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Penn Breakthrough Prize

Penn researchers awarded $3 million Breakthrough Prize for developing mRNA technology used by COVID-19 vaccines

As UFO research gains footing, a Philly man's strange sighting brings mystery and scientific caution

Philly UFO Orbs Videos

Benjamin Franklin championed science after a smallpox divided Colonial America over inoculation

Benjamin Franklin Smallpox

Franklin Institute plans 200th anniversary capital projects, bringing new exhibits and technology

Franklin Institute 200th anniversary renovations

A floating deck will offer eye-level views of the Schuylkill River in 2022

FloatLab

How to watch the Geminid meteor shower at its peak Sunday night

geminid meteor shower 2020

Northern lights may be visible in Pennsylvania on Thursday night

Northern Lights 2020

Plans for life sciences building unveiled in West Philly Opportunity Zone

3.0 University Place

What a smoky bar can teach us about the '6-foot rule' during the pandemic

COVID-19 6-foot-rule

Watch dozens of shooting stars as the Perseid meteor shower peaks

perseid meteor shower

Notable great white shark now swimming off South Jersey coast

Great White Shark Jersey Shore

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Academy of Natural Sciences' summer camp, Bug Fest move online

Academy of Natural Sciences

Aerosols are a bigger coronavirus threat than WHO guidelines suggest

COVID-19 Aerosol transmission

Find unique virtual experiences with Atlas Obscura's Wonder From Home

Wonder From Home virtual experiences

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'Fantastic Fungi' documentary narrated by Brie Larson to be screened in Philly

Fantastic Fungi documentary

ChristianaCare develops tool to catch unintended CRISPR gene editing errors

ChristianaCare CRISPR

Next Science After Hours at the Franklin Institute has 'Home Alone' theme

Franklin Institute

Penn alum wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

2019 Nobel Prize medicine Gregg L. Semenza

Solve a murder mystery at the Franklin Institute's Clue-themed event

Carroll - The Franklin Institute

USDA scientists import wasps from China to battle the spotted lanternfly invasion

Spotted lanternflies wasps china

Franklin Institute's next Science After Hours event inspired by Coachella

Scientists discover new organ that senses sharpness and pressure

Scientists discover organ that senses mechanical pain

Stealthy 'city-killer' asteroid passed alarmingly close to Earth

Asteroid Philly

Meteor spotted in Bucks County sky and across the Northeastern U.S.

Bristol meteor

So far cultured meat has been burgers – the next big challenge is animal-free steaks

Beef Steak Meat 07052019

Red, white but rarely blue – the science of fireworks colors, explained

Fireworks July Fourth 07022019

Penn researchers invent super glue-strength adhesive with stickiness that can be reversed

Penn adhesive super glue

Science History Institute receives rare archive smuggled from Nazi-era Germany

Science Institute rare archive

Sequencing the genome of newborns in the U.S.: Are we ready?

Newborn Baby 06282019

Ack! I need chocolate! The science of PMS food cravings

Chocolate Bars 06282019

A 'Strawberry Moon' will be visible for Father's Day, beginning Saturday night

Strawberry Moon June 2019 father's day

Photographer captures breathtaking 'spokes rainbow' in Bucks County

Rainbow Diefenderfer

When is dead really dead? Study on pig brains reinforces that death is a vast gray area

Don't miss the Science Carnival that closes out the Philadelphia Science Festival

Philadelphia Science Festival

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Film program includes 'Jurassic Park' with talk by Spielberg's dino advisor

Jurassic Park screening with discussion by "Dino" Don Lessem

Video shows fireball spotted by witnesses in Lehigh Valley sky

Meteor Fireball Pennsylvania

Does Monsanto's Roundup cause cancer? Law says yes, science says maybe

roundup weed killer herbicide bayer 03222019

Super Worm Equinox Moon happens tonight: Here's how to see it, maybe

spring super worm moon

Drink, dance, learn at Franklin Institute's 1920s-themed Science After Hours

1920s flapper costume

Researchers finally put an official name on the scientific study of poop

researchers in lab pexels

Climate change could make Philly feel like Memphis by 2080

Carroll - Philadelphia Skyline and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

How your genes could affect the quality of your marriage

02082019_couple_dining_Pexels

Witnesses report seeing bright 'fireball' in New Jersey, Pennsylvania sky

Meteor Fireball

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