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Nepal’s quake exposes the effects that poverty and unfortunate geography can have on a city. The death toll from the massive ...

Scientists study stinky, moldy cheeses in hopes of making bigger discoveries about us. Ihsan Gurdal knows a lot about cheese. He ...

Worries about fluoride in water have evolved over the decades. One of the first water fluoridation studies was in Grand Rapids, Mi ...

Three very brave science enthusiasts competed for ultimate nerd glory by trying to go to as many Philadelphia Science Festival events as ...

Wearable devices are collecting valuable information about us. The question is, how can it be protected? This story is part of ...

The forecast looks fine for the 36th annual Broad Street Run on Sunday. This year, many participants will be running for the benefit of F ...

A unique Appalachian recipe demands one part history and one part science. John Fahey woke up before dawn and drove thirty miles t ...

Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski As part of the ongoing major renovations of the Parkway Central Library, a new dem ...

…and bald. Getting rid of their old winter coats and dreaming of a beach body, two African penguins on the shores of ...

The founding father’s very real stake in the colonial war over inoculation. If you think ...

Kerry Grens, a regular Pulse contributor and associate editor at The Scientist, joined The Pulse this week to tell us about the 2015 even ...

Dr. Frederic Bertley, senior vice president of science/education at the Franklin Institute, gives us a quick preview of the 5th annual ev ...

For two Bucks County physicians, a private battle becomes a public fight.  What does it take to challenge the U.S. Food and D ...

Apps will allow study participants to submit health data from their iPhones. Apple products, as the saying goes, solve problems we ...

The Broad Street accident set in motion a series of events that ended up saving Albert Leva’s life, and that of his brother. ...