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Why are “pumping parties,” or underground silicone-injection parties, cropping up across the country, and what are the health ...

Alumnae from the Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing returned to Philadelphia recently to remember their time together in the 1940s and 50s. ...

Don’t drink that snake oil — it may have arsenic in it. As part of the Philadelphia Science Festival, Laurel Hill Cemetery wi ...

    It might be too soon to enjoy much in the way of vegetables grown in your garden, or even locally, but there ...

Ann Dowsett Johnston shares her personal experience with alcoholism in her book “Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alc ...

Art of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles In January, Rider University held an audition for emerging choreographers. The competit ...

The liquor cabinet in David Jernigan’s office is fully stocked—mostly with flavored, fruity, carbonated and pink-labeled–ad ...

Med students learn biology, chemistry, and physiology, but what about bedside manner? In a modern medical education, there are exams for ...

One woman shares her story of cleaning up years’ worth of newspaper clippings, cassette tapes and other memories from her mother ...

Temple University scientists are embarking on a three-week cruise to search for clues on ocean acidification and its impact on deepwater ...

A microbe collected at WHYY was one of 48 samples recently sent to the International Space Station to test how microbes grow in space.&nb ...

Monday marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the 6 million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis. The story of a Philadelph ...

On this 44th Earth Day, the efforts of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Philadelphia Water Department are focused in part o ...

This year mark’s the 325th Anniversary of two icons of Philadelphia education–William Penn Charter School and Friends Select ...

Inga Saffron, who writes the “Changing Skyline” column for the Philadelphia Inquirer, won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism th ...