Health & Science

Pa. coal production has slowed since the Marcellus Shale boom began, and concerns linger about the environmental impact of both. StateImp ...

Kids tend to be overscheduled and stressed out these days, and a slew of new parenting articles and books tal ...

360 years ago Tuesday (in 1656) Edmund Halley was born. Not only is Halley celebrated because of his namesake comet, the first whos ...

I should be a vegan. So should you. It’s better for your health, and better for the planet. And its kinder to animals too. So what’s ...

Clocks change back one hour to Standard Time on Sunday. The moon is one day old on the 31st; not the best for Hallowe’en, but ...

This rebroadcast show is all about the human body – more specifically, what happens to us after weR ...

“Hi, kids,” said the 40-something desk clerk, grinning, as my 60-something husband and I scanned our ID fobs at our neighborh ...

It turns out that the universe is more crowded with stuff than we previously thought. A new estimate of the number of galaxies in the Uni ...

Where are we in the zodiac now, and why would it matter? This week on SkyTalk, Dave and Dr. Pitts discuss the difference between astronom ...

Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...

Last month, A & E’s reality show “Born This Way” took home an Emmy Award ...

Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...

Our 9-year-old son has recently been battling insomnia, lying awake each night until 10 or 11 p.m. The rare nights he falls asleep easily ...

Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit. When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something. ...

There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see. I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l ...