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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.
All of my readers seem to enjoy the monthly birthstone series, so let's keep it going. Unfortunately, those of you born in October may feel cheated; the month has two birthstones, but I'm only going to discuss one of them: opal.
Maggie and Kate Fox’s parents didn’t know what to make of the strange rappings coming from their daughters’ bedroom that memorable evening in March of 1848.
Sometimes great material comes out of nowhere. Following my September 1st article about sapphires and their chemical similarity to rubies, Jimmy M, a regular reader, left the following comment. It's a gem. 
If one were to pick the most important milestone in the annals of public health history, what would you choose?