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A public information session sought by the community laid out the details, and clarified who is responsible for cleanup of the contamination.

Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the first report that brought AIDS to the attention of the public.

Artificial intelligence has seen huge advances in the last decade, very notably in the technology of natural language processing. NLP has ...

Intelligent machines will play a much larger role in the future than they do now, and we’re trying to imagine that future as we’re ra ...

Pennsylvania has started spraying insecticide on spotted lanternflies, a new strategy that state officials are using in an attempt to slow the spread of the invasive pest.

Until recently, plants from only one U.S. facility were approved for use in research. Adding new suppliers will accelerate understanding of cannabis' health effects.

Construction split the Glen Riddle Station apartments in half. Residents complained about noise, dust, and truck traffic. Then there was no water.

In a lot of ways, artificial intelligence acts as our personal butlers — it filters our email, manages the temperature in our homes, fi ...

The city-owned gas utility has discussed with industry groups a Pa. Senate bill that would prevent Philly from taking steps to promote electrification.

"We're seeing accelerating change in our climate," says Randall Cerveny, a climate scientist at Arizona State University.

Early risers in the U.S. can catch a spectacular view of the moon Wednesday morning before sunrise, but what you'll be able to see will depend largely on where you live.

There’s long been an idea that sharing our DNA for research benefits the greater good — that it leads to new insights, new medication ...

For decades, slavery created challenges for Black Americans trying to trace their roots. DNA ancestry tests might reveal new answers.

As if the spotted lanternfly invasion weren't bad enough.

Host of the Hidden Brain podcast, Shankar Vedantam discusses his new book about why we lie to ourselves and the risks and benefits of self-deception.