Festivals Summer SummerFest will turn the Piazza Alta Courtyard into an outdoor market with local vendors, food trucks and family activities on Saturday, Aug. 1. …
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Celebrations Franklin Square Franklin Square will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a free morning of family-friendly activities on Saturday, July 25. The event runs from …
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From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG have transformed neuroscience
Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the invention of this device to monitor brain electricity, it has had an …
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Food & Restaurants
Nearly 100 bars in Center City will offer $7 cocktails, $6 wine, $5 beer for Sips
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Food & Restaurants
TikTokers are ‘drinking around the world’ in Philly – re-creating the unofficial Epcot bar crawl
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Technology
Abington School District joins growing push to restrict students’ use of cell phones in class
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Plan would power new Microsoft AI data center with electricity from Pa.’s Three Mile Island nuclear reactor
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