Health & Science

It turns out those lazy dog days of summer aren’t so lazy after all! Dave Heller and Dr. Derrick Pitts discuss the rotations and re ...

Atlantic science writer Ed Yong can’t look at an eleph ...

This week: Scientists have discovered another solar system member. Niku, a chunk of ice 124 miles in diameter, has been discovered out b ...

Diagnosing poison ivy is easy. Getting my insurance company to pay for the generic steroid cream to cure it? Not so much. Getting ...

At a stylish shop in Brooklyn, a different kind of ‘sommelier’ guides tastings from a row of small bottles lined up on the co ...

Having a positive attitude about aging makes older adults more resilient when faced with stressful situations ...

SpaceX is planning an unmanned mission to Mars in 2018. NASA will partner with SpaceX providing ‘in-kind’ support so that the ...

Here in Pennsylvania, we are blessed to be sitting on top of one of the largest reserves of natural gas in the world. The shale revolutio ...

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks this week, although a waxing moon presents a challenge for late night observing. Mercury, Venus, J ...

Inability to manage stress and negative emotions is tied to opioid misuse in adults with chronic pain, according to a new study published ...

A new possibility has arisen for giant black hole formation: Massive gas clouds in a galaxy may be able to collapse directly into a black ...

We have about six weeks until Labor Day – so how has your summer been so far? Have you been able to fit in all of the fun and relax ...

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the landing of the Viking spacecraft on Mars back in 1976. There were two landers about the size ...

Forty years ago this month, more than  ...

If Bela Batorfi has his way, Hungary may soon be synonymous with complex dental procedures in the way that France is known for baguettes ...