Liz Tung

Science has largely debunked the idea that the moon influences our behavior — but recent research is questioning that modern wisdom.

For young adults with autism, services can be hard to come by. But Alternative Baseball offers a chance for socializing and skills development.

Deaths connected to suicide, drugs, and alcohol are soaring among millennials nationwide, and hitting Pennsylvania especially hard.

Intense competitiveness — and the flip side of the coin, fear of failure — is part of the culture at medical school.

A look at the tough choice fertility patients face — and what that’s meant for thousands upon thousands of unused embryos.

Organs that once would have been rejected were successfully used in uninfected patients by Penn surgeons in a clinical trial.

A new study shows that health-related searches spike in the week before a hospital visit — and how analyzing that data could improve patient care.

New research on solitary confinement could bridge the mind-body gap when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment.

A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.

A new study shows that for a quarter of Americans, eating at work adds as much as 1,300 calories per week — most of them empty.

How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.

Keeping Ahab the cat cooped up seemed to crush her spirit and hunting instincts, so owner Liz Tung consulted with experts to weigh the cost of feline freedom.