Health & Science

Health issues and energy costs soar when the temperatures rise. It’s a hot day in June when I visit Ledean Durant’s ...

E-cigarette users report feeling less dependent and addicted than traditional smokers do, according to a recent study. Even so, researche ...

There’s an unnerving, specific kind of dream — a nightmare, really — that can happe ...

A museum exhibit helped Vashti DuBois finally sleep after nearly 3 years of unrest. Standing in her living room — a serene, dark ...

Human sleep behavior is different than that of many kinds of primates. That made researchers wonder, why did our branch of the family tre ...

We’re paying millions for plush mattresses and gee whiz gadgets — but a little “sleep hygiene̶ ...

Kepler scientists this week announced the 219 newest additions to the exoplanet count – 10 of which are identified as “terres ...

How can we live in a modern society — what some would call the greatest country in the world — and not provide health care as a right ...

The 1968 movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” painted a grand vision of the future — but for lots of us, the real 21st Century has ...

Most primary care doctors aren’t able to prescribe Rx anti-addiction medicine. Internal medicine physician Chinazo Cunningha ...

In a remote corner of South Jersey, a group of emergency first responders entered the woods on Tuesday, June 20, to test a drone-based ce ...

Philadelphia is trying to get the word out about the plan to clean up a stretch of railroad tracks in West Kensington plagued by the opio ...

The construction boom in the so-called “river wards,” once Philadelphia’s industrial hub, has unleashed a “lurkin ...