

On Monday, 52 tornadoes may have touched down across eight states, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

There is a new Constellation to see – and this one is artificial! The first set of satellites dedicated to eventually providi ...