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We have written about peer review at ACSH; here is a slightly different take from Marginal Revolution.

Plants have a hard life rooted in the ground as they are. In fight-or-flee situations, they can only fight, and as a result, they have developed several chemical and physical defenses.

“This study has its roots in decades of research pointing to the contribution of a person’s psychological state to their heart health1 In a well-known condition known as ‘broken-heart syndrome,’ an extremely stressful event can gener

The first Earth Day celebration, a nationwide environmental teach-in held in 1970, was the brainchild of Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, who was interested in environmental issues.

“Hiccups are one of the most common bodily experiences that humans (and rats, squirrels, rabbits, cats, dogs, and horses) have; even fetuses get them.

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“Plants have photoreceptors that respond to different wavelengths of light, allowing them to differentiate not only brightness but color.

M.I.T.’s Technology Review magazine recently published its annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies “that will have a profound ef

This paradoxical view of octopuses and pigs came about from this article on the BBC on the proposed first “farm-raised” octopus.

In 1898, under Roosevelt’s bully leadership, the Rough Riders invited Ivy league athletes, glee club singers, Texas rangers, and Native Americans to join the fronti