Health & Science

Scientists are learning from farmers and traditional healers — and documenting what powers their success.

Drexel University students are teaming up with young patients at CHOP to create animated films.

Freshwater mussels function as nature’s water treatment plants. Each animal can filter up to 600 gallons of water per month. And when w ...

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Newly discovered? A purple planet! Actually, the color suggestion is just speculation based on the planet’s expected chemical compo ...

Researchers found that stimulating a specific region of mice’s brains called the entorhinal cortex decreased their symptoms of depression.

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Humanity's ability to stop a flu pandemic has changed little in the past century.

A critical part of NASA's next $2 billion rover mission to Mars broke during testing earlier this month.

The problem with benzos, as they're also known, is that they're highly addictive medications, both physically and psychologically.

Bears in Pennsylvania are struggling with mange they can't seem to kick. Scientists are studying what's unique about the disease in the state.