Explainers

Ever get the urge to drink a glass of tomato juice on a flight? You aren’t alone, and there’s a scientific explanation why. ...

State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...

Nalaxone or Narcan is one powerful drug, with powerful, immediate effects. So how does this lifesaving drug actually work? It come ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

It has been insufferable lately— hot and sticky enough to set off smoke alarms. The Philadelphia region has been especially mugg ...

Choosing a medication to treat mental illness can be a gamble. Some patients don’t respond at all. Others see marked improvement. ...

That was the color used to mark this route on the 1950s maps that showed three possible routes for the highway that became Interstate 476 ...