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October 23, 2022 | 7:08 AM

NASA announces the team members for its UFO study

A group of 16 researchers will spend the next nine months studying unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), also known as UFOs

By Giulia Heyward/NPR
August 24, 2022 | 2:53 PM

Why and how are scientists trying to de-extinct the Tasmanian Tiger?

Researchers in Australia and the United States are embarking on a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian Tiger back from extinction.

By Aniya Faulcon
January 20, 2022 | 5:22 AM

Investigation finds Pitt’s use of fetal tissue in research is above board

In September, the university hired a Washington, D.C.-based law firm to conduct the review its use of fetal specimens in biomedical research.

By Sarah Boden/WESA

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May 27, 2021 | 5:38 AM

Brood X cicadas are busy and so are the scientists who study them

It isn’t the only group of cicadas that spends nearly two decades underground, but it is the biggest and most famous.

By Nell Greenfieldboyce/NPR
October 8, 2020 | 10:11 AM

In spring, Trump halted research key to COVID-19 drug he’s now taken

In April the National Institutes of Health abruptly terminated funding for the China bat research project with no clear explanation.

By Nurith Aizenman/NPR
July 8, 2020 | 10:01 AM

‘Desperation science’ slows the hunt for coronavirus drugs

“Everyone has been kind of grasping for anything that might work. And that’s not how you develop sound medical practice."
By Marilynn Marchione/The Associated Press
June 19, 2020 | 5:19 AM

Pa. municipalities approve of Wolf’s coronavirus response but want more autonomy, research finds

"One of the biggest surprising results of the survey was that the large majority of local officials that we interviewed did not want schools, restaurants, bars or even houses of worship to reopen immediately."
By Min Xian/SpotlightPA
May 7, 2020 | 7:29 PM

How what you flush is helping track the coronavirus

While the field of wastewater epidemiology existed before the coronavirus pandemic began, it’s rapidly expanding in the hope it can become a front-line public health tool.

By Lauren Sommer/NPR
April 17, 2020 | 9:32 AM

CRISPR and spit might be keys to faster, cheaper, easier tests for the coronavirus

Being able to test for coronavirus infections is a critical component to reopening society — even a little bit — after the initial wave of COVID-19.

By Joe Palca/NPR
April 10, 2020 | 9:17 AM

Penn doctor uses his near-death experiences to research why COVID-19 patients crash

“And now we have, what I believe as of right now, is the world’s only central database that lists all the drugs that have ever been tried against COVID-19,” said David Fajgenbaum, a physician and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.

By Xavier Lopez/WHYY
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