Health & Science

Math is a discipline of logic, but for lots of us, it may as well be magic: a force as powerful as it is unattainable. The “math anxiou ...

After years of being beaten up, this teen decided to take justice into his own hands. A school district in Oregon showed him a better way to solve his problems.

Distrust of vaccines may be almost as contagious as measles, according to medical anthropologist Elisa Sobo.

Philadelphia City Council hearings on the issue will continue into next week as more parents hope to speak out about their experiences with DHS.

NASA's Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead Wednesday.

Jobs in Pennsylvania’s solar industry grew 10 percent last year while declining three percent nationally, according to a new analysis.

The state Department of Health says the plans are part of a broad multiagency strategy to foster syringe-access programs and other offerings across New Jersey.

Black women have higher rates of birth complications at hospitals because doctors often don’t believe their pain.

Pregnancy rates among black and Latina teens are much higher than for white teens, but use of the most effective contraceptives is low among all teens.

The law would lessen the requirements to have someone be mandated to receive outpatient services for a mental illness.

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.

Astronomers at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have detected that our Milky Way galaxy, while ...

The effort to eliminate HIV by 2030, will target “hotspots” nationwide for extra resources to diagnose, treat, and prevent the disease.

Ethan Lindenberger had never received vaccines for diseases like polio or measles because his mom is anti-vaccine. Now he's 18 and he's finally getting his shots.

Focus less on the meat-free or health aspects of plant-based foods — which tend to make consumers feel like they're missing out – and more on their flavor.