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Academy of Natural Sciences

Seven new historical markers for Philadelphia – seven stories from the past

A starlet’s home, America’s first Bible Society, a 300-year-old bridge that cars still use, and an early Jewish basketball team that now survives in a surprising form.

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$5 a day is too much for food in Philadelphia, right? Then hooray for government cuts!

In an age of tax cuts and budget battles, we should show everyone how easy it is to live on five bucks a day in the low-budget, low-maintenance hollow of Philadelphia.

The wholesale price last night at 7:30 p.m. for one megawatt hour of electricity.

You can watch the price of electricity go up and down in real time

A new Electricity Price Ticker tracks the real time wholesale electricity price for the PECO area. You can waste a lot of power learning how much power you’re wasting.

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Free eye tests for seeing eye dogs, and other service canines in Philadelphia

It’s time again to take your service dog to U Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine for his annual visit with an ophthalmologist. Wow. Has it really been a year already?

The Beatles at Drexel University

The Beatles are finally replaced by automation at Drexel University

So here you are, a bunch of robots at Drexel University playing “Come Together” by The Beatles. The song isn’t prerecorded. Robots are really, independently playing music.