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“The Victorian era is often remembered as an age of industrial innovation, staunch morals and hard work.

Contrarianism is a tricky thing. Challenging the conventional wisdom – something ACSH routinely does – is necessary because popularly held beliefs are often wrong.

As a physician, how could I resist this title?  Why Doctors Think They’re the Best. Obviously, I couldn’t.

“Shopping focus groups typically tell us what works. However, four researchers discovered precisely the opposite. They identified a group that gets it wrong every time.

Four and a half years ago, an earthquake in Nepal initiated an avalanche on Mt. Everest, resulting in the deaths of 22 

We are swimming in an ocean of B.S. And despite the fact that more people have access to more knowledge and information than ever before in human history, the problem seems to be getting worse.

The Trump administration is considering a proposal to require all published research that has received federal funding to be made immediately available to the public at no cost.

“In a legendary 1993 paper, Professor Joel Waldfogel suggested that holiday gift-giving provides less of an economic boost (to the individual and the GDP) than we expect. The reason is the recipient’s dissatisfaction.

Unless you live in a cave you probably know by now that earlier in the week thousands of dead fat innkeeper worms washed up on the shore

As the holiday season ends, as it inevitably will, it will become the season of self-congratulatory award ceremonies.