Health & Science

Living in Houston with flaring smokestacks in the distance stoked Carrie Feibel’s eco-anxieties. Still, she decided to have a kid... but just one.

Some companies offer you the chance to “erase” your carbon sins without making big changes to your lifestyle.

Here's what you learn when you put smelly socks in front of mosquitoes.

You've probably read about concerns over "designer babies," whose DNA is shaped by gene editing.

Evan and Darlene love each other. But they do not see eye to eye on safe injection sites. The debate has infused their conversations, in all hours of the day and night.

Among black men in Philadelphia who’ve suffered traumatic injuries, most psychological symptoms are not treated.

Scientists at the University of Washington have developed the tech to ‘see’ what could be a low-mass particle responsible for ...

Soon, medical marijuana patients in Pennsylvania won’t just be limited to taking oils, pills, and liquid forms of the drug.

With 1,200 overdose-related deaths in 2017, Philadelphia is suffering some of the worst effects of the nation’s opioid crisis.

While scientists disagree about what's behind the sluggish ocean current, the shift could mean bad news for the climate.

The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.

This is a transcript of our "Make (a) Way" episode.

Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.

The idea is that technology has distorted how we view ourselves and society — and yet, it is an inescapable part of us.

A computer scientist is pushing large video game makers to design games that blind people can enjoy.