Often caused (at least partially) by dehydration, kidney stones form when chemicals in your urine crystalize together. While ...

Dr. Mike, thank you for agreeing to talk about poop and specifically poop health. I’m going to do my best to get through this ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...

The United States – not Iran, Saudi Arabia or any other Persian Gulf country – is the world's top crude oil producer. That may leave some wondering why gas prices here go up when there's a shortage ...

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I have to admit this is my own Nosy Neighbor, after walking with pals from the Downtown Community Center, but I have to assume I am not alone on this one. Every time I pass by the old Gee Whiz corner ...

Start your day with the Philly news you need and the stories you want all in one easy-to-read newsletter We made it to Friday. Expect partly sunny skies with a high near 70. There’s a funky springtime ...

Whoever first suggested stopping to smell the roses was on to something. But there's a catch: Not all roses smell good to all people. Our response to scent is deeply personal, shaped by memory, ...

The following is an excerpt from “You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong,” by Trisha Pasricha, MD, MPH, which will be published on Tuesday. Science has finally settled the age-old debate of whose farts smell ...

My adult children and I amused ourselves recently with an absurd fictional scenario in which we reach Karl Marx by spectral telephone in the afterlife — where he is no doubt surprised to find himself ...