Biology

The artificial leaf was a vision for moving beyond fossil fuels. Researchers have since run into obstacles, but continue to push the field forward.

A Villanova University biologist is studying how geckos stick to surfaces in an effort to replicate this mechanism for new medical adhesives

Years of research show it matters when a patient takes medicine. So why don't drugs come with those instructions?

Corinne Carlson, a student athlete, shares how early morning rowing practice affects how she schedules her sleep, and her life.

What science has to say about what makes someone a night owl, whether it’s bad for your health, and if it’s even possible to change.

The regional coalition of health systems is reevaluating the role of race in tools used to assess kidney and lung function and other health conditions.

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.

The decision to have children is a complicated one - finances, relationships, morality and more. When faced with the choice, people are opting to have fewer kids, if any.

The gene therapy comes seven years after another research group at the university helped come up with the first FDA approved gene therapy for an inherited disease.

For 40 years, a network of community gardens has kept Puerto Rican folk remedies alive.

Workers in Philly's Old City hit upon a historic cemetery with hundreds of people. It took years to study, identify and rebury them.

Pads and tampons will be available in all bathrooms in county buildings, including courthouses, health and human services buildings, parks and historic sites.

Blood donations were down 25% nationally in July compared to the same time last year, according to the American Red Cross.

This comes as the relatively new leadership grapples with how to approach their collection, which includes a lot of human remains.

We talk to NPR host Peter Sagal before a live taping of Wait Wait in Philly. And, a new study found monkeys in Puerto Rico became kinder after Hurricane Maria.