Health & Science

The fourth of July offers out-of-doors celebrants an opportunity to enjoy fireworks at nightfall, and then nature’s pyrotechnics u ...

“I feel like I have to re-prove myself every time I go to the doctor” — a patient and a health policy expert weigh in on Am ...

Thanks to dark, dark skies; Northern Chile currently houses 50% of the world’s light gathering capacity, soon to be 70% – tha ...

Half the money and none of the respect, a first-year resident says no wonder new doctors aren’t choosing to be generalists. ...

Enjoy the final few minutes of Spring, Summer solstice begins in … just a few minutes! Also full moon today. ...

A new book deals candidly with a very difficult topic. For decades, history professor Raymond Douglas kept a terrible secret. As ...

Pioneer 10 left the solar system – 33 years ago today. Traveling at 28,000 mph, the NASA spacecraft will pass the bright star of th ...

New studies of possible Planet Nine suggest it came from outer space – captured from one of our sun’s sibling stars not long ...

For many people, Muhammad Ali was a champion both inside and out of the ring. For people living with Parkins ...

This piece is part of our “Bodies” show. Take a look at the rest of our stories here. ...

Thousands of people donate their bodies to science each year, to be dissected by wide-eyed med students during their first-year anatomy c ...

Mars is at its closest approach to Earth for this year. Surprisingly there are no rumors this time around about Mars appearing as large a ...

At Laurel Hill Cemetery in Northwest Philadelphia, it’s easy to overlook a couple of small patches of grass in the center of the s ...

In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...

Dr. Robert Ownbey, a pathologist who heads up the Hahnemann Hospital ...