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In today's politics, there's red, and there's blue. Most of the time, they have little in common.

Jonathan Howard, MD, is committed to public service. He’s a physician and a warrior in the battle against medical misinformation.

University of Nevada, Reno profiled ACSH trustee Mick Hitchcock, Ph.D., in Moving science out of silos. Th

The roller coaster debuted on Coney Island in 1884. It was not much, by today’s standards – only fifteen feet high at its peak with a top speed of four miles per hour. But the designers saw their popularity and looked for improvements.

What does it mean to have problems sleeping? The difficulty, of course, is that we know so little about our own sleep beyond the qualitative sense of difficulty falling or staying asleep.

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The Old Obsession with Immortality

The “Sex Machines Museum” in Prague (who would have ever guessed that there is such a place) has on display an item that appears to be made of a leather funnel attached to an inflatable leather bag.

Just in time for you Augustinians, the birthstone for August is peridot. The good news is that it's really beautiful. The better news is that buying one for your special someone probably won't require a second mortgage.