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“I’m smart, I’m using a clean needle every time, I’m smart and then…I’m in.” It’s ...

What makes a scientist a good communicator? It turns out the scientific community has become more interested in figuring that out. ...

First-week jitters are the norm when starting a new job. And when it’s your first job after finishing school, you want to give it y ...

The Philly Fixers Guild is a newly formed band of handy people who want to share their fix-it skills with friends and neighbors. F ...

Nikolas Toocheck isn’t your average 11-year-old. The young runner has completed a marathon on all seven continents, raising ...

The Penn Museum will host the HAIKU conference Friday and Saturd ...

Two hundred years ago this weekend, a bridge opened up connecting the towns of
 New Hope, Pennsylvania and Lambertville, New Jersey.&nb ...

Although the state toughened its DUI laws in 2003, on average one person is killed by a drunken driver every day in Pennsylvania.  ...

The Philadelphia School District will open its doors Monday. And for the second year in a row top district officials admit that resource ...

Last week, the Corbett administration announced a Medicaid-alternative agreement with the federal government that would allow more people ...

For many of us, what we do each week at our job is affected by our bosses and our co-workers. But for David Wood, his work week is ...

Philadelphia has no shortage of parks and squares.  Some have become bustling centers of civic life, while others — well ̵ ...

In her new book, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz captures Mütter’s journey from young, sickly orphan to beloved surgeon and teacher ...

Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji has been treating badly wounded patients in a bare bones operation room for the past four years in Syria.  ...

A million Americans have trouble hearing high-pitched sounds, especially vets and people working industrial jobs. But makers of a new hyb ...