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• Princeton biologists win Kyoto Prize 

  Peter and Rosemary Grant, the celebrated Princeton University biologists who have spent decades expanding on Charles Darwin's work in the...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 06/19/09 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• Liberty Bell gets a good waxing 

  Early in its storied past, the Liberty Bell became a proud symbol of resistance against the British monarchy. These days, the big hunk of bronze...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 06/11/09 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• Phila. woman, 26, becomes 2nd swine-flu death in Pa. 

  A 26-year-old Philadelphia woman has died of complications from the so-called swine flu, city and state health officials said yesterday, the second...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 06/09/09 by Zoe Tillman and Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writers · More from publication

• Phila., Delaware County restrict Friends Hospital 

  City health officials will no longer refer emergency psychiatric cases to Friends Hospital, in part because a broken camera system prevented staff...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/22/09 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• One result of the recession: Less trash 

  For regular folks who seek answers during these recessionary times, the traditional economic bellwethers - from inventories to durable-goods orders...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 04/21/09 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• Age-old remedies 

  Ancient Egypt was renowned for its prowess in the field of medicine, so much so that sick people went there from abroad in search of herbal...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 04/20/09 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• Computers have exquisite ears 

  Ge Wang was every bit the image of an orchestra conductor. Clad all in black, with a dramatic mane of shoulder-length hair parted in the middle, he...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 09/22/08 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• VA hospital investigating its treatments 

  In the last six years, 114 prostate-cancer patients at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center might have received radiation doses below what was...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/12/08 by Tom Avril and Josh Goldstein Inquirer Staff Writers · More from publication

• Penn St. biology prof's small finds loom large 

  First, Blair Hedges and a colleague discovered the world's smallest frog. Five years later, in 2001, he reported finding the smallest lizard. Now...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 08/05/08 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• Pa. legislator grills Rohm & Haas on tumors 

  A Pennsylvania state representative grilled a senior Rohm & Haas Co. executive during a House committee hearing yesterday, accusing the chemical...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/16/08 by Tom Avril Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication