Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is bringing prestige back to the trades and helping America’s skills shortage

In 1835, a packed Pennsylvania legislature nearly voted to repeal the state’s fledgling free education system after opponents labelled it too expensive and gathered 32,000 signatures. Enter Thaddeus Stevens, a fiery 43-year-old lawyer who was...

Researchers discover surprising solution to major issue in beekeeping: 'You take an active role'

Researchers from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences found that organic beekeeping practices could boost honey production by 50% over time compared to traditional methods. According to a news release from the university, which summarized...

Scientists Discover Brain Circuit That Can Switch Off Chronic Pain

Pain may be unpleasant, but in most cases it plays a vital, even lifesaving, role. Short bursts of pain act as warning signals that protect us from harm. When you touch a hot pan, stub your toe, or bump your head, your nervous system instantly...

Can Economic Populism Save the Democratic Party?

The Democratic Party sees itself as a party of the working class. To the extent it has any shared self-identity at all, it is that. But the Democratic Party is no longer the party of the working class. Does it matter if you define the working...

Revolutionizing lipid nanoparticle formulations for targeted treatments

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the delivery vehicles of modern medicine, carrying cancer drugs, gene therapies and vaccines into cells. Until recently, many scientists assumed that all LNPs followed more or less the same blueprint, like a fleet of...

McCormick and parents groups hope Pennsylvania will opt in to tax credit scholarship program

To many parents, the decision between public or private school is almost exclusively based on cost. A new program, signed into federal law this year, hopes to make it much easier for all parents to have that choice, but Pennsylvania must first...

Educators detail effect of Pennsylvania budget impasse

Educational leaders came together Tuesday during a virtual press conference to address the “urgent and growing impacts” of the state budget impasse, which has been ongoing for more than 100 days. Tuesday marked day 106 of financial strain for...

The people’s power over electricity supply and demand

(The Center Square) – When it comes to the common good, regulators often work from the bottom up. That is, preventing catastrophes like forest fires or environmental degradation from littering and pollution, the powers that be often ask taxpayers...

Pennsylvania American Water completes $3.4 million lead and copper upgrade

Pennsylvania American Water announced Thursday that it has completed a $3.4 million upgrade to its system in Berks County. The project aimed to bring the company into further compliance with updated lead and copper regulations set by the U.S....

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back.

The world looked very different on Nov. 1, 2024 — the day that arguably America’s best-known climate scientist, Michael E. Mann, accepted a high-profile new post at the University of Pennsylvania, where he’d already been teaching for a couple of...

Deck patching to restrict traffic on Route 119 bridge over Pennsylvania Turnpike

Drivers heading north on Route 119 in Hempfield will encounter daytime lane restrictions beginning Thursday while work is underway on the bridge carrying the highway over the Pennsylvania Turnpike. According to PennDOT, a northbound single-lane...

<![CDATA[Early natural menopause linked to higher risk of metabolic syndrome]]>

Takeaways Women who experience early natural menopause (≤40 years) have a 27% higher relative risk of developing metabolic syndrome compared with those with later menopause (≥50 years). The association between age at natural menopause and...

9/11 trail taking shape in region Proposed path outlined for 30-mile connector

The proposed path for the Sept. 11 National Memorial Trail linking the Panther Valley communities became clearer Thursday night. The 1,500-mile national trail that connects all three Sept. 11 memorial sites will traverse 903 miles in Pennsylvania,...

Yale researcher says Republican funding proposal could cost thousands of lives

The federal government shutdown on October 1, Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont has warned that 50,000 Americans could die each year if Democrats agree to the removal of Affordable Care Act subsidies. That removal has been proposed by...

Understanding The Fed’s Balance Sheet, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, At The 67th Annual Meeting Of The National Association For Business Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thank you, Emily. And thank you to the National Association for Business Economics for the Adam Smith Award. It is an honor just to be mentioned alongside past recipients, including my predecessors Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke. Thank you for this...

Scientists Suspect Fracking Contaminated This Pennsylvania Town’s Wells

A drilling rig and wastewater pond in Pennsylvania’s Greene County. MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published...

Butler County man charged for allegedly posting A.I.-generated child sexual abuse content on social media

By Patrick Damp Patrick Damp Web Producer, CBS Pittsburgh Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in...

Coca-Cola to permanently bring back Diet Cherry Coke after five years

A Coca-Cola fan favorite is making a permanent comeback after it was discontinued, according to reports — and it’s leaving some soda lovers to celebrate while others are hoping different classics will follow. Diet Cherry Coke, which made a brief,...

Historic Ford assembly plant transformed for biomedical research

By T.R. Witcher Like many American cities in the years before World War I, Pittsburgh had developed its own fledgling automobile industry. The city boasted the first 24-hour drive-in gas station in the nation, a development that helped kick-start...

Popular Pennsylvania punk rockers to play Archer Music Hall

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Back in January, months before Allentown's new Archer Music Hall opened in March, LehighValleyNews.com listed acts the venue should get. No. 3 on the list was Scranton-born, Philadelphia-based melodic punk band The Menzingers, who...