Alan Yu

Go to med school, earn an M.D. and the “Dr.” honorific gets tacked on to your last name. Some women — and Ph.D.s — say they get the courtesy title, and respect, less often.

Drug overdose deaths and homicides mean that life expectancy in Philadelphia actually dropped, following a national trend.

The company will focus on recruiting students, graduates, and others in the area to work on artificial intelligence, which powers features such as 'smart reply' in Gmail.

The groups look deeper at problems in male culture that contribute to sexual harassment and violence.

Bubbly water purveyors say “a good seltzer should hurt.” The acidity in carbonated drinks lights up the pain receptors in nerve endings — in a way that pleases the tongue.

Dogs who drink toilet water are a health risk to themselves and maybe to the entire family.

The city of Philadelphia is working with scientists in the area to boost voter turnout for the 2019 municipal elections.

Harlan Krumholz ...

Leaves, paper, crumbs and other bits of trash cling to auto carpets — don’t even mention the liquid stains and smells.

The suspected gunman in Saturday’s shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue frequently posted anti-Semitic comments on the social media site Gab, which is headquartered in Philly.

The three states use electronic voting machines that can be hacked, and don’t have a paper trail to facilitate vote audits.

The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.