Before you light your fireplace, use these tips to make it safer for your lungs
Roger Kim of the Perelman School of Medicine says that a working chimney flue ensures that smoke is being properly ventilated, helping ensure that lungs aren’t exposed to particulate matter.
Tiny robots swim, sense, and report temperature through small movements
Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Science have created the world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots.
Despite Fed rate cuts, mortgage rates could still rise. Here’s why
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School explains that mortgage rates take their metric cue from the 10-year Treasury.
Why I joined the cult of creatine
Annie Wilson of the Wharton School says “wellness” is a good marketing term because it avoids strict definition.
Estate planning helps ‘forestall bad outcomes,’ author says—you need some key documents even at age 18
Research from the Wharton School indicates that financial and health literacy scores among older adults fall about one percentage point per year, on average, over 12 years.
Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest cancers. A new drug being tested at Penn is giving patients and doctors hope
A new drug for pancreatic cancer is not considered a cure, but results from clinical trials at Penn Medicine and elsewhere point to a major advancement for a devastating cancer usually caught in late stages.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s six simple rules for a long and healthy life
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel discusses his new book on healthy living.
I’m a Harvard-trained oncologist: Don’t believe these 6 biggest nutrition lies—the ‘answer to a longer life is so simple’
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel writes about the answer to a longer life: good nutrition that is sustainable.
Even the sky may not be the limit for A.I. data centers
Benjamin Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says that modern computer chips and semiconductors are also not built to withstand the radiation in space, which would hurt their ability to compute reliably.
What you need to know about hidden markets to get lucky in love, work, and life
Judd Kessler of the Wharton School offers five insights from his new book, “Lucky by Design.”