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The Smithsonian Institution has mined its archives to produce a television documentary ...

As data from large telescopes becomes more and more readily available to everyone, hobby astronomers are helping make true contributions ...

A blow to the head left NPR producer Theo Balcomb with a minor traumatic brain injury and a deep need to sleep and heal. Her sister took ...

Paul Ballas has struggled with lifelong obesity. But using his Xbox fitness to work out at home, Ballas has dropped close to 60 pounds in ...

Ten days, a dark room, no cell phone and no television – that’s how ...

In the 1950s, the DuPont chemical company, based in Delaware, came out with a product that might have made the biggest impact on how you ...

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly We pull up into a hidden lot behind the Liberty Market on Front St. As the Market Frankfo ...

Shadowing a nurse as she follows patients out of the hospital reveals a complex health system both struggling and working to help patient ...

The documentary “Adelante” focuses on the distinct cultures, traditions, and personalities of the parishioners who have colla ...

Want to make that Valentines date official? On a budget? Borough mayors in suburban Philadelphia have been helping people get hitc ...

Last week, U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg announced she would step down at the end of March. Hamburg, one of ...

The question is not, “To salt, or not to salt?” It’s is, “What kind of salt? And in what form?” Each ...

At the end of the 19th century, doctors performed surgery bare-knuckled, sometimes literally up to their elbows in blood and guts. < ...

A new watchdog organization hopes to help to keep science facts in check. Scientific and medical issues can turn into political fo ...

Hornbill birds, native to Africa and Asia, come in dozens of different species. Some, like the striking rhinoceros hornbill, have a bony ...