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Slower resting heart rates have been coveted by athletes for years, but new research questions the value of a slower ticker. When ...

Being pulled back from the brink of death can leave both physical and mental scars, but researchers hope they’ve found a way to soo ...

The Pulse profiled the work of Maria Geffen, a researcher in the department of otorhinolaryngology — ear, nose and throat — at the Un ...

Mindfulness meditation might be the new yoga, but does it have a place in the classroom? Skipping recess to meditate might not be ...

What do you get when you mix contractions, a snow storm, and stomach virus? A Philly couple found out. It had been a hectic few w ...

The hallowed steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art became most known nearly 40 years ago for their central role in “Rock ...

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s efforts to make the city government more transparent included the creation of the position of c ...

Who says science can’t be funny?  Tim Lee always hated the PowerPoint presentations he had to watch in his former life ...

Cure. It’s a beautiful word, one that medicine doesn’t take lightly and one that doesn’t come up very often for Hepatit ...

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly Matt Freedman has worked as an illustrator for ...

Today Aladin Rafi‘s visiting a rowhome in Northeast Philadelphia. It’s a bri ...

The Scientist’s Kerry Grens updates us on hazardous mishaps at government labs, genetic pacemakers in pigs and flying dinosaurs.&nb ...

The story of an ordinary Jewish couple, Gil and Eleanor Kraus, who traveled from Philadelphia to the heart of Nazi Germany and rescued 50 ...

Pulse Host Maiken Scott goes to the gym to try a new approach to muscle building.   Dropping pounds quickly is an all- ...