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Her first love was opera, but when an audition with a famous opera singer fell through, Lucy Rorke-Adams decided she would become a docto ...

Research at Villanova University yields new bacteria-busting molecule. What started as a simple case of poison ivy turned into so ...

David Fajgenbaum graduated from medical school with an intimate knowledge of illness. In his third year, he was diagnosed with Cas ...

Pope Francis’ recent announcement about climate change was revelatory for many, but to some Catholics, respect for the natural envi ...

Creating a great tasting strawberry is as much an art as it is a science. Thirty thousand strawberry plants. That’s how many ...

School’s out for summer, but that’s not stopping some 14,000 educators from gathering in Philadelphia at this year’s an ...

Priya Joshi isn’t sure when exactly the shift happened, when the thrill of graduating from medical school was replaced with the ant ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie makes it official and announces he’s running for president.  WNYC’s Matt Katz joins u ...

Hoping to ride the momentum following Friday’s historic U.S. Supreme Court decision paving the way for gay marriages nationwide, st ...

ART OF LIFE — PRODUCED BY KAREN SMYLES Moore College of Art & Design is dedicated to excellence in art and d ...

Space Exploration Technologies, also known as SpaceX, seems to have a never ending list of j ...

For the first time, the story of NASA’s role in promoting civil rights by hiring the first African American spaceworkers is being t ...

A steady accumulation of man-made debris has many calling for action.  There’s a biblical expression, though it isnR ...

Space…is the place. Space has inspired quite a bit of music. David Bowie, Brian Eno, Paliament, Daft Punk…the ...

Understanding the quest to meet our galactic neighbors. Human beings have always wondered if they’re alone in the Universe.< ...