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November's traditional birthstone is topaz. When you think of topaz, you probably think of blue. But topaz doesn't usually come out of the ground looking like the brilliant blue stones you see in jewelry stores.

When I first discovered the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) more than a decade ago, I was thrilled.

"After starting as a part-time freelancer with ACSH nearly a decade ago, I'm honored to step into this leadership role.

As you may know, I'm retiring as President of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH). While it hasn't always been easy, I've enjoyed it.

Before long (and not a moment too soon), pennies will be nothing more than an annoying memory, a pet peeve I've written about before.

Women have won eight Nobel Prizes in Chemistry; the first went to Marie Curie in 1911, and the second to her daughter, Irene Joliot Curie, in 1935.

Watts Up With That amplified Arielle Selya's recent ACSH report, Fraud, compromise, and groupthink: How warped research incentive

It would shock you to know that Costco, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health methodology, caused 120,687 cases of cancer mortality nationally every year, simply due to living in close proximity to their warehouses.

Daubert is the legal standard federal courts and 44 States, use to decide whether expert scientific testimony is sound enough for a jury to consider.