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City Life

Requiem for a Christmas Cookie

Hingston: What happens when you kill off a time-honored holiday treat?

Be Well Philly

Could Probiotics Solve the Autism Puzzle?

An interesting new study shows promising results.

City Life

Is it Wrong to Pay Alcoholics With Beer?

Hingston: What Pennsylvania can lean from an innovative Amsterdam program.

City Life

Schuylkill Expressway to Be Slightly Less Lethal Come Christmas

The PennDOT project that’s closed off the shoulder on the way into town is ending soon.

City Life

Science: It’s Not the Thought That Counts

And it’s not how much you spend. Experiential gifts make people like you more.

City Life

Amazon Drone Delivery Is the Future

Hingston: Honestly, it’s no less problematic than our current system.

City Life

Penn Backs Class-Cutting App

Parents paying $60,000 a year in tuition cock heads and say “Huh?”

Be Well Philly

How to Civily Discuss Obamacare at Thanksgiving Dinner

Prepare thyself.

Princeton bonfire
City Life

In Princeton, Effigies Have Feelings, Too

A college football flame war is sparked by a straw man. No, really. A straw man.

City Life

The Death of the Funeral Business

City Life

Why I Still Send Christmas Cards

So I get to look through my address book, of course.

City Life

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Booyah!

Hingston: Cinderella is a fine role model. Really.

zombie with cell phone
City Life

Your Cell Phone Is Stealing Your Soul

Hingston: Human contact > text messaging.

Miami Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin (71) on the sideline in the second half of a game against the Buffalo Bills at Sun Life Stadium. | Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
City Life

How Do You Bully a 300-Pound NFL Lineman?

Hingston: It’s easier than you might think.

Be Well Philly

Not So Tight!

An expert warns of the dangers of swaddling infants.