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War on Drugs is "black and white"

Product Warnings:

"Do not use if you cannot see clearly to read the information in the information booklet." -- In the information booklet.
"Caution: The contents of this bottle should not be fed to fish." -- On a bottle of shampoo for…

Relaxed and playful, the superstar looks stunning as she partied with fellow icon Frank Sinatra and jazz pianist Buddy Greco in August 1962.


But unbeknown to the bombshell actress, these would be the last photos of her ever taken because just…

Strange shaped cloud over Moselle, France

Cavities, gingivitis, plaque and gum disease aren't the only things you need to fear if you've got dentophobia (fear of the dentist). A recent study in Taiwan found that people who had their teeth cleaned by a dentist at least twice a year reduced…

1. Faster Walking

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Today we’re walking 10% faster than 1994. It’s unclear why this is so important, but Richard Wiseman has compared results from study about the speed of walking from 1994. People from 35 cities were…

A small subset of suicide attempts may be linked to an infection that starts in the litter box. A new study suggests an association between Toxoplasma gondii and suicide attempts among women.

Interesting finding, to be sure, but how does one even…

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Scott Westerfeld's Goliath ships today, concluding his fabulous steampunk YA trilogy that began with Leviathan and continued in Behemoth. This alternate history of WWI is set in a world divided into two technological camps. On the Darwinist side,…

I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I heard in my own second-grade classroom a few years back.

When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few…