Science

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How can a baby have 3 parents?

Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins expands STEAM camp partnership with Drexel University

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to

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What's in your genome? Parents-to-be want to know

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Yanny or Laurel? It's your brain, not your ears, that decides

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How do air plants survive?

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Drexel University part of group launching innovative plasma research center

The Drexel Dragon on Drexel University's campus in Philadelphia.

Chinese space station could crash back to Earth over Pennsylvania

Tiangong-1 space station

Vaccine denial – 'a big problem' – among topics at weeklong Penn Teach-In

Philadelphia Science Festival's free carnival to return to Parkway

Philadelphia Science Festival

Winner of adult science fair gets one year supply of PBR

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Penn researchers discover secret to ugly fish's hour-long mating hum

Midshipman fish mating call

Chemical Heritage Foundation reveals rebranding plan, new name

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South Jersey Innovation Center hosting open house with free activities for kids

South Jersey Innovation Center

New Year’s resolutions: Folly or wisdom?

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Report: Philly is the highest ranking city for diversity in STEM

The Comcast Innovation and Technology Center

Here are 12 Yule Logs to stream on Christmas morning

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The measure of a killer: when DNA can't provide a positive ID

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A death-defying dig at the grave of a serial killer

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Ask Hickey: If the Earth is flat and protected by a dome, how did aliens get here?

Rocket launch should be visible from Philly and Jersey Shore this weekend

Am I harming my airways by running outside in the cold?

Why are wildfires concentrated in the west?

Franklin Institute throwing 'Surreal Science Tea Party'

New Jersey community gets second small earthquake this week

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What is a locavore?

Scientists find 8 autism-related mutations in 1 gene

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Philly's BioBots develops 3D printer to make human tissue

Too much sitting can lead to early death, study finds

Here's why the Wissahickon Creek will turn green on Tuesday

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Study: Why yawning is so contagious

Get ready, a 2.7-mile-wide asteroid is careening by Earth this weekend

Leave the muggles behind by attending a school of witchcraft and wizardry in Philly

Renderings reveal proposed Da Vinci Science City in Lehigh Valley

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No, it's not even safe to look at the eclipse through Transitions® lenses

Philly scientists develop promising immunotherapy technology for prostate cancer

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Pig-to-human organ transplants advance with gene-editing experiment

NASA responds to N.J. boy's adorable application for coveted position

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Infrequently Asked Questions: How does 'nitro' coffee work?

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Franklin Institute to host Space Saturdays

Infrequently Asked Questions: Do long-time couples start to look like each other?

The flat-earth billboard movement expands beyond Philadelphia

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