Bones thought to have belonged to two girls killed in the 1985 bombing were stored at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for decades through a muddled chain of custody.
The Morton Collection of more than 1,000 human skulls was assembled in the 19th century by Dr. Samuel Morton, who used them in an attempt to find an anthropological basis for white supremacy.
It’s hard to tell if there are more of these cases in this country because the U.S. is not doing enough of the sequencing to check for the variant.
Described as Pitch Perfect meets March Madness, the competition received performance videos from hundreds of groups. Groups can win cash prizes for charities.
By Elizabeth Blair/NPR A study shows dogs can identity the egg masses with up to 95 percent accuracy.
“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 Students at universities across America are dealing with problems as institutions grapple with how to help mitigate the pandemic, shut down campuses and move courses online.
