Health & Science

If it seems as if summers are getting hotter, they are — at least from the perspective of more days when people are exposed to extreme ...

Guests: Nuala Cabral, Lisa Huebner, Jaclyn Friedman  Since actress Alyssa Milano encouraged wom ...

University of Pennsylvania researchers want to try to reduce something called the “research to practice gap” in mental health.

A Greene County coal ash landfill won’t be receiving any more coal waste until December, at the earliest.

We begin with the story of Spitz Laboratories, based in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. In the 1960s, the space race kicked off a nationwide s ...

There’s a new study on romantic relationships titled “My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone.” ...

A new study suggests that African-American women are more likely to suffer from Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and are more likely to worsen before getting better.

Some say this is a turning point in using these treatments for cancer, and expect more developments in the future.

More people die by suicide than by motor vehicle crashes. And if you think you are immune, you are not.

What we eat and how we feed ourselves is inherently cultural and political in nature.

Shark fin is the main ingredient in a much-prized soup. Fishermen commonly cut off the fins and throw the rest of the shark overboard to drown.

Farming is the second-whitest job in the United States.

Humans have a long history of sharing breast milk, but society’s acceptance has ebbed and flowed.

Al Gore says he’s optimistic the U.S. will break its political standoff over climate change, and that the U.S. is “not that far” from a bipartisan consensus on climate change.