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Some consider “Don Quixote” to be the first novel written in the western world. Author Miguel Cervantes died four cent ...

Dara Satterfield has a unique way of looking at Monarch butterflies. She thinks of them as ‘tiny camels.’ “They ...

In his impious 1911 glossary “The Devil’s Dictionary” – a collection of humorous definitions — Ambrose Bierce d ...

On a recent sunny afternoon, a handful of volunteers led a tour group around Howling Woods Farm ...

You know that old saying, ‘the eyes are the window to the soul’? Well, during Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival this past ...

Steve McCurry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic Producer: Karen Smyles Friday Arts goes to the Mich ...

What do you say when you stub your toe? Chances are, it has four letters and starts with an F. But you might also say that word to emphas ...

A Miami-based researcher and his team are hoping to make humans undetectable to the Aedes aegypti. The workplace of neurogeneticis ...

Anosmics have a new option for gaining back a lost sense.  In 2012, Chris Kelly caught a cold, which then moved into her sinu ...

It seemed like a major moment in human history: a fleet of driverless Uber cars hitting the streets of Pittsburgh last week, making their ...

The Privy Diggers Producer: Michael O’Reilly In the 18th and 19th centuries in Philadelphi ...

The story of how one YouTube educator is reshaping natural history. This piece is a part of our s ...

Paleontologists preparing for excursions have to think about appropriate gear, and clothing, but they also have to make sure all of their ...

Eli Dickerson and I start at the edge of the unusual museum collection he manages. This piece is ...

Something changed over the course of human evolution that left a lot of us with weak chins and buck-teeth. ...