
Health & Science
At Millersville University, students are clamoring for cadavers
Biology students fearful that climbing costs could end cadaver studies have mobilized to support the program. But administrators say the activism is unnecessary.
7 years ago
Listen 2:02To solve Philadelphia hunger crisis, focus on fighting poverty
The Philadelphia metropolitan area — including the suburbs — contains nearly three-quarters of a million people struggling with hunger, a 20 percent increase over six years.
7 years ago
Cabot Oil wants money from homeowner for critical claims following settled lawsuit
7 years ago
Time running out to save Three Mile Island from early closure
There are multiple efforts underway at the federal, state, and regional levels to try to boost the nuclear power industry.
7 years ago
Pa. acts to prevent invasive insects from spreading in Christmas tree shipments
As spotted lanternflies from Southeast Asia reproduce q ...
7 years ago
Watchdog to probe EPA chief’s purchase of soundproof booth
A government watchdog will examine whether the head of the EPA misused taxpayer money by purchasing a soundproof booth for making private phone calls from his office.
7 years ago
The Geminid meteor shower peaks Wednesday and Thursday this week with upwards of 100 meteors per hour. The moon is a very thin wani ...
Air Date: December 12, 2017
Listen 06:22Gas driller: Make Dimock homeowner pay for disparaging us
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. claims Dimock resident Ray Kemble and his former lawyers tried to extort the company through a frivolous federal lawsuit.
7 years ago
Lawmakers consider breaks for oil, gas in tax bills
As lawmakers hash out differences between the tax bills in front of Congress, they must decide whether to keep a proposed tax break for oil and gas investors.
7 years ago
Trump administration coal plan could have big impact on Pennsylvania
7 years ago
College campuses failing to fully decode mental illness
Academia, known at times for fostering innovation and creativity, is also casually slow and bureaucratic when it comes to implementing much-needed radical change.
7 years ago
New York’s heralded fracking ban isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
7 years ago
Flu season strikes early in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
Flu season is off to an early start this year. Experts say it’s time to get a flu shot, if you haven’t already, because numbers could peak even more around the holidays.
7 years ago
Crisis averted: scenes from the nation’s 24-hour helpline
The call came in late one summer night. Immediately, Paul Butler’s stomach sank, his heart sped up and he started listening.
7 years ago
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