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Do you ever wonder how opera companies and classical ensembles can have those “casts of thousands?” The answer is a host of p ...

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly The figure singing and moving slowly among the tombstones is dressed entirely in full mou ...

Pennsylvania State Representative John Lawrence (R-Chester County) is reintroducing legislation that would mandate drug testing for those ...

During his 2008 inaugural address, Mayor Michael Nutter set a lofty goal: make Philadelphia the greenest city in America. The next ...

Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski For the students in the culinary program at Drexel University, it is not just abou ...

The language of medical billing hopes to cover any possible malady, no matter how obscure. Updated Sept. 10 ...

In the fall of 2013, Ben Volta arrived at Morton McMichael School with no ideas. He had just been hired by the school in the Mantua neigh ...

For Americans who have quit smoking, sought out omega–3 rich foods, or chugged gallons of açai berry juice to stave off cancer, a medi ...

Steam makes popcorn pop, keeps Old Faithful erupting and once powered the industrial revolution. But does it have the power to cure the c ...

State officials estimate that as of January 1, 2015 about 600,000 Pennsylvanians became eligible for Medicaid through its newly expanded ...

An airport is the sum of many parts, most of which the average traveler never sees. But they’re all a concern to Chellie Cameron, r ...

When the doctor places that cold stethoscope on your chest, she’s listening for two distinct sounds – lub-DUB. “You ...

Checking the latest health and science stories online, you tend to come across headlines meant to grab your attention.  But are thos ...

When Sue Weldon, a former gymnastics coach, was diagnosed with breast cancer about 11 years ago, no one could refer her to an array of sp ...

Rabbi Linda Holtzman promises her partner she’ll never touch a dead body. When a member of her synagogue, dying from AIDS, asks her ...